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Bit of a moan......


Well, having gleaned lots of info from this forum, for which I am very very grateful as I do believe it has helped me to understand and Improve my photography, I am feeling a little disappointed.
I posted a picture on the landscape thread which I was excited about as I had put into practice some of the advice I have been given from here. This morning I looked to see what feedback the picture got. I hadn't received a single response but had received 36 views. Not one of those 36 had thought to even say a word, not one bit of CC.:shrug:
Feeling slightly paranoid I took a look at the general stats and was somewhat dismayed to find that I am not alone, in fact there is one picture that has had over 180 views and the grand sum of 8 responses. That's a dismal 4% response....but at least there was some feedback. I noticed quite a few that didn't get any feedback at all. So feeling slightly lifted that it wasn't just me I though I would have a word!;)

I know we all have busy lives and to leave feedback every time we looked at a pic we would take all day (I am guilty of looking at plenty of photos but not responding so I hold my hands up:naughty:), but I do think we should make more of a concerted effort. Even if its a simple thumbs up icon it can go a long way to letting the photographer know that he is on the right track.

For someone like me who is a novice every piece of feedback is soaked up like a sponge and where possible put into practice. I don't post a pic for a slap on the back, or to see how many great comments I get so I can boost my ego. I, along with many others, really do want to have the picture pulled apart and receive constructive criticism. How else will we improve.:thinking:

So, that said, I will make more of an effort to leave any feedback (like I said im a novice so my knowledge and photography vocabulary aren't that great, it may be a simple 'Like It!'), I hope you can do the same.


Moan over!:lol:
 
I must admit, i was quite bad at not leaving replys, being so new to photography, I haven't felt confident enough to leave any form of advice, however I have tried recently to leave replys staing simply if i like them or not. :)
 
Its tricky for us newbs as we dont have the technical vocabulary and I must admit that i havent left replies in many of the photos ive view for fear of giving wrong advice. So from now on I will make more of an effort, even if its only using the thumbs up emoticon thingy....
 
Hi Dude,
Glad you are taking pics.
But Please don't get Het up so fast i can understand you are annoyed at folks looking but not leaving feedback.
I agree if people have taken the time to open the pic they can at least say if they like it or not. A simple nice would suffice.
Many of us here are simple folk that like pictures and as such we can at least say what we like or don't like.
On another point however this site gets so many postings that they cannot all be viewed i generally get the first page up and post to the majority of them your moan post only came up when i selected all posts which is well over a thousand since i was on yesterday.
You need to allow more time for people to view these and as you only put the pic on yesterday many many members will not have seen it, but those that had at least some could have left reply.
All the best and please don't let this put you off.
 
You put it up ten to midnight and complain at ten the next morning that it got no replies? patience grasshopper, patience!

I might comment on 1 in 10 images I look at but with the way the forums have taken off that's still a lot. I know it's important to you as part of the learning process to know what people think of your work so all I can say is keep posting, the law of averages says you'll get the feedback you need eventually.
 
I wasnt purely commenting on my post, it was a general thing that I have noticed.

Some of the posts sit for ages without ever getting a comment, some have no comments for a while then once someone gets the ball rolling the floodgates open.

Im not het up either, just saying come on, lets get those fingers tapping on those keyboeards (where possible).

You will be amazed at how much of an improvement this forum has made to my photography so i am not having a pop in any way, at any body.....im as guilty as the next person.

Please dont take it that way...its just an obswervation/thought/whine/comment/view blah blah blah
 
I look at pictures and say "ohh thats nice" but I'm not going to post that because it offers no useful criticism. the same as if i saw a picture and thought "that looks sh*te". its an offencive comment but I have no intention of upsetting the author. I will not criticise other peoples pictures if I am not good enough myself. Although i have offered advice once or twice on how i would do things a bit differently.

When i post a picture i do it because i want to share it with people, if they chose to comment then thats great, if they don't the its no bother.

What iritates me is when folk post a pic usually in the general photo sharing sections and whinge about having 300 views and no comments. I see this as an ego thing, if folk wanted constructive criticism they'd ask for it i.e "come on guys can i have some CC please" or they would plonk the pic in the critique forums...
 
The unanswered posts button is up at the top for a reason, If people even clicked it once a day and tried replying to a few threads with 0 replies it wouldnt be a problem!

It is very easy for posts to get buried though with the amount of submissions that are here daily. I dont think its an overly bad thing to bump your thread in a day or two if it didnt get any responces so a few more people see it.
 
IMO sometime pics are just not worth commenting on (not being specific about yours, coz I ain't looked at it). Personally, if a pic invokes a reaction in me, then I'll leave a comment, good or bad. If not I don't leave anything. I certainly do not feel a sense of duty to leave comments. The whole idea of the forum is to give opinions, advice etc and not just post something for the sake if it.

Yeh, I get as p***ed of as the next person if my posts are ignored but I have to look at it the way I look at it and really not give a toss too much.

Does sound like a bit of a moan/sulk to me but hey, keep posting and don't take it so personally. Life's too short to let stuff like this get you down.
 
What you have said has been discussed before (unfortunately)
Yes your right the average tends to be well under 10% comments to views that is unless its a "certain" sub forum :D where the view / comment ration is even smaller .I don't know why though. :thinking::D
I guess I too will comment on one in ten. I view Some subjects interest me and some don't. I will comment if I can offer something constructive or congratulate "some-one" on something that I concider stunning.
I didn't add my grumpy old sod tag for nothing. I started
This thread
which is actually the flip side of your comment
These type of posts ( yours not mine) actually was the "cause"" of the mods adding the "unanswered post" link along the top bar, as they felt some posts were getting "knocked down" the list fairly quickly in some less popular sub forums

 
ya have to understand
when you start it's "nice" to have lots of people say "that's nice"
but after a while "nice" loses its impact
no-one wants lots of "nice"
they really want - and need - more constructive feedback

also - quite rightly - a lot of people hold back from saying "that's crap" as it doesn't add anything either

the forum has exploded in volume recently
you'll never get everyone commenting on every picture
that doesn't mean it's crap
maybe it's "ok", but doesn't grab anyone enough to write

having said that - I do like feedback - preferably positive - we all do
and if it helps make me a better tog - then all the more so

don't lose heart
keep posting
you will grab someone's attention and you will get feedback

hang in there

hth
imho
 
Well your picture was put up overnight which isn't the best time to expect responses. Having said that we've long been preaching the mantra that it's down to everyone to contribute with comment.

Give it time. ;)
 
Jeez, forty seven views and eleven replies, some people are never happy!

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moved to offtopic...
 
Hacker said:
Jeez, forty seven views and eleven replies, some people are never happy!

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I don't think he was particularly talking about this thread, he was on about a thread in the landscape section, not the one in your pic.
 
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