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06/26/2005 11:21:48 PM · #1 |
i try to write feedback on as many images as possible. then, i get this:
"In a comment you wrote about my photo you asked "is she supposed to be dead, sleeping, either way I do not get any sense of darkness other than the low light". She wasn't "supposed to be sleeping" she actually WAS! And it is what darkness means to me. not to you! I am a mom you
obviously are not. Darkness to me, means peace because my kids go to sleep."
what to say to this? why is this person posting pics for challenges if they don't want feedback? |
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06/26/2005 11:22:48 PM · #2 |
They do want feedback. They just want your feedback to agree with their own ideas.
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06/26/2005 11:23:08 PM · #3 |
PS- just ignore the message you got and move on...
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06/26/2005 11:23:14 PM · #4 |
| I would just ignore it, they obviously are can not handle feedback, so writing back probably wouldn't accomplish much anyway. |
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06/26/2005 11:24:53 PM · #5 |
Originally posted by jmsetzler:
They do want feedback. They just want your feedback to agree with their own ideas. |
Exactly.
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06/26/2005 11:29:28 PM · #6 |
When i get PMs like that, the response i usually give is:
"Photography is a means of communication, done visually. DPC is world wide and encompasses a world of different cultures, economic backgrounds, ages, sex, races and religions. I can only vote/comment on what I see. If I do not see what you wanted me to see, then there is a communication failure - it might be me, it might be you. Not everyone is going to get your message, and I will not get the message intended by the photographer in every photograph I see.
I voted and commmented on what I saw, what I understood from the photo. Thanks for enlightening me on what the message was you intended to communicate."
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06/26/2005 11:29:36 PM · #7 |
Start or end the comment with "beautiful photo."
Regardless of whatever else you say about the shot, the comment would be marked as useful and you're less likely to get a reply mail complaining about it.
Edit: Tongue in cheek
Message edited by author 2005-06-26 23:31:55.
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06/26/2005 11:31:01 PM · #8 |
Originally posted by rgo:
Start or end the comment with "beautiful photo."
Regardless of whatever else you say about the shot, the comment would be marked as useful and you're less likely to get a reply mail complaining about it. |
That's a cop out as that is not always true. However, starting and ending a comment with something positive is a good idea.
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06/26/2005 11:31:41 PM · #9 |
File it under "people unclear on the concept" and let it go.
R.
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06/26/2005 11:32:43 PM · #10 |
that's the worst. I have to admit that some folks get a bit snippy about their pix as if the voters were mind readers. I bet if you gave your comment & said you voted a ten, the PM would have been vastly different. Some folks are bitter. I wouldn;t take on that bitterness by letting the message upset you (altho I got a bit upset myself reading your post :P)
peace!
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06/26/2005 11:58:26 PM · #11 |
Michelle, you are better off just letting this go. There is nothing to be gained by engaging the person who PM'd you. By the tone of the message you received, doesn't seem like they are interested in pleasant discussion or an intelligent and cooperative exchange of ideas.
I'm sorry you were the recipient of such a message. I see that you are fairly new here, and I can assure you that it's not always like this... Good luck in your next challenge! |
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06/27/2005 12:06:43 AM · #12 |
Originally posted by A1275:
I see that you are fairly new here, and I can assure you that it's not always like this... Good luck in your next challenge! |
Thanks and thank you all for the feedback. I think for this one, I will just let it go. When I read it again I realized she never asked for a response .
The funny thing is, I feel bad writing such frank feedback sometimes (though i always try to put something positive in, there's always something nice to say about the pics), especially since i'm new to this and don't have 1/2 an idea what i'm saying sometimes. i trust the reader to take it for what it's worth.
as you can all imagine, i started a response and then thought better of it and decided to ask for feedback. thanks all.
Message edited by author 2005-06-27 00:07:31. |
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07/07/2005 01:47:24 AM · #13 |
Michelle,
I have read some, and also received some of your comments...you may try leaving more constructive or more detailed comments. One of the comments you left for me simply restated the challenge description...I read the descriptions in advance and interpret them how I wish, as does everyone else on this site....I would love to hear what your thoughts about my picture are though (lighting, contrast, interpretation, etc...), and appreciate any comment I get....however, i think that your time and energy could be used more productively, rather than just copying and pasting the challegne description over again. Just my thoughts.
I have found that the more detailed you are in your descriptions of your likes and dis-likes, the less people are offended even if it is a "bad" comment. I have been guilty of leaving short or blunt comments as well, but I try to be specific about what I like, or feel works about the picture, and then if there are things that I feel could have been better I state them as well. Not that any of my comments are usually over a line or so. Just a few thoughts to maybe help you feel more comfortable on commenting.
K |
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07/07/2005 03:04:07 AM · #14 |
Unless this resonse caused you to lose your job, your car, your house, your loved ones, your lunch, I would simply take it as a small mind not capable of seeing another point of view...
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07/07/2005 03:33:51 AM · #15 |
even the most critical comment to me is helpful and encouraging and quite often I agrree with what is being said if it is constructive.
some cannot see the forest for the trees . It is the old story you cannot please everyone, pause and move on .
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