Reply #5 - January 19, 2008, 12:22:00 AM
I do believe that Benji may have been in error in his statement based on what the Critique forum is all about. However, in his defense I think we need to realize that at a certain level, many of these very high end professionals have been formally trained in critique for print competitions and take it very seriously. Not to mention that their standards are much higher than many of us can (or will ever) produce. That being said, in print competition, a print that would not score 65 or better will not even be judged or displayed. It will just be passed on in order to allow the judges to do a better job of judging the prints deserving of discussion and award. There is a certain point where they feel their time can be better justified on other things. Ed, Ben, and anyone else for that matter, please feel free to jump in here and tell me I'm an idiot if you want.
OK, so don't take it personally if you can, and try to be understanding (I know it's difficult sometimes). Most of the time, I feel honored if I can get one of these guys to comment on an image at all. Even if they tear it apart, I know they wouldn't have commented on it at all if it was too sub-standard as a professional image.
Just another possible point of view. I don't mean to say that anyone is necessarily right or wrong in their feelings about the issue.
Travis
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