On 11/25/2011 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.
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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.
Banal and Cliched are my middle names...
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Don't lose heart! They might want to cut it out, and they'll want to avoid a
lengthily search.
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