I keep posting pics here and there and nobody notices. Or they do, and my pictures suck. Either way, it's begun to be less fun. -grumpy shrug-
I continue to shoot a ridiculous number of pictures on a regular basis. That 5 week trip alone was 3300 exposures, and I've got another 200-300 since I got back. I just don't get much feedback here on actual images, and that's the only reason I'd bother to post them here, to be honest. I ain't doin' it for anyone else, it's for me, and if I don't get anything back from it, it becomes less compelling. To this day, I have very little idea what I'm good at or bad at, what pictures of mine move other people (to any degree)... I'm pretty bad at judging that stuff. The feedback is incredibly helpful.Don't let the number of comments or pats on the back define how much fun you have with your photography.
If you want constructive criticism ask for it. Post a shot and point out what you think it lacking or what you are not sure works, or whatever. It's tough to expect people to invest time in critiquing a photo if they are not sure that your main intent is just to share an image or to get that feedback.I continue to shoot a ridiculous number of pictures on a regular basis. That 5 week trip alone was 3300 exposures, and I've got another 200-300 since I got back. I just don't get much feedback here on actual images, and that's the only reason I'd bother to post them here, to be honest. I ain't doin' it for anyone else, it's for me, and if I don't get anything back from it, it becomes less compelling. To this day, I have very little idea what I'm good at or bad at, what pictures of mine move other people (to any degree)... I'm pretty bad at judging that stuff. The feedback is incredibly helpful.
And so forth.
I understand you are not looking for a critique but some notice that they have been seenI keep posting pics here and there and nobody notices. Or they do, and my pictures suck. Either way, it's begun to be less fun. -grumpy shrug-
kyle there is a photo critique forum on the site which I set up in the old days when I was a mod. Perhaps you could try posting a few selected images there and see if you get some feedback.I continue to shoot a ridiculous number of pictures on a regular basis. That 5 week trip alone was 3300 exposures, and I've got another 200-300 since I got back. I just don't get much feedback here on actual images, and that's the only reason I'd bother to post them here, to be honest. I ain't doin' it for anyone else, it's for me, and if I don't get anything back from it, it becomes less compelling. To this day, I have very little idea what I'm good at or bad at, what pictures of mine move other people (to any degree)... I'm pretty bad at judging that stuff. The feedback is incredibly helpful.
And so forth.
Hmm... Must look into this. I have an idea...kyle there is a photo critique forum on the site which I set up in the old days when I was a mod. Perhaps you could try posting a few selected images there and see if you get an feedback.
I agree completely. If we want "real" conversation about a photo I think we need a sub-forum that clearly spells out the intent to offer criticism, and I think we maybe need the ability to post photos anonymously. So Luke is not criticizing my photo, just A photo.I used to post a number of photographs to this site, however that has become less meaningful to me since joining my local photography club, and in recent weeks has all but ceased. I don't believe that sites such as this will encourage people to critique photographs in a meaningful and honest way. People feel uncomfortable about pointing out what they perceive to be shortcomings in others work and don't want to be the first to put their head above the parapet....
This got me thinking; you're undoubtedly right about the web imposing certain restrictions (or in some cases, allowing for nastiness and rudeness *cough* dpr forum *cough*), but I'm sure that some improvement could be made if we put some effort into creating the right kind of atmosphere.I used to post a number of photographs to this site, however that has become less meaningful to me since joining my local photography club, and in recent weeks has all but ceased. I don't believe that sites such as this will encourage people to critique photographs in a meaningful and honest way. People feel uncomfortable about pointing out what they perceive to be shortcomings in others work and don't want to be the first to put their head above the parapet.
(...)They meet at one anothers houses and do offer critique of one anothers work, critique that if they are to be believed can be quite honest, which obviously doesn't continually consist of remarks such as "that's great" and the like which are, lets face it, fairly meaningless at the end of the day. Why does the responder think it's great? Is it because it's as simple as being in the same genre that the responder follows, is it the composition, the post processing work or a host of other reasons.
Very, very well put. Learning how to express WHY I like a shot (or don't, nicely), is probably a big step in learning what it is that I actually like in the first place, which might lead to being able to recreate it more easily instead of stumbling into it by accident. Beyond learning more about the skill of shooting, I need to work on the skill of critique, because one leads to the other.I want to learn how to capture a compelling shot vs a typically mundane one.
I can tell you that I like this a lot, that it's the sort of shot I sometimes try to take, and never capture this well. As for why, I would say:With apologies to Paul (I'll post another photo to pay the price for the yappin' I'm about to do), I feel pretty limited in my ability to critique also. I'm like the Supreme Court ruling on obscenity way back when, "I can't define it for you in advance, but I know it when I see it". Generally any critique I'd offer is gonna fall into either lack of content (or interesting content) or composition. On rare occasion, when a composition is pretty good but could be better, I might have an actual concrete suggestion for how to improve it. But often I've got nothing to offer that would be useful. And, often enough, if there's nothing there, all I could say is "there's nothing there" and I can't really comment much more constructively on how to make it better. I like the idea of a critique forum more than the reality of them. I like Paul's idea better - just post stuff and if someone is compelled to comment on it, positively or negatively, go for it. But trying to take on the task of helping someone else get better is beyond me - I have a hard enough time trying to critique my own stuff and making IT better...
OK, this is one of my favorite recent images, from a couple of months ago...
Last Night Sunset-15-Edit by ramboorider1, on Flickr![]()
-Ray