IMO the first two pictures suck but that third pic is feckin or should I say blooming? awesome!



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That's not very helpful is it... What is it about the pictures that "suck"? Surely some constructive criticism would be of more use to the photographer than "they suck"

By the way, I didn't think much of your photo either*... nothings happening, and it doesn't speak to me at all. It's two cop cars... so what?

* Bear in mind the fact that I have always complimented you on the quality and composition of your photos, so that wasn't just a cheap dig at you.

hence the IMO and I agree whole heartedly that my pic sucks bad

Nope, sorry, that doesn't qualify the comment.
As JV says, it would be nice to have constructive criticism.
Why don't you like the pictures?

Mark

Personally I found the first to be rather soft as an image, it seemed a little fuzzy and I couldnt clearly see what the intended focal point was

I did like the second though, the fuzz (is there a better word) on the plant seemed very crisp and in focus

Big_D: What were the images shot with?

The first was supposed to show the water droplets caught in the rolled leaves, a fascinating site, but doesn't photograph well.

It was the fuzz and the blossom in sharp focus, with the rest of the tree blurring out that I found interesting.

The 3rd is the one I was most proud of.

There is another which I like, which is the blossom again, but it starts in the centre in sharp focus and the focus seems to spiral out to blurriness. I'll upload it later.

They were shot with a little Canon compact camera (Ixus 110is). The original images are 4000x3000, I have done no post-processing on any of the images, they are as they came out of the camera, apart from resizing for Imageshack

A wider view of the blossom


This one I found fascinating, you start with the blossom in the foreground (relatively central), then work back up the branch, the each successive blossom is a bit more out of focus, then follow the sprial and the buds around the edge appear to also go out of focus more or less in order.

That top one looks really cool

For arguments sake if you cannot dislike a photo without giving reason (constructive criticism) then is it right that you can simply say you "like" a photo without giving reasons why?

Yeah sorry that top one looks really cool, I like the fuzziness, fuzziness is always cool. There we go

Oh, okay then, let's argue.
Giving positive feedback doesn't normally require qualification, because whatever it is about something - anything - that you like that someone's done means whatever they did was good and they should just carry on doing it.
Also, just saying on the odd occasion you don't personally like something is fine, but repeatedly saying you don't like so-and-so or that something "sucks" is not very helpful at all.
So yeah, slagging off or negative feedback should be qualified with what it is you don't like about something, for positive feedback that's not quite so important.

Mark

My take on this would be...

If you like a picture I've taken and simply say you like it, that's fine. If you want to say what it is about the picture that you like then that's fine as well.

If you don't like a picture that I've taken then tell me what it is about the picture that you don't like. That way I can take another look at it and maybe try something different, which could improve my photographic technique. Simply saying it sucks is not helpful and, (in my opinion) only serves to deter people from contributing to the forum.

Yep.

Mark

Flame on



Mark

Now we know who is to blame for climate change.