I can answer only for myself why I do not usually give "constructive" criticism: I simply do not have the time for it! I go through the gallery once, sometimes twice a week, and I look at what interests me by viewing the thumbnails. That is already very time consuming, you know:-) If I comment, it usually means I find the image interesting, and I try to really "say something" about that what made me look at the image in the first place. Sometimes I only "view" the picture, and do not comment for lack of time.... About colors: I actually totally agree with Dave here. A lot of colorschemes look the same dull brew of desatureated greyish, greenish to me. And yes, my monitor is calibrated right;-) But I often wonder if other people should have a closer look at their monitor's colorprofile and gamma settings! Probably that would help a lot already. Evie