>>> William Robb wrote: >>> Is one allowed to say: "Is this the best you can do?"
Context sensitive statement. If I give someone two free punches in a bar fight, it is mockery. If I know someone really well and have my arm around him it is encouragement. I think you are thinking along those lines. However, if I don't know someone that well they will find it upsetting. Why don't you rather say "I know you can do better than that. If I were you I'd..." instead? >>> Is one allowed to pass on his disappointment in the photographer? Yes if the disappointment is clearly stated and 100% in reference to aspects of the image and 0% about the individual. But then it is the image and not the photographer. Well perhaps their work but that is about the end of it. Then again, how would you express such disappointment anyway if you don't know the person? I haven't met anyone here so far so how could I be disappointed? Noone here has promised me anything or pretended to be someone they aren't. All I have is posts of opinion and photos. No people. This is not the real world after all. So I guess the answer is no. Criticize the image, better yet criticize what you believe to be the mistakes committed while it was taken. If you think someone should have lowered the viewpoint or raised it, say so. If you feel a few steps back and a longer focal lenght would have done the subject more justice, again say so. And so on. Give me something to chew on and I will be grateful. Cheers Ecke -- 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.
