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Trappe

Trappe

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Amazing. I have just given somebody a "reality check" feedback on one of their shots and I tried to give some +VE on some of their other work.

I can no longer place comments on any shots.

Can further comments from grumpy individuals like me be blocked in Flickr??
 
Flickr people aren't commonly used to Constructive Crit.

They are more used to "Great Shot" and a sparkly badge.

Crit away at mine, I actually want to be told what I'm doing wrong!!! :thumbs:
 
JDholic said:
Flickr people aren't commonly used to Constructive Crit.

They are more used to "Great Shot" and a sparkly badge.

Crit away at mine, I actually want to be told what I'm doing wrong!!! :thumbs:
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Echoed 100%.

I have tried to remove myself from all the "Post 1 pic, leave 3 comments" groups that I mistakenly joined when I first signed up. IMO photographs should only be commented on when it's worth it, not for a "you scratch my back" type of shenanigans.

I have never once been told of any ways to improve my photography by another Flickr member. I must be bloody ace.
 
How dare he put such an underexposed shot on such a refined and exclusive online photo posting community! Blasphemy!

;)

I joined a few groups for critiques, some have been quite positive and others really have suggested changes that could have improved my photos.
 
swag72 said:
Should we all post a similar comment? :D
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Someone already has:


"O n e T e n says:
I can see what you are trying to achieve but the underexposure is just too great.

RaffertyEvans says:
Thanks One Ten... I don't want people to look at the bottom left hand side of the image, I wanted to portray a graduated dark to light effect and leave some detail on the Pier itself, but keeping the sky as the main focal point of the image.

Everyone has their own opion of the rules of photography, but surely art comes into it when you brake these rules and take photos that you are proud of!

Rules are there to be broken..."

She will never learn. She can't spell either.
 
Reading the comments on flickr, you would think everyone has the eye of Ansel Adams or Joe McNally!!
 
JDholic said:
Flickr people aren't commonly used to Constructive Crit.

They are more used to "Great Shot" and a sparkly badge.

Crit away at mine, I actually want to be told what I'm doing wrong!!! :thumbs:
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Thats mad just read a comment you made about a photo of me and my D3 70-200mm & SB-900 and saw you had the same aviator picture :nuts:
 
Blimey the Flickr force is against me.

:shrug:Is this a coincidence I wonder ??:shrug:

You have been banned from the Photos that are top in your Flickr - August "RED" P1. Com2. group. You will not be able to rejoin this group unless a group administrator removes the ban.

Note: This message has been sent to you by FlickHQ on behalf of Photos that are top in your Flickr - August "RED" P1. Com2.. If you want further clarification about the reason behind you being banned, you'll need to follow up with someone from the group, because FlickrHQ has no say in an individual Group's administration.
 
Trappe said:
Blimey the Flickr force is against me.

:shrug:Is this a coincidence I wonder ??:shrug:
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She's an admin of that group. She's blocked you from her stream and banned you from her group.

No doubt she will have spotted this thread too because you've linked to her photo from here. Her flickr stats will have picked up this thread.
 
Of course some people don't like negative crit on Flickr but tbh it's the same everywhere, some people just don't want it! Each to their own I suppose..

I leave negative sometimes as some members here may have found :D sometimes I leave loads of superlatives (not award, sparkly, janglies) and I've had mail from those who received the negs saying thank you for being honest ... :)
 
Trappe said:
Here is the shot.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/raffertyevans/3782028512/
My comment has been removed.

All I said was "Sorry to spoil the party but I think the shot is way under exposed. In addition there is no detail in the bottom left hand side. Nice sky though"

Ah well !!
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"Simply awesome!! You seem to unravel so much of beauty in every shot of yours :) I love your landscape shots..your processing is just right too :) This is a brilliant shot...beautiful composition and the lighting couldnt have been more beautiful :)"


:puke:
 
mobilevirgin said:
She's an admin of that group. She's blocked you from her stream and banned you from her group.

No doubt she will have spotted this thread too because you've linked to her photo from here. Her flickr stats will have picked up this thread.
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She has just added my latest picture on my photo stream to here favourites in the last 5mins :lol:
 
krazy_horse said:
How will she be able to do that?

JB
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She's got a pro account. That enables you to see the stats of how many people have looked at your pics and where they have come from. She will know that that pic has been linked to from this thread and she will see what people are saying about her photo.
 
Snapper73 said:
She has just added my latest picture on my photo stream to here favourites in the last 5mins :lol:
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Me too... Come on guys, she really does have some excellent shots in her photostream and made first page in explore a few times :clap: as i said previously ...'each to their own'
 
If you create the group, you're an admin, and any pro can create a group (maybe any user full stop). She's got family on there too, her husband's another admin.

It's no different to Facebook in this respect, anyone can create a group to blow smoke up each others as.......
 
I'm a Flickr user, and like Lee-Anne, I regularly check my stats. As mentioned, it lets you trace back links, search criteria etc, very useful. I often use the stats to challenge and lean on a blogger who links to a picture when I don't agree with the way the picture is used. She's now blown the issue of a harmless comment that didn't flow with the rest out of all proportion, with it being aired on the largest UK photography forum. When I went to add a complimentary comment to a recent upload of Lee-Annes, Proud of who I am, I found she had blocked me from commenting on it. It would be interesting to see her join this forum to discuss and explain her logic deleting comments unless they are full of praise.
 
steveb said:
I'm a Flickr user, and like Lee-Anne, I regularly check my stats. As mentioned, it lets you trace back links, search criteria etc, very useful. I often use the stats to challenge and lean on a blogger who links to a picture when I don't agree with the way the picture is used. She's now blown the issue of a harmless comment that didn't flow with the rest out of all proportion, with it being aired on the largest UK photography forum. When I went to add a complimentary comment to a recent upload of Lee-Annes, Proud of who I am, I found she had blocked me from commenting on it. It would be interesting to see her join this forum to discuss and explain her logic deleting comments unless they are full of praise.
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Why?..... Nobody should have to explain their reasons for blocking users or deleting comments from their Flickr :shrug: After all it's their photostream / profile and I believe it is unfair to knock a fellow tog who is not a member of this forum!
 
Many thanks for the comments and tips on flickr. I have been on there for a few months now and I use it like an image library and posting host just like my pbase gallery.

As a final comment on the matter :-


As a photographer who has some very good work I am quite frankly disappointed that she decided to take the action that she did.

It could be that on my original comment I made on the photo that I missed the point. It would have been nice to have had some response and maybe I could have learnt something from it.

All I have learnt on this occasion is that you need to walk on egg shells when making comments in Flickr.
 
If you run out of eggs, you're more than welcome to come and comment on mine ! -Not quite sure how I manage it, but I rarely get any comments at all, good or bad.

Not at all fussed about the usual inanities, but some helpful crit is always welcome.
 
I have been using Flickr now for years, constructive criticism is always welcomed and normally done via flickr email, not via comments.
If you put criticism on comments its like giving someone a public telling off, surely its better to take them to one side and say what the good points are about a photo, say what you think is wrong with the photo and how to correct it and leave it up to the tog too see if they take your advice or not.
Would any of you like your boss to shout at you in public or would you rather be taken aside?????
I see from the flickr users profile that she has been doing photography since March 2009, IMHO she is doing brilliant work for a photography newbie. I also see that the image under criticism has made FLICKR FRONT PAGE, #17 when I looked just now. Although it is under exposed, she obviously likes it and does many other people who viewed commented and added it as a favorite to get it to flickr front page..

http://www.flickr.com/photos/raffertyevans/3783531023/
 
highlander_photo said:
I have been using Flickr now for years, constructive criticism is always welcomed and normally done via flickr email, not via comments.
If you put criticism on comments its like giving someone a public telling off, surely its better to take them to one side and say what the good points are about a photo, say what you think is wrong with the photo and how to correct it and leave it up to the tog too see if they take your advice or not.
Would any of you like your boss to shout at you in public or would you rather be taken aside?????
I see from the flickr users profile that she has been doing photography since March 2009, IMHO she is doing brilliant work for a photography newbie. I also see that the image under criticism has made FLICKR FRONT PAGE, #17 when I looked just now. Although it is under exposed, she obviously likes it and does many other people who viewed commented and added it as a favorite to get it to flickr front page..

http://www.flickr.com/photos/raffertyevans/3783531023/
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Welcome to the forum....and give us a break. Flickr is a photo sharing web site, and constructive crit is fair game. It was hardly damning either, It was honest and helpful.

Looks like this dummy spitting is a national sport, and not one confined to the walls of Talk Photography! :dummy:

People need to grow up and learn to accept crit, otherwise they should hide their photos away in a drawer.

Gary.
 
Fair point, well made Gary.
 
highlander_photo said:
I also see that the image under criticism has made FLICKR FRONT PAGE, #17 when I looked just now.
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That'll be because lots of 'new' people who never normally look at his/her pics have looked at this one, so Flickr/Google sees it as an 'interesting' picture.
 
I agree with Gary "constructive" criticism is fair game, but ONLY when done in the right manner, criticism on a newbie photographer can only be damaging to their moral, surely you agree that if no comment was placed and an email sent asking if the Flickr user minds a little criticism was sent, he wouldn't have been blocked from adding comments?
 
highlander_photo said:
I agree with Gary "constructive" criticism is fair game, but ONLY when done in the right manner, criticism on a newbie photographer can only be damaging to their moral, surely you agree that if no comment was placed and an email sent asking if the Flickr user minds a little criticism was sent, he wouldn't have been blocked from adding comments?
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How else do you learn? I thought the crit was fair,if one only gets praise for mediocre images,then you will end up thinking you are the bees knees.When, in fact,the opposite is generally the case.
 
Im not saying criticism is wrong, I fully agree with having it. I am saying is that he could have done it a better way and taken time to email rather than comment. Then maybe he wouldn't have been blocked and could have started a dialogue and actually helped improve her photos by sharing his experience in photography.
 
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