428. Is it fair that photos that are disqualified by something minor are lumped in some gigantic “Non-TTG” category alongside photos that are disqualified by something major?

Yes, it is fair.

TTG is a standard. The purpose of any standard is to separate examples that meet the standard from examples that do not meet the standard.

For example, it may sound harsh, but a distance runner who misses the Olympics trials qualifying time by less than 1 second is just as much a “non-Olympian” as is a runner who misses the mark by 20 seconds.

• If a photograph misses qualifying for TTG because of something that is indeed “minor,” then it should be a simple matter to correct or undo whatever is keeping the photo from qualifying so that it does qualify.

• But if it is not a simple matter to make the photo TTG-qualified, then the disqualifying factor may not be so “minor” after all.