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Just keep doing what you're doing and take these critiques a little less seriously. You know how many times I've heard photographers say "I hate Ansel Adams photos, they're so boring!" or "Herb Ritts is just bad." when subjectively they are some of the best in their respective genres? Don't let the haters bring you down, man. Photographers can be harsh but you have to understand that there's a lot of world-renowned photographers through generations that get hate for their efforts even though they know they did the best that they could and have even changed photography for future generations. Photography is supposed to be something personal to everyone and other people don't have to "get it" for you to keep doing it. You see what I mean? You know where you stand as far as your photos go and that should be enough. Even the highest rated images for all these critiques is never higher that a 3.5 ("solid" but not exceptional) so really you should look at a 2-star rating as more of a 3.5/5. I can understand your frustration with the rating system and taking it to heart, but in the end you have to take these ratings with a grain of sand and look at it more on the scale of the highest rated images vs the lowest, and where you fall in that. While I can take that into account it still doesn't change the fact that the photos end-result was a 1 or a 2 star. I left comments on a few photos I rated lower( spanning multiple critiques) and half the time I get back emotionally driven defenses as to the limitations of the photographers situation. That's a lot of time and energy into something that would generally go underwhelmed. If i were to just rate the 1-2 stars I'd still be several comments deep. If I were to leave a constructive comment on every photo I rated I'd be over 300 comments in. Personally I try to rate every image in the critique so I can make sure everyone gets the same treatment since they took the time to enter the critique.
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I see your logic, if you rate an image then you leave a comment and that's respectable but that's not how everyone does things.
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You would be shockingly or perhaps pleasantly surprised on how willing people are to do just that, but you have to give them a chance. I can find others where members take a lot more time than you realize to comment on others work.
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To me as an amateur photographer your website has zero professional credibility in that regard. The current rating system reflects your mindset, you guys don't care, you claim users don't have the time to write a few sentences why they practically spit on someone's work just because they can. I am mentioning this not to put myself in some level of spotlight, but to show that this rating system of yours is as relevant and representative of the criteria you tie to the rating here as a roll of toilet paper in my basement.Ī truly professional community helps others grow and if not, the system can be created as such that it forces, to a degree obviously, if you grade someone's work low to at least in few words explain why. I was expecting much lower, however what's interesting is that that very same photo was very warmly received by the local cell of the Peruvian Ministry of Tourism in Puno, Peru as it was at my work where I displayed my photos after returning from my trip. Honestly I could care less, and frankly I'm surprised it managed even that. The photo of a Peruvian man I entered into this contest managed a mere 2 star rating. With all due respect Lee, I have looked over your portfolio and I find at least half of your photos in the 2 star category as well and only a few that could be a 3.