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Just went through the queue for scans and noticed that there were a few photos by my guess a newer member. Please do not take photos of cards, only scans of cards. Also I noticed a lot of other cards were crooked, please take the extra time to straighten scans. Have a wonderful day!

I added some photos that I thought were straingtened pretty well, but they are rejected for being crooked.

First, just to confirm, did you mean you added images that were scans? Or did you add photos taken with a camera or your phone?

And do you have any examples you could add here so we can try to point you in the right direction (or determine if someone accidentally rejected good scans)?

Unless you take a photo straight on, the near end of the card will be wider than the far end. If you take the photo straight on, then you are likely to get shadows or flash reflection. That is why the site requests only scans. That can be frustrating if you don't have a scanner, I know because it took me a month to get my scanner working properly, but it keeps the quality of the pictures on the site consistently high. 

If they were photos they were rejected for that. But if there is any black on the boarder in one corner and not the other it isn't stright. It takes about 30 seconds to make sure it is straight if you use photoscape X.

I am not the person in question as these are scanned cards, but here is one of the card scans that was rejected.

432 Jose Altuve Houston Astros SN2021
Note:

Date/Time: 9-1-2021 11:37PM

Side: Front

Status: Problem - Crooked

I know that crooked photos stick out to me. But if one person says its crooked it does not leave the queue from what I have seen.

It seems like some people are way too picky when it comes to the scans of these cards. If a card is aggregiously off, sure mark it. If it is off by 1 or 2 degrees because I wanted to scan it without missing the borders, don't reject it. I take photos of my cards for selling purposes, so it makes me feel like I am wasting my time scanning these in for the database only to have some persnickety pompous reviewer say nope not good enough.

I am sorry that you have an issue with the standards that was set before I got here. If you have an issue don't be afraid to reach out to ADMIN. 

While I do agree that some members are very picky I want to clear something up.  This isn't just directed at you but all members of the site-

QUIT USING THE WORDS "PHOTO" AND "SCAN" INTERCHANGIBLY!!!!  Photo's are not accepted, scans are.  Even the title of this post is misleading.  It doesn't matter if a photo of a card is crooked because photo's are not allowed.  Everytime a thread like this comes up people mix the words photo and scan up and it not only makes it confusing, but it allows some to think they have a loophole to add photos to the site.  While there are certain places photos are accepted (the forums quickly comes to mind), the only accepted format for the card in the out of the pack condition is for it to be scanned.

Again, I'm not singling you out, your post was just the most recent when I started typing, and I wanted to point it out before this conversation continues further.  Everyone have a great rest of the day! :)