Campaign for Critique

The techniques and technical side of photography is something which you may not feel knowledgeable enough to offer constructive criticism on, but photographs are also emotive images (or so I strongly believe) and you don't have to know anything whatsoever about photography to feel what a photographic image conveys and hence to be able to comment. At the very least, every picture tells a story.

The important thing is to be honest and don't pretend to know more than you do, and to be as diplomatic/tactful as you can in your comments.
 
Robin, I jumped on your thread as well but only did so after reading all the comments and replies fulyl in all your image threads.Yeah some people were rude however you need to read back your comments and tell me honestly how anyone can say your were not being defensive. Some gave some technical replies which were very valid and as you say we all have different ideas.You post pics for critique and people will do so even if they don't meet your ideas perfectly so no point in fully explaining your images and why you like them anyway as the person viewing can see through the replies and guess what he still wont like them as it doesn't meet the points which make him enjoy an image. Post up with your details and let others pic away, disregard the ones you want but take on board the ones you think may help but god please don't give a full explanation as to your ideas to each person who disagrees-take it on the chin and move on. You have your ideas on what you enjoy in an image and if what your produces keeps you happy then great but understand your ideas are far from that of the biggest majority in this forum would say they enjoy. Maybe just maybe you could look at what I have said in a positive light and try harder to listen without replying/or being defensive( whether or not you are but it comes across like that).
 
RedRobin said:
The techniques and technical side of photography is something which you may not feel knowledgeable enough to offer constructive criticism on, but photographs are also emotive images (or so I strongly believe) and you don't have to know anything whatsoever about photography to feel what a photographic image conveys and hence to be able to comment. At the very least, every picture tells a story.

The important thing is to be honest and don't pretend to know more than you do, and to be as diplomatic/tactful as you can in your comments.
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This is often the most valuable form of crit. Far too many people just think that technical crit is important.. and many feel that's the only type they need.

Photographs are just visual communication. Letting the artist know what their images are ACTUALLY communicating is amongst the best feedback you can possibly get.

People rarely comment on it though.
 
Understood and no problem, markyboy :thumbs:

I always have been a bit different from everyone else! :D
 
I frequently get moaned at because I don't have the EXIF showing on my pictures
Even to the extent that some can't give critique without it
WHY ?
It's not something I often look at unless someone is asking what went wrong, so you can see if
it is camera shake from a low shutter speed or something else.
I look at a picture and if I like what I see then I may say so, even in some of the sections
I don't have a clue about, is tat wrong, should I be checking how it was taken etc.
Composure etc are far more important to me
 
Gremlin said:
I frequently get moaned at because I don't have the EXIF showing on my pictures
Even to the extent that some can't give critique without it
WHY ?
It's not something I often look at unless someone is asking what went wrong, so you can see if
it is camera shake from a low shutter speed or something else.
I look at a picture and if I like what I see then I may say so, even in some of the sections
I don't have a clue about, is tat wrong, should I be checking how it was taken etc.
Composure etc are far more important to me
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....I think that some people who can see what they feel is technically wrong with a photo (or which might be improved) rely on the EXIF to learn the cause of what they question. So for example, by giving my shutter speed someone can see that I could have changed that in order to improve my aperture which in turn... etc etc would have resulted in a better photograph technically.

Unfortunately some photographers are only able to base their critique on EXIF data but it can be helpful in learning how to get the most out of your camera and hence what you want to achieve in your images. The perfect picture which hits the sweet spot is also technically spot on.

However, personally the most important judgement of a photo I make is whether the image evokes pleasure and/or emotion. You appear to feel the same.

:)
 
I'd like to thank all those that have been making a concerted effort to offer increased critique on the forum over the last couple of weeks, there already seems to be a small but positive effect on the level of critique being offered if we can continue down this path things should only get better from here :thumbs:

Gremlin said:
I frequently get moaned at because I don't have the EXIF showing on my pictures
Even to the extent that some can't give critique without it
WHY ?
It's not something I often look at unless someone is asking what went wrong, so you can see if
it is camera shake from a low shutter speed or something else.
I look at a picture and if I like what I see then I may say so, even in some of the sections
I don't have a clue about, is tat wrong, should I be checking how it was taken etc.
Composure etc are far more important to me
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For me when offering critique on possible technical issues especially in my particular field of expertise I find it useful to be able to see the settings used and what may have caused the issue :thumbs: but if the exif isn't there I'll just have to ask questions to be able to offer help...some of the processing I used does strip the exif but these days where I can I'll look to add it back in :thumbs:
 
Just want to give this a little boost back into people's minds lets not let this die...the more we can do the better our wonderful community will be...I know as well as anyone sometimes life doesn't let you offer as much time as you can to critique but really every little bit is still vitally important :thumbs:
 
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