Beryld, You are absolutely correct. My suggestion is my suggestion. It's based on my opinions and tastes and subjective style and I always try to make sure that's emphatically empasized. I would be extremely disappointed if anyone ever thought I was saying my suggestion was the "right" way to do something. What I mean by 'my idea' might be something as simple as showing how different an image would look if it was cropped differently. I once saw a critique here where someone described the artwork as being "flat." The artist took great offense, thinking that the critic meant "boring." That wasn't what was meant. "Flat" is a term used in lighting describing the effect of light on an object. If something is very evenly lit from the front it often looks "flat." If it's lit well then the curvature and shape of the objects (and the way the shadows look) are more pronounced and the object truly does look more like it's got a 3rd dimension (depth). The critic was using a valid, non-derogatory industry term but the artist didn't understand what the critic was talking about and ugliness ensued. It would have saved a lot of heartache if the critic had simply used a bit of postwork to deepen the shadows and pop out the highlites to demonstrate what they meant. Just as an aside, I've only done this when I couldn't think of another way to show what I was suggesting. I also only use it to empasize a specific area - a lighting or composition tip - rather than doing it just to "make the picture right." It's not my picture to redo - and that's way too time intensive. BTW I do like your idea of a kind of a 'challenge.' That's something that can be encouraged by anyone in the forum and can be a lot of fun. As long as there are no prizes involved it can be very informal. ;-)

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