On 9/16/2011 5:28 PM, Pete A wrote:
On 2011-09-16 19:08:06 +0100, tony cooper said:

On Fri, 16 Sep 2011 16:28:14 +0100, Pete A
wrote:

My artistic and technical knowledge is very limited, which makes me
totally unqualified to comment on the submissions. Who the hell am I to
critique the works of others?

This, frankly, is bull****. We are *all* qualified to judge and
comment on all the photographs submitted. The only qualification
necessary is the ability to form and express an opinion.

What makes you think your opinion is any less valid than anyone
else's? You may see something - good or bad - in photo that no one
else sees or brings up.

I find it very difficult to express my opinions in writing - it took me
five hours to write my comments on the submissions to this SI. I enjoyed
doing it and I took the time because in a previous post you mentioned
that there was a lack of negative feedback (suggestions for improvement).

Hopefully this time, I've contributed worthwhile observations from my
areas of knowledge that will benefit others.

The last thing I want anyone to do is degrade their work of art because
of something I've said. In my opinion, some contributors to the SI are
overly willing to adjust the artistic rendition of their image based on
feedback - feedback that I strongly disagree with, but I remain silent.
I do not wish to start an argument, furthermore, I have no empirical
evidence for my disagreement.

What really ****es me off is when I see budding artists who are
compliant enough (through admirable humility) to willingly degrade their
art based on the feedback of those who totally missed the point of their
art.

But, like I said, who the hell am I to make such powerful statements?
It's just my humble opinions at the end of the day.


Don't confuse humility with a lack of self confidence.
I try to make it clear, that my comments are only my opinion and the
artist should not take them literally, but should merely consider them.

--
Peter