[Leica] Critiques

[Bernard Quinn]

Tina,

I look at the photos on the LUG, particularly yours. I enjoy them. Sometimes when I have something positive to say I am glad to share my feelings. But, I almost never post anything which would qualify as a critique in the sense one might get if one were in graduate school.

There are several reasons for this. The first is that I am not qualified. I am not a professional editor, photographer, or teacher. I am under no illusions about my skill level. I have been in Master Classes with world class musicians such as Yo-Yo Ma where I have seen someone say in an insightful sentence or two something which improved the students playing for a lifetime. I just do not have that skill set.

I am a coward. I hate conflict. Flame wars have the ability to her me profoundly upset. I have been involved in two in my lifetime. There will not be a third. I simply will not post anything which has the slightest possibility if getting me involved in one of the verbal contests the internet is famous for. If there is something constructive yet negative which needs to be said I am reluctant to be the one to say it.

I do not know how much time people typically look at a photograph or a painting and I do not know how much time an average person spends studying a pogo of a painting. But, if watching people in a museum is any indication the answer is not a whole lot. If someone takes a moment to post a simple comment or to hit the like button that in and of itself tells you something. You made an impression. That is a useful piece of information. I don't, by the way, think that the converse is true. Silence may not tell you all of that much because as a species we are all too often guilty of forgetting to utter a kind word even when doing so would have made a big difference.

It was my birthday two weeks ago. I have not sent out my thank you notes yet. I am as guilty of this as anyone.

Thanks,

Barney

Barney Quinn, WK3Z
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> On May 4, 2015, at 10:36 AM, Tina Manley <tmanley at gmail.com> wrote:
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> I am a member of 4 Leica only Facebook pages that offer comments and
> criticisms.  I only post very small jpegs which are all watermarked so I
> doubt they could be stolen and used for anything else.  There are some
> really good photographers who post on the Leica Meet, Leica M240, Leica
> Monochrom, and Leica Photo Analysis groups.
> 
> Tina
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>> On Mon, May 4, 2015 at 1:05 AM, Nathan Wajsman <photo at frozenlight.eu> wrote:
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>> I rarely post my “good” photos on Facebook. Very occasionally I do, as I
>> did with my recent pétanque shots so that my family (who are on FB and not
>> the LUG) would see them. But otherwise, my FB posts consist mainly of snaps
>> with my iPhone.
>> With the exception of images that have a special interest for my family, I
>> will never post a proper photograph on FB.
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>> Cheeers,
>> Nathan
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>> Nathan Wajsman
>> Alicante, Spain
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>> YNWA
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>>> On 04 May 2015, at 02:56, Tina Manley <tmanley at gmail.com> wrote:
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>>> I am noticing that I get a lot more response and critiques when I post a
>>> photo on Facebook in addition to posting it here.  I have noticed the
>> same
>>> with other regular posters.  When they post something on FB there are
>> many
>>> views and comments, but posted on the e-mail groups there are no comments
>>> at all.  Should we stop posting here and just post on FB?
>>> 
>>> I would hate that but what do you think?
>>> 
>>> Tina
>>> 
>>> --
>>> Tina Manley
>>> www.tinamanley.com
>>> tina-manley.artistwebsites.com
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