Tom C wrote: >If someone is sharing an image out of camaraderie it's one thing. In that >case the person is likely not expecting feedback about the image, but >possibly just about the subject, as when I displayed the photos of the >chihuahua. It seems though that almost every image is viewed as >exceptional. > > >One must also take into consideration the experience of the one making the >comments. Perceptions and the ability to view critically grow with time. >Images that I once thought were very good, now present glaring deficiencies >when I view them. They may have been the best I had done at the time, but in >hindsight I see they were not a good as I once thought. > >Tom C. >
I think the opposite happens occasionally too.... one reason I never literally toss stuff I've done even if I think it is lousy work :) Now and then I find something in my archives taht I think is worth something and I chose a different negative to print... I might find myself liking the one a rejected years ago better than the one I chose as what I thought had the most promise. In terms of commenting on others here, I generally give a nod to those I enjoy but if I feel I can help by serious critquing I tend to do that off list... IF something really sucks I keep my fingers off the keyboard :) ann > > > >>From: "William Robb" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>Reply-To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List <[email protected]> >>To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" <[email protected]> >>Subject: Re: Cut or Keep? A Question About Editing >>Date: Wed, 17 Oct 2007 08:10:48 -0600 >> >> >>----- Original Message ----- >>From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> >>Subject: Re: Cut or Keep? A Question About Editing >> >> >> >> >>>In a message dated 10/15/2007 9:24:08 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time, >>>[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: >>>And stop posting pictures here, because you won't get an accurate >>> >>> >>opinion >> >> >>>about what is good from this list. >>> >>>William Robb >>> >>>=============== >>>I beg to differ. Only someone who showed his own photos on list so >>> >>> >>rarely >> >> >>>would think this. >>> >>> >>Chicken or egg, dear? >>When I see people who indiscriminately praise everything thats posted, >>whether tepid or otherwise, I tend to lose respect for the entire process. >>Rather than damning with faint praise, which does no good at all, perhaps >>it >>would be more honest to call spades what they are. >>Often, this list is little more than a circle jerk when it comes to >>reviewing pictures. It's a nice, warm and happy place, and I appreciate >>that >>people need that in their lives, but the best way to improve your pictures >>is to have it ruthlessly picked apart, and have the failings of the picture >>pointed out. Unfortunately, when people do that, they tend to get spat on. >> >>I don't post a lot of photos at the moment because most of my photography >>right now is client based for the studio I am working for, and I'm not >>bothering with securing permission to show the stuff. My work is selling, >>and making money, I don't need praise beyond that. >> >>We can agree to disagree on this one, I won't think less of you for it, and >>I hope you'll feel the same way. >> >>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.
