Three Old Maids
Apr 19, 2018 14:37:00 #
Apr 19, 2018 15:16:52 #
illininitt wrote:
Not much of a picture if you ask me.
Everyone's vision of a scene and how they compose and take an image is different. What is appealing to one person, might not be appealing to someone else who may not see the scene the same way. To that point..... I was always taught "If you don't have anything nice to say, don't say anything at all". You and some others on the forum might want to consider that as well.
Apr 19, 2018 19:52:28 #
I think a younger guy is scoping out the old timer......should he make a move .....or not!
Apr 19, 2018 20:42:56 #
Vince68 wrote:
Everyone's vision of a scene and how they compose and take an image is different. What is appealing to one person, might not be appealing to someone else who may not see the scene the same way. To that point..... I was always taught "If you don't have anything nice to say, don't say anything at all". You and some others on the forum might want to consider that as well.
I totally agree with you, Vince. When I see an image in UHH that I don't like, I just don't comment. . .unless I can offer something constructive. And when someone bad mouths my images w/o even a hint of constructive thought, I do my best to just bite my tongue and let it go. I was really close to offering up the same advice you have given about my mama telling me if I didn't have something nice to say, then just shut up. Thank you for your defense. Much appreciated. If we try to please everyone with our photography, we'll end up pleasing no one.
Apr 20, 2018 00:16:49 #
Apr 20, 2018 07:24:14 #
What do we learn if every quote is "nice"? I think if you post, you should accept each comment."Myview" is always different from the next.....naturally. We shouldnt get up-in-arms if someone doesnt think a pic measures up.
"Thanks" answers every critique.
"Thanks" answers every critique.
Vince68 wrote:
Everyone's vision of a scene and how they compose and take an image is different. What is appealing to one person, might not be appealing to someone else who may not see the scene the same way. To that point..... I was always taught "If you don't have anything nice to say, don't say anything at all". You and some others on the forum might want to consider that as well.
Apr 20, 2018 12:28:02 #
myviewphotos wrote:
What do we learn if every quote is "nice"? I think if you post, you should accept each comment."Myview" is always different from the next.....naturally. We shouldnt get up-in-arms if someone doesnt think a pic measures up.
"Thanks" answers every critique.
"Thanks" answers every critique.
myviewphotos, I don't think saying "nice photo" to every photo post on here is the right thing to do, that's not what I'm saying at all. I am not a "Pro Photographer" by any means, so I don't feel it is MY place to be offering up advice on someone else's work, as I may have made the same mistakes with photos I have taken. So if I see a photo that is poorly composed, out of focus, overly saturated, or just a poor photo in general, I will not say "nice photo" just to be polite. I simply will not comment on it at all.
But if a photo is not the best photo due to poor composition, processing, blown highlights, etc., I certainly don't think there is anything wrong with saying that to the OP in a nice manner. I would not take offense if someone told me I could have improved a photo if I had used a different composition, processed differently, or some other technical detail. But there is a difference in replying to someone's photo post with a comment like "Not much of a picture if you ask me", and don't at least say why its not much of a picture or offer up what they could have done to improve it and make it a better photo. That comment was just rude IMHO, and if you can't at least offer "constructive criticism", or at least nicely say why you don't think it is a good photo, then don't say anything at all. Thats all I am saying.
Bottom line.... everyone has a different vision and idea of what is a good photo. What I may like may very well be different than what you like and that is perfectly fine. I just feel there isn't any reason for a negative comment like the one that was made. It certainly didn't add anything positive to the post or discussion. I think we are all here because we like photography as a hobby or do it as a profession, so why not enjoy it.
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