As I recall, the photo wasn't particularly bad. But Shel's critique was aimed directly at the photographer, without any real discussion of the image. It was way out of line. There's never a need for a personal attack. Paul On Nov 29, 2011, at 6:43 PM, William Robb wrote:
> On 29/11/2011 9:17 AM, Bob Sullivan wrote: >> > >> I expect a different level of photos from Bill Robb or Mark C. or Frank and >> can offer sharper criticism. With less experienced photographers, >> it isn't so much criticism as encouragement. >> > That was, I believe, Shel's reasoning behind his harsh critique. The > photographer had an extremely high quality body of work, and posted an image > that was far, far below his standard. > Shel certainly did saw off on him, but I didn't think it completely > undeserved, either. > At some point, an honest critique of a good photographer posting a junk photo > is going to delve into asking just exactly what the photographer was thinking. > > -- > > William Robb > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > 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 PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
