Jumping in here kinda late, and I'm not a forum maven... BUT, hell... I'll add my two cents worth. Honesty is always desired in gallery comments. BUT... SO IS TACT! It's one thing to tell someone their image is so ugly it makes you wanna puke on your brand new reeboks... It's another to tell someone their image could be improved by changing this and working some more on that, but it's just a personal preference with you. SAME MESSAGE... just delivered constructively vs. DEstructively. My 14 yr old daughter recently had a viewer post a comment on a Bryce image in a gallery. He said, to paraphrase, "I think it's ugly." She and I talked about it, and I warned her that posting in the adult galleries was fair game, and to not take things personally. I told her that she should search his gallery images and try to get a feel for what type of art he was comparing to. Interesting thing was.... he had never posted any images. We had a good laugh over that, and went on. BUT... as an adult (not to mention a Dad) I cornered the guy and asked him if he thought his comments were'nt a little over the top. He replied that if he'd said what he really thought, she'd have been upset. Wanna know what he was really thinking???? That the textures didn't look right, that the sky didn't appeal to him, and that the image was too dark. I told him that that's EXACTLY the type of feedback she was looking for. Delivered in a factual, constructive manner. The guy never really understood, I don't think... but it makes a perfect example. And, let's not forget the good ol' Golden Rule... If you can't say something nice, keep your mouth shut and move on.