In the future, I'll be especially eager to read your comments re my stuff. <grin>
Jack --- ann sanfedele <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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. > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com -- 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.
