Quote - So basically you're saying that those who upload their rendered images in the gallery (or galleries) are fishing for attention? Okay, I didn't know that. Bugger all the constructive crisiticisms and the quest to get better in this medium - give me attention damn it!

ouch! look, english is my second language - might well be that my 'fishing for attention' sounds way more harsh than i mean it. when you upload an image you do it because you want people to see it, and you hope that people like your work. maybe you even hope to attract a customers attention. you want people to tell you what they think about your work. you want their feedback - i.e.: comments. now what you get is (hopefully) a lot of compliments - but no constructice criticisms. because it's such a thing with constructice criticisms. to write:' nice pic but your lights are no good.' is insufficient and most likely to end in a bloodshed. to be 'constructice' i would have to tell you: - what i don't like about your lights - and why. - what you should change - and how - and (optional) link you to a good tutorial ar a good image to compare. summing it up i'd have to write some 50 words at least. that's for lights only! let's face the facts: nobody takes the trouble to do that! so i think that the only thing you can learn in the galleries is peoples taste. weeell, if you need that... in the galleries you get attention. but knowledge and new skills are to be found in tutorials and in the forum. your 'give me attention damn it!' made me smile...say, why don't you link me to one of your images and i tell you what i think about it via PM. might help to make you understand better what i mean? how about it? could take some time though....