Critiques and Discussion-- what are they?

[Peter De Smidt]

Not quite everyone

[Corran]

You're right, it was wrong of me to say that! Just a lot of folks.

[Merg Ross]

Some time ago I started an image thread which requested no text, no comments.

It died...
I can't even find it

Hey Randy, I was thinking about that old thread today. I contributed, and thought it was a terrific idea. Time to bring it back!

[Corran]

Some time ago I started an image thread which requested no text, no comments.

It died...
I can't even find it

Found it:
LF image only, no written comments, reply by image only

[mmerig]

Just a few more comments --

Oren Grad provides more clarification in Post #9 on what critique and discussion mean. Another sentence like this in the guideline would be useful. To paraphrase what I mentioned earlier, I don't have a big hankering to provide critiques or receive them, I just did not understand how the the forum really worked.

Apparently, not many people want a critique beyond a simple complement. Even so, the thread that Peter Mounier (post #15) referred to is one that specifically allows critiques. If I need a critique, or want to read some, I'll probably use this one rather than start a new thread as suggested. This thread did not come up in my search of "Critique", and the last post was in 2014. Another way, assuming that critiques are important enough to enough people, is to have a forum on it rather than individual threads in the "Image Sharing (LF) and Discussion" forum, and have critiques as a default and make it clear in the title.

Finally, I am sorry for my post that was an unwanted critique. My apology is especially to the person that posted the image that I commented on. As this thread ensued, I realized (via post #23) that my comment was worse than I thought, because the person that posted the image asked the moderator to remove my post.

Thanks for all of the thoughtful comments; I learned a lot.

[Tin Can]

Interesting that the last image posted in the no text thread was replaced by a default image of text!

Photos with text have a long history and use in photo art. Hendrik's work is always appreciated even when it's missing.

Note, that many post images from offsite servers.

I once was against that process but have changed my mind as the forum itself has lost hosted images. Digital is not permanent. yet...

I now post almost every photo from Flickr as it makes it so easy to size without a editor.

I started the no text thread with a virtual 8X10. https://www.largeformatphotography.i...=1#post1235376

Thanks Bryan!