On Fri, Nov 25, 2011 at 7:59 PM, Paul Stenquist <[email protected]> wrote: > It's important to note that the "regular member" didn't just critique the > photo. He told the photographer that he should be ashamed at having posted > such inferior work and generally directed his comments at the person rather > than the phtotograph. He was way out of line and obviously had some personal > problems that interfered with his ability to be civil. > Paul
I was around for that post. I must say i was suprised by it, but was still new and figured out what was going on later on. Dave > > On Nov 25, 2011, at 7:06 PM, William Robb wrote: > >> On 25/11/2011 2:18 PM, Larry Colen wrote: >> >>> One thing I haven't seen a lot of is discussion on how to give and take >>> criticism. And a related discussion >> of what venues on the net, or off, are good for that sort of discussion. >>> >>> -- >>> >> That's because we don't offer criticism here. We had a regular member who >> attempted it one time; he was promptly chased off the island. >> It put a very real chill on the entire concept of giving an honest critique >> of images that get shown here, since any honest critique will likely have >> some criticism accompanying it (that being what the word critique kind of >> come from.) >> I tried to give a critique one time and was told to accept the photograph on >> it's own merits, and either accept it for what it was or STFU. >> And now you know why most every photograph that is shown here, whether it be >> a stunning landscape or a tedious snapshot of a child playing with a kitten >> gets, more or less, the same response (great capture, stunning image, etc) >> or no comment at all. >> >> Most people don't want a critique, they want an ego massage, and no one >> likes to be told that their image is an excruciatingly boring, poor >> rendering of a banal and cliched subject. >> >> -- >> >> 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. > -- Documenting Life in Rural Ontario. www.caughtinmotion.com http://brooksinthecountry.blogspot.com/ York Region, Ontario, Canada -- 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.
