When a photographer posts an image and asks for a critique, that critique will and should help the photographer become a better photographer,if the critiquers really know what they are talking about. But remember beauty is in the eye of the beholder and one man's dislike is another's like...Joe
----- Original Message ----- From: "William Robb" <war...@gmail.com> To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" <pdml@pdml.net> Sent: Wednesday, April 15, 2009 7:02:32 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern Subject: Re: regards PESO 2009 - 052 ... ----- Original Message ----- From: <pnstenqu...@comcast.net> Subject: Re: regards PESO 2009 - 052 ... > The negative reaction to Shel's critiques erupted after he said a photo > was so bad that the poster should be ashamed for presenting it here. Most > here have no problem with negative criticism, and debating the points of a > critique shouldn't be seen as a bad reaction to the same. The negative reaction to Shel's critique also put a permanent chill on honest criticism of photos on this list. Sometimes a photo really is so bad that one has to question the wisdom of the person posting the image, or sometimes the quality of a picture is so far below the potential of the photographer that a flaying is in order. Unfortunately, by shooting the messenger, we have limited our critiques to the banal, and this doesn't really help photographers get better at their craft, if, in fact, improving themselves' as photographers is at the heart of their interest when they post a picture. 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.
