It's important to note that the "regular member" didn't just critique the photo. He told the photographer that he should be ashamed at having posted such inferior work and generally directed his comments at the person rather than the phtotograph. He was way out of line and obviously had some personal problems that interfered with his ability to be civil. Paul
On Nov 25, 2011, at 7:06 PM, William Robb wrote: > 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.
