On Wed, 15 Apr 2009 11:53 -0400, [email protected] wrote: > In a message dated 4/14/2009 9:08:22 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time, > [email protected] writes: > Once upon a time, Shel B. leveled somebody here with a professional > quality critique. It wasn't mean spirited. It was solicited. But it > had nasty negative elements to it. Traffic stopped and you could hear > everybody on the list take a deep breath as they tried to tip-toe > around the turd that had landed in their mailbox. That was the 1st > and LAST fully open and honest critique on this list. And I don't > think you want to go back there. It would kill the pdml. > > ========== > I actually miss Shel's critiques. I learned something. Yes, even though > I > got hopping mad at him (at least once, maybe more than once.) > > I throw out more negative criticism than lots do, but I am feeling more > and more funny about it, because it seems we have just gotten down to > "good > shot." Over and over and over. Saying more seems more and more > unwelcome. >
Well, I don't think pointing out ways a shot could have been improved or how a different crop might have been more aesthetically pleasing is being negative. It's helpful - even if I don't always agree with the suggestions. Jack recently suggested some changes to my "Lines and Circles" PESO and even went to the trouble of illustrating what he had in mind. I ended up agreeing with him and I think the image has been improved as a result. So keep the critiques coming, Marnie! Cheers Brian ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Brian Walters Western Sydney Australia http://members.westnet.com.au/brianwal/SL/ -- -- http://www.fastmail.fm - Access your email from home and the web -- 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.
