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Canon EF 70-300mm f/4.5-5.6 DO IS USM

04/01/2008 12:58:11 PM · #1

Do you bother responding to comments when in the voting process where the commentor is obviously wrong, and therefore scoring you down?

So a comment like, "looks like poor artificial blur in PS" etc when the blur is true motion blur...

Obviously this is made up but you know what I mean. Is there anything you can do about it?

cpanaioti

Canon EOS-40D

04/01/2008 01:00:36 PM · #2

It's up to you whether you reply during voting or not. Without actually destroying the anonymity of your image you can't really tell a voter that their assumption is wrong. The comment itself is not wrong since that's the impressing the viewer gets of your image.

littlegett

Canon EOS-20D

Canon EF 17-40mm f/4L USM

04/01/2008 01:05:11 PM · #3

From what I have learned on this site is that no comment can be incorrect, because they are merely the opinion of the giver. As to replying I highly suggest against replying to any negative comment. It is a waste of time and energy. Even though some may boil your blood, its best to let it pass and forget all about it.

EstimatedEyes

Fujifilm GFX 50R

Fujifilm GF 45mm f/2.8

04/01/2008 01:05:23 PM · #4

Originally posted by rob_smith:

Is there anything you can do about it?

In short, no. Its legal to PM them, but chances are you'll just irritate them. Look at comments as opinions, not facts, and telling someone their opinion is wrong is unlikely to change their mind. Chances are there was something about the image they did not like, and were looking for a reason to explain why that was. If you tell them its not PS blur, but real motion blur, they are likely to respond, OK, fine, its lousy motion blur instead.

My trick is to mentally insert the words "I think" before every comment.

Limescope

04/01/2008 01:09:23 PM · #5

I'm guilty of leaving a similar comment recently and I've gotten a few of those myself. Personally, I find them helpful. If something looks like a poor PS job to a viewer instead of what I intended to create, then I have missed my goal, at least in the eyes of that particular commenter.

Likewise, I've received contradicting comments like "Great colors" and "Colors look a bit dull". Both of these are helpful, because they make me aware of a polarizing aspect I may otherwise not have seen in my photograph.

tnun

Ricoh GR III

Pentax DA 18-135mm F3.5-5.6ED AL [IF] WR DC

04/01/2008 01:12:11 PM · #6

I see nothing wrong in a pm to the commenter. Sometimes it can clear things up. Surely it is no different from commenting itself, and the same rules of discretion, tact and courtesy should apply. (I should live in my ideal world).

Citadel

Nikon D7500

Nikon AF-S NIKKOR 24-70mm f/2.8G ED

04/01/2008 01:13:42 PM · #7

I have responded to negative comments and I've never been flamed (yet). I thank the user for their feedback and make sure they know that while I might disagree with their comment, I appreciate the time they took to make it. I present my point of view as an opinion and not fact. If I am correcting someone I try to see where they are coming from and see why they believed what they were saying.

Nikon AF-S DX Zoom-Nikkor 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 ED

04/01/2008 01:21:44 PM · #8

I agree with what you are saying but, when a vote is lowered not because of opinion, but because of factual misunderstanding that is different.

You wouldn't be arguing with someone's opinion if you replied to correct their incorrect assumption about the processing, would you?

For example if they say good image but oversharpened, when it isn't sharpened, that's just incorrect.

k4ffy

04/01/2008 01:23:38 PM · #9

Originally posted by rob_smith:

not really, because if they're saying "looks oversharpened" then it looks oversharpened whether its sharpened or not. therefore, they're scoring it down not because you applied the "sharpen" tool too many times, but because the photo that resulted either from the oversharpening, or from non-sharpening as the case may be, looks over-sharpened and thus is unappealing.
hope that makes sense.

kandykarml

Nikon D80

04/01/2008 01:28:56 PM · #10

I don't bother with things like that usually.. SOME people think they know everything about photography and an image the second they look at it, and most likely, you will not change their opinion or their vote..

It takes a bit of restraint, but wait until the voting is over.. Then, send them a cordial PM explaining how & why you processed your shot the way you did.. Most of the time, you'll get a response that's also cordial and everyone has learned something.. Sometimes you get no reply at all, and there's nothing you can do about that.. Besides, their vote really isn't going to make a huge difference in your score, so waiting until the voting is over is in my opinion the most "sportsman like" way to handle it..

04/01/2008 01:31:21 PM · #11

It does.

:P