To Bentchick and Tofi,

Bentchick, I agree. My gallery is my personal thing. In it you will find (by my choice) some images I would not post today. Why? At the time, at my level then I was quite happy with what I had done. My gallery is a personal measure to me of progress and change. To me, it is a chronology of my direction and level of skill.  I personally find that valuable.    Thanks for thinking what I said has merit. What I say is how I feel.

Tofi, to me the expression "at face value" was mostly from highschool type classes with the "understanding" that the teacher knew whether or not I was up to stuff.  In higher education, there was some discussion and reasons why were discussed. Still, the prof seemed to have the upper hand.    I suppose, I could have simply said: Consider the source of the comment and the constructive criticism. If this is someone you respect in his or her work, the comment means more than from an unknown. Still, I will look when the rare criticism is recieved no matter from whom it comes and see if that appears justified or actually constructive.   Rare criticism..rare not because of image quality but because constructive criticism is rarely given regardless.   I still upload what I personally like with little regard to what criticism or comment may or may not be received.

So much for all this ado.                TomDart.