I said John's pic was boring and trite (exact words I'm sure can be found in the archive). I also noted that there was a technical skill involved. John agreed that the photo was mundane and even wondered why he posted it. If you're gonna criticize my comments, _read_ exactly what I said. And, later in the thread I noted that were I making a moon shot for the first few times, I'd probably do the same thing John did.
A decent criticism should not only point out flaws or praise, but offer alternatives, which I also did. What's the point of bullshitting people and beating around the bush. No one will grow or learn without honest and meaningful commentary about their work. Comments like you and others frequently post - "It doesn't do anything for me." are essentially as worthless as "I like it" as far as a criticism goes. WHY do you like it, or WHY doesn't a photo do something for you. I just don't agree with you. Shel > [Original Message] > From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[email protected]> > Date: 10/12/2006 11:29:19 AM > Subject: Re: PESO: Harvest Moon > > I can remember WR saying it. Maybe not the exact word, crap, but if not, > close to it. And maybe the exact word. Personally, I would prefer that no one ever > tell anyone else their work is crap. If you really hate it, don't comment, or > say it doesn't do anything for you. I don't think we need to go so far as to > out and out and deliberately hurt someone's feelings. For most of us, this is > just a hobby anyway. And there enough crap labeling in real life and the > business world, so we don't really need to do it here. Reining in bile is better. > > I felt, Shel, OTOH, your comments to John were a little harsh, because he did > show technical skill in his shot, if not inventiveness. And it was a > technical skill not everyone can show. But I don't remember you calling it crap. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net
