In a message dated 10/17/2007 11:05:50 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: The fact is that most of the folks posting photos to this list are competent photographers. If they are so insecure that they need constant praise they should see a good shrink ============= Yup.
I would just add if someone wants weighted comments like a jury panel, they can enter shows. If someone wants feedback that is more critical, i.e. brutal, meant to improve their photos, they can take a class. If someone wants to be more competitive and see how they rank against others, they can join a camera club. Also, this is a hobby for about 90-99% of us and meant to be fun. It's nice to have a venue like PDML to show photos and get reactions. Some of us may have very uninterested family and friends and, for various reasons, aren't interested in other venues. Although many of us have also used those venues. So I maintain that us who show can tell over time what kind of feedback we are getting (on a particular photo). Because of the no comments, the type of comments, who comments and what they say, etc. Experience tells us, if nothing else. We are not stupid and we are quite capable of evaluating the feedback we get on our own. We don't need someone else evaluating that feedback for us, maybe attempting to be some sort of PDML arbitrator. Marnie aka Doe :-) --------------------------------------------- Warning: I am now filtering my email, so you may be censored. ************************************** See what's new at http://www.aol.com -- 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.
