At 03:13 PM 8/17/2005, Christian wrote:
My original post was meant to be funny (you know: hot chick, but a background I don't like; hahahaha) and I would not have commented on it otherwise. I'm sorry I hurt your feelings.
I noticed your emoticon, and you didn't hurt my feelings. I just wanted to know why you called it "horrible." More precisely, I wanted to know why you didn't like it. There was always the chance that you might shed some light on an alternative way of doing the image. Perhaps I, and the rest of the list, could have actually learned something from you, which might have enriched our lives and our pursuit of photography.
If you throw pictures out there on this list, you can't expect every review to be glowing. I certainly don't. I'm my own worst critic and use words such as "horrible", "crap", "f-ing disaster" and "wtf were you thinking?" when I look at some of my own images.
I certainly didn't expect everyone to like all of my images. In fact, I would be somewhat suspicious if that were the case. ;-)
At the same time, if you simply declare that someone's image is "horrible", you shouldn't be surprised if someone asks you to elaborate a bit on why you think that.
take care, Glen
