Posting without Info

In the few months that I have been posting, viewing and commenting on the crique forums, I have learned an enormous amount. So much so that I believe it is clearly visible in my work. While I would like to thank everyone for sharing their work (yes, a "but" is coming }, I also would like to remind everyone that including the basic info with a post makes it a more much valuable learning tool for the rest of us. Lately I've seen several intriguing photos that prompted me to wonder "how did they do that", "where'd they shoot that", "what fstop gave them that DOF" because there was no info with the post. It just takes an extra minute but makes all the difference. Thanks in advance!

Joyce, good point - thanks for the reminder!

Thanks Joyce for reminding members of the worth of doing so. Not surprisingly others as this photographer have brought up the same in the past, though I really have never seen any change in the status quo of images without any information the majority cling to. I would speculate that is in part due to behaviors of the way images are minimally presented on Internet sites generally elsewhere where information serves no purpose. It is indeed annoying.

Thus even though many photographers on this board realize they have a somewhat more serious and professional audience herein, they continue to present the same way they do elsewhere. Additionally a photographer somewhat shields their technical skills by not being open that may serve a more closed agenda. That is especially true for those that regularly manipulate images and feel uncomfortable being honest about publically admitting so. But it goes beyond that as in a minor way it only serves to discourage an open, sharing, productive community. As a consequence, one cannot tell even minimally whether a posted image, given the 720 maximum dimensions, was captured by a 1mp $50 camera or a 21mp Canon. And as such that image might be only printed at 4x5 snapshot size or huge multi-feet sized fine art.