What I might call sub forums
One of the reasons I post on this site is because of the wonderful critiques that are given by both the members but especially by the moderators. Yesterday I submitted an image to the "Wild and Free" Forum, it was moved to the "Captive" forum because the BG was out of focus brick wall. I didn't agree with the move as I didn't feel the BG was enough to cause the move, but that is the decision of the moderator. My problem with the move was not that I don't think the "Captive" forum is not full of good photography, but more that no one critiques these "sub" forums. It seems to me that this is a weekness in this web site and I was wondering if there might be a way of correcting this situation or would it be better if I were to modify the submitted image so that one can not tell what the BG or offending man made object is. In the case of the offending brick wall, I could have blurred the wall so one could not tell what it was. I personally think that this would have detracted from the image but it would most likely have been permitted into the "Wild and Free" forum.
Thanks for listing to my thoughts on this subject and I will look forward to your thoughts.