Quite true John, the problem I've found in the 10 - 12 years I've been around the list, is that often others don't appreciate feedback if it's negative, even if designed to be instructive, or motivating. So for that reason, I personally don't give quite a bit of feedback I would otherwise give (not that I'm the expert).
In general, when I don't comment, either I was too busy, not interested in the genre presented, or I had nothing positive to say. The times I do comment, is when I view an image and it somehow really touches a chord. The key I think I've found, maybe... is... if I have doubts about an image myself, I figure it's not worth displaying. Occasionally I let one sneek through, and then I'm disappointed in myself. I agree one can learn from mistakes, we all do, but if you get positive remarks on a crappy photo, how does it help? It pays to not get too emotionally attached to an image just because you/I took it. Compare the image to other ones you admire, and then decide if it stands up. If you look at the photos you thought were really good 10 years ago, and now you can see where they're deficient, you're growing. I look at the photos I took between 1989 and 1993, for instance. If I thought I had 10 excellent ones then, I probably now think it was just 1 or 2, because some possibly bordered on excellent, but would not now meet my personal criteria. Photography sucks. The more experience you have, the worse you become. Tom C. >I hesitate to say anything unfavorable about an image. Sometimes I feel I >should force myself to. Still, I try not to be rude when doing so. >I don't think we can learn as photographers if no one is willing to point out >our mistakes for us. >I want others to praise my photos, but more than that I want my photos to >deserve praise. >Won't get there if no one ever tells me where I've failed. -- 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.
