Mike Farley wrote:When an image is posted in this forum which is intended for sharing, there are very few options available. Other than saying something along the lines of "good photo", it is difficult to know how to respond with appearing to disrespect the photographer's intentions. This has been excerbated by a number of photos being published as part of PAD or PAW projects. With the PADs in particular, quality is inevitably going to be variable. Around half the images I have added here have no comments against them, including some which I like. That said, these projects are more about learning and improving, rather than publishing a superb image every day, something which would be beyond the reach of ANY photographer. My own view is that I take photos for myself and if someone else likes them, that is a bonus.
In the "photo sharing" section I don't really mind not getting comments on everything and totally appreciate not everything will even merit a comment which is probably why I don't always comment on things too.
The critique section, as Nina says, is one where I'm much more inclined to post a comment whether I like the image or not, provided I feel I can make a worthwhile contribution of course
