On Thu, Apr 16, 2009 at 3:59 AM, mike wilson <m.9.wil...@ntlworld.com> wrote:
> I don't see that here so much as you. Certainly there are quite a few > responses to stuff that run along the lines of "nice pic!" but these seem to > be confined, in the main, to those posters who have created a niche or genre > for themselves on the list. Maybe these folks should be subjected to more > rigorous criticism.... There are quite a few examples of profound and > extended criticism to be found here, mostly for those who express a desire > for it in other than formulaic ways. To me, the balance is about right. I agree. For myself, if I say "nice pic" (and I know I'll often reply to PESOs in two or three word sentences) it might be because I don't have a lot of time to formulate much more, and sometimes I just don't know what more I ~can~ say. A photo may not move me a great deal, but I'd like the poster to know that I looked at it and that the photo has some worth to it. If something moves me, or if a small change would improve it substantially, I'll try to say that. But as for Shel's post from (what was it?) five years ago putting a permanent chill on "honest and open critiques", well, that's a pile of hooey. It put a chill on personal attacks on the photographer that have nothing to do with the photograph in question. And that's a good thing. 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.
