I think it and I show photos often. I appreciate both positive and negative feedback.
However, when I see photo after photo presented that I would have tossed in the trash, and THOSE images receive high praise, then it raises the possibility that I must discount the positive feedback I receive, as the feedback may be erroneous or the image is not as worth as much I may have thought. If someone is sharing an image out of camaraderie it's one thing. In that case the person is likely not expecting feedback about the image, but possibly just about the subject, as when I displayed the photos of the chihuahua. It seems though that almost every image is viewed as exceptional. I agree with Bill on this. If I critiqued every image displayed I'd not be very well liked. So I save my sincere positive feedback for those that are very well done, and I may offer sincere suggestions for those that I feel almost make it, but could use improvement. One must also take into consideration the experience of the one making the comments. Perceptions and the ability to view critically grow with time. Images that I once thought were very good, now present glaring deficiencies when I view them. They may have been the best I had done at the time, but in hindsight I see they were not a good as I once thought. Tom C. >From: "William Robb" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Reply-To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List <[email protected]> >To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" <[email protected]> >Subject: Re: Cut or Keep? A Question About Editing >Date: Wed, 17 Oct 2007 08:10:48 -0600 > > >----- Original Message ----- >From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Subject: Re: Cut or Keep? A Question About Editing > > > > In a message dated 10/15/2007 9:24:08 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time, > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > > And stop posting pictures here, because you won't get an accurate >opinion > > about what is good from this list. > > > > William Robb > > > > =============== > > I beg to differ. Only someone who showed his own photos on list so >rarely > > would think this. > >Chicken or egg, dear? >When I see people who indiscriminately praise everything thats posted, >whether tepid or otherwise, I tend to lose respect for the entire process. >Rather than damning with faint praise, which does no good at all, perhaps >it >would be more honest to call spades what they are. >Often, this list is little more than a circle jerk when it comes to >reviewing pictures. It's a nice, warm and happy place, and I appreciate >that >people need that in their lives, but the best way to improve your pictures >is to have it ruthlessly picked apart, and have the failings of the picture >pointed out. Unfortunately, when people do that, they tend to get spat on. > >I don't post a lot of photos at the moment because most of my photography >right now is client based for the studio I am working for, and I'm not >bothering with securing permission to show the stuff. My work is selling, >and making money, I don't need praise beyond that. > >We can agree to disagree on this one, I won't think less of you for it, and >I hope you'll feel the same way. > >William Robb > > > > >-- >PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List >[email protected] >http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net >to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and >follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
