joewhite

Critiques I have made in the (distant) past really didn't seem to be useful to the contributor. I always tried to say what I liked or disliked about the photo and skipped giving comments about technical or technique issues. But if I delved much past "Beautiful" or "Great photo" it was apparently a waste of effort. People don't want to hear criticism from someone even when a divergent viewpoint is welcomed; hey, I'm not a great photographer, just someone reacting to your effort with an opinion, which can be altered if the photographer explains something I may not have observed. This is not a rant towards you, Mr. Downs. For the most part, your photos have been well done and interesting to view. I just don't know what to say that is worth saying.

I was able to access the site using the username and password provided, but was unable to Sign In using my photo.net email and password. I tried to Sign Up just for giggles and it took me to all my personal information, so apparently the sign in was successful even though no page ever opened up. Then was able to access the MiN test section (including Mr. Jeffries pic) but just once. When trying to navigate to another section, the page never loaded and I was never able to return to the MiN test posts. I liked the look of the site but lacked skills and/or brain power to surf it.

<p>In the back yard</p> <div></div>

http://www.photo.net/photo/18029069&size=lg Although not the same quality as Mr. Greenbaum's photo, it has some of the same elements; sun shining on distant trees, a river that bends into the unknown... The attempt on my part was to depict a peaceful moment along a trail that occasionally resembled a superhighway of hikers.