On Tue, Apr 14, 2009 at 12:07 PM, Bob Sullivan <rf.sulli...@gmail.com> wrote: <snip> > Once upon a time, Shel B. leveled somebody here with a professional > quality critique. It wasn't mean spirited. It was solicited. But it > had nasty negative elements to it. Traffic stopped and you could hear > everybody on the list take a deep breath as they tried to tip-toe > around the turd that had landed in their mailbox. That was the 1st > and LAST fully open and honest critique on this list. And I don't > think you want to go back there. It would kill the pdml. <snip>
I disagree, Bob. I remember Shel's critique and no matter what his intentions were, it came across as mean-spirited and nasty. Yes the photo was rather banal and boring, but I recall Shel asking why he would even post such a photo on the list. That's goes beyond helpful feedback and well into the realm of hurtful. One can be open and honest without that sort of thing. And while I can't point to specifics, there have been plenty of "fully open and honest" critiques on this list, both before and since Shel's little diatribe. cheers, frank -- "Sharpness is a bourgeois concept." -Henri Cartier-Bresson -- 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.
