Ouch - be careful when you ask for critiques

[ColoradoSkier]

I still like the picture, but they are probably making some valid points...

http://www.flickr.com/photos/chesterbullock/2102231726/

[Rhino95]

Yeah, but you could look at almost ANY photo and say how YOU would make it better. It's part of learning. Like with having the bush on the left more blurred...to each his own. I'm in different. It's all personal opinion.

[thenimirra]

I was actually thinking about blogging about Flickr groups on One Day, One Picture. It's great when everyone loves the image, but when you get some serious critiques, it really puts things into perspective.

[Jocko]

There was a great blog on strobist the other day ("Our photos, ourselves" Jan 4th). It was about separating yourself from your images. Sometimes we get attached to certain images, for one reason or another, and can't see the forest through the trees. Being able to see your images without emotion is tough, especially when it's a shot we had to work at to get.

Photography is too subjective for anyone to say what is exactly wrong or exactly right. However there are basic rules and principles that should be learned. Knowing these rules and when & why to break/bend them will take any photog to the next level. Most of these "rules" came from artists who worked on canvas. However, applying these same rules to photography, we are able to give balance and feeling to our photos. I think the most commonly broken rule is composition. Most of us could use a little more help in that department.

Take what they say and try to see what they are talking about. They may have valid points, but they also might be some photog hack spewing their drivel like we see on so many blogs/forums.:thumbsup:

[thenimirra]

Jocko, you said it way better than I could have written it for the blog....you should post this up on One Day, One Picture.

[ColoradoSkier]

Excellent points. I actually still really like the pic. I might pp it more in Photoshop before I actually print it, but I think some of the comments definitely moved into personal preference. Thankfully, I didn't do much to get that shot, just waited for people on the bridge to leave.

[thenimirra]

I actually had a comment from someone who admitted that he didn't like slow shutter speed treatment of water...so he voted my photo a "maybe" just for that in the "Hit Miss or Maybe" forum.

Take the good with the bad..the same way you do on any forum or discussion board. The people who really care offer up their suggestions because they want to help...use if you agree with them. Ignore the rest.

[OFRD_GRL]

i added a comment :)

[ColoradoSkier]

Saw that, thanks. ;)

[Jeffro600]

I actually prefer when people tear my pictures apart vs the standard "Great shot, nice job, etc"

It teaches me what i did wrong or could have improved upon!

[rockkrusher]

Those were actualy easy critics.I learned along time ago that Model Mayhem is one of the harshest places to have an image critiqued.

[rockkrusher]

I actually prefer when people tear my pictures apart vs the standard "Great shot, nice job, etc"

It teaches me what i did wrong or could have improved upon!

Join Model Mayhem. Photographers,models and MUA's will be glad to tear your work apart and tell you what is wrong with the images.

[Tiffany]

Yep, I think the MM hacks live to destroy people.