> > Hell, they're only images. Mark!
> > Kenneth Waller > http://www.pentaxphotogallery.com/kennethwaller > > ----- Original Message ----- From: "William Robb" > <anotherdrunken...@gmail.com> > > Subject: Re: Giving and taking criticism > > >> On 25/11/2011 2:18 PM, Larry Colen wrote: >> >>> One thing I haven't seen a lot of is discussion on how to give and take >>> criticism. And a related discussion >> >> of what venues on the net, or off, are good for that sort of discussion. >>> >>> -- >>> >> That's because we don't offer criticism here. We had a regular member who >> attempted it one time; he was promptly chased off the island. >> It put a very real chill on the entire concept of giving an honest >> critique of images that get shown here, since any honest critique will >> likely have some criticism accompanying it (that being what the word >> critique kind of come from.) >> I tried to give a critique one time and was told to accept the photograph >> on it's own merits, and either accept it for what it was or STFU. >> And now you know why most every photograph that is shown here, whether it >> be a stunning landscape or a tedious snapshot of a child playing with a >> kitten gets, more or less, the same response (great capture, stunning image, >> etc) or no comment at all. >> >> Most people don't want a critique, they want an ego massage, and no one >> likes to be told that their image is an excruciatingly boring, poor >> rendering of a banal and cliched subject. >> >> -- >> >> 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.
