Re: [Leica] PAW -- Criticism or Stroking?

[corbeau@hekizan.com]

I feel similar to Alastair.  The important point of the PAW was to shoot 
regularly and often and hopefully show a positive trend over the course of 
the project.  Positive reinforcement of the good stuff and a silent 
dismissal of the substandard seems a natural course.  This is especially 
true given the incredibly broad scope of photographic interests on the LUG.

For a true critical evaluation, you'd probably be better suited by a list 
oriented to the type of photography in which you're interested rather than 
one dedicated to a brand of equipment.  For example, I participate (mostly 
lurk) on the Streetphoto list run by Johnny Deadman.  That list, with it's 
narrow topical focus, offers very good criticism by many talented 
photographers.  Often the criticism is not 'nice' but generally seems to be 
delivered with a great deal of forethought.  There have been recent threads 
that the criticism may be too strong, scaring off the newbies and such...

C.




>Ellis,
>
>Remember that PAW's will go up and down. The posters are looking to force 
>themselves to put up an image each week, and therefore the quality of that 
>image will vary with opportunity and the phase of the moon. It doesn't 
>help to be too critical, as that can start the LUG down the slippery 
>slope, but many of the comments are aimed at critic: ie crop here, dodge 
>there, PS that out etc. Also, not many of us are really in a position to 
>be TOO critical ;-)
>
>Cheers
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>Alastair Firkin
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