Forum: Photography


Subject: Critiquing Photos

varanasi opened this issue on Jul 16, 2012 · 13 posts


varanasi posted Mon, 16 July 2012 at 5:51 PM

Being a new kid on the block, please please PLEASE take this thread in the right way. 

I have posted a few photos now and have fun looking at others, BUT I have found myself at times frustrated.  There is so much to learn in the world of digital photography and from time to time I'm just not sure if I have gotten an image that is just appealing to my eye or if it is REALLY a good shot.  Everyone is very polite, but at times a bit TOO POLITE. 

How horrified would everyone be if there were constructive criticism critiques (and I truly mean constructive criticism) posted on images? 

My husband has been at this a while and he showed me another website that I wont mention (cough photosig.com cough) that from time to time he looks at but has never posted on himself.  They actually have a section just to critique each others work.  There are many people on there, in my opinion, that are.....shall we say.....snobby.  But alot of the critiques have helped my eye look at others work, read the critiques, and evaluate whether I agree with the changes they might suggest. 

I have found myself setting up my shot with a keener eye, evaluate my settings better and spend more time on my post work now. 

I personally would LOVE to see less posts on my images that are the cookie cutter "marvelous image" and "superb capture" and more stuff like "I do like it but I think you could have increased/decreased your apeture to get a little better effect" or "I would like to see a wider/tighter crop" or " I think it might need a bit more/less saturation".  Dont get me wrong, I like it as much as everyone else when someone says they like my images, but I would LOVE to see WHY, what went right or wrong....  I learn and try to apply constructive criticism.

What is your opinion?  I would never want to offend someone on a good photo that might need a slight tweek to make it an excellent photo.