if u dont like the people give thier Critique pls dont put at this corner ..... 1st i give the reply just on my view .... 2nd im not here to telling u how you go to take ur photo ... that all...
Sigh..I'm not going for you in the first place. Anyway, thanks for your input even if you're getting abit emotional. Same goes for denniskee. I'm sorry you guys think that way, but then again I'm not gonna change.
Firstly, the words I put forward is meant to present you a new point of view. You may take it rude as you wish, but I present a point I wish anybody looking at this thread to consider.
ALot of times when you critique another person's photograph, at what context are you looking at?
'Oh you should put another person in there' 'Oh the DOF is not wide enough..you should open up your aperture' 'Oh, too blur..you should use a tripod'.
When a critique is presented , it's ABOUT the picture..not how it's shot. The quality of the photograph..what you agree and disagree about it. If it's too blur for your liking, just say that person is out of focus and it's not to your liking. Not telling the photographer what to do.
That's why I never agreed on people putting their photographs going 'What title do you guys suggest' or' Please help me select the best photograph'. It shows a lack of resolve in the photographer.
If you want to recommend, please put in the line :' I believe you're trying to do so and so...so this if it is so how it's done'.
You, as a critic, are doing a service to the photographer when you present a comment. A photographer relies on critique as a sampling point as to how people react to his/her photograph, and it is really up to him/her how she wants to use it. Not you, the critic.
Secondly, a critique is suppose to help the photographer. This idea means the critique MUST be clear. Not lump everything into a general statement and go 'If you shoot in landscape mode this and this would happen'. Be explicit why you don't like/like it, each certain aspect.
That's why it's hard to provide good critique, cause it's hard to give a full view on each detail. This I point out to the above critique 'WHy this title? Cause I don't feel it's summer...'
How , is this going to help me make a decision?
Thirdly, before you look at a picture, try to go in in all angles of prespective. Keep an open mind, Not how you 'supposed' it would be. Standards are a rough guide line, but like photographers, be prepared to approach boundaries. Like the rally photograph I shot, I'm shot it with the mind of not showing it's a rally , but each invididual in that particular moment, and people accuse me of not reporting the event accurately. Had it occured to them that it's not the rally I was trying to portray?
What I'm simply pointing out, is not that I would mind critique, but the quality of the critique! I could accept harsh critique, but it must be clear, concise and of course, it's up to me to decide whether the viewer got my point.
And that is my case.