The instructions right above where you type your comments on a post say this:
"Please include comments on what you like about the photo and what you think can be improved. Please include comments on what you like about the photo and what you think can be improved. If the photographer has requested specific feedback, please be sure to provide it."
I promise to try harder to fulfill the request for comments on "what you think can be improved."
I would like to challenge some of you (not all of you, by any means, but some of you) to try harder to fulfill the request for comments on "what you like about the photo." I think that request is there for a reason, a good reason.
I would also like to challenge some of you (again, not all of you, by any means, but some of you) to try harder to actually read what the poster says and asks about and respond to that rather than just immediately saying what you think is wrong with the image regardless of what the poster says and asks. Sometimes I wonder, "Did you even READ what I said?"
Varina inspired me with her challenge about the Weekly Challenge, so I thought I'd try my own.
Boy - this has been a good day for me! First, six people post images just because I asked them to. And now, I'm an inspiration as well! You guys should see the ridiculous swagger in my walk now!
Seriously though - I think this is an important challenge. That is what NPN is all about. I have learned so much from others in the past several years - and this is one way I can say thanks. By giving back to someone else. It's not much - but a few simple words can mean a lot. I know that from personal experience. So I applaud you, Barbara. And I hope others will take up the challenge.
Totally unexpectedly I have now discovered a new way of learning here. I made a few comments on things I thought could be improved, and two people who are very good explained why they were the way they were. Wow. Two thumbs up!
Barbara, just be aware that when "very good" people "explain why..." often they are ignoring the suggestion (in NPN's guidelines) to refrain from arguing a critique. Their egos will not permit them to humbly accept critique from someone they perceive as "not as good". So be wary of "learning" from their remarks. The important thing is to learn from your own analysis. Understanding their strategies or methods is important too--but must be taken with the caveat above. There often is no 'wrong' or 'right' way to take a photo. What's right is to be true to your vision, and to effectively reach the people who you want to reach--which could be a small audience or a large one--that's up to you!
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4 replies"Please include comments on what you like about the photo and what you think can be improved. Please include comments on what you like about the photo and what you think can be improved. If the photographer has requested specific feedback, please be sure to provide it."
I promise to try harder to fulfill the request for comments on "what you think can be improved."
I would like to challenge some of you (not all of you, by any means, but some of you) to try harder to fulfill the request for comments on "what you like about the photo." I think that request is there for a reason, a good reason.
I would also like to challenge some of you (again, not all of you, by any means, but some of you) to try harder to actually read what the poster says and asks about and respond to that rather than just immediately saying what you think is wrong with the image regardless of what the poster says and asks. Sometimes I wonder, "Did you even READ what I said?"
Varina inspired me with her challenge about the Weekly Challenge, so I thought I'd try my own.
Seriously though - I think this is an important challenge. That is what NPN is all about. I have learned so much from others in the past several years - and this is one way I can say thanks. By giving back to someone else. It's not much - but a few simple words can mean a lot. I know that from personal experience. So I applaud you, Barbara. And I hope others will take up the challenge.