Ideas on getting criticizm more suited to the intended purpose of a picture

From now on I'm going to be posting the 'purpose' of the picture

along with the background. I think maybe that will help illicit more

accurate responses from folks - or at least more useful responses. It

seems if you just post a pic all you get is technical comments

(always good for their own merit) and totally subjective commentary

(which I am also more often than not guilty of) that tells you more

about the commentators personality, likes, and dislikes than tells

you about how well you delivered the message you were trying to get

across.

It occurs to me that, since everyone has different tastes and since

there is such a diverse �audience� here, perhaps we would all get

better feedback on what we are attempting to do if we explicitly

state what it is we are trying to accomplish.

After all, if I come here to get constructive criticism in order to

better define my �art� so it will be accepted in the venue(s) I

ultimately intend to try and market it in then it would be helpful to

explain my intent so I will get the criticism I need to steer me in

the right direction.

Just a thought . . .

daniel

Part of the problem with this idea is that when users click through the critique forum, none of the technical info is listed. Users just see the title, photographer, and photo.

Brian

I do the same.

I'm now very carefull to give details into at least some motivation into the reason I shot that image. At the least I expect some commentary focused on that reasoning.

Posting an image and saying "what do you think" usually results in me ignoring it. If the phootgrapher has no idea, I'm not going to fill in the blanks for them.

Actually Brian, I meant post it in the initial comment that accompanies it . . .

Scott: Yes, I agree. I was thinking in terms of critique groups where they know you want a comment. I was posting background info but now I am posting my �goal� in taking the photo.

I�m still not sure why folks in a critique group will take the time to comment on a photo but not to rate it. I�m not really sure the rating has much to do with the real world anyway - and that is somewhat unfortunate.

Something I have noticed as well is that some people give you a short one or two sentence comment that basically, when you distill it, says not much more than �hey, I think your picture sux�. Where is the value in *that*?

Also, I don�t mind pure technical commentary but some of the folks here are *obsessed* with it. I have seen pictures that would have lost some of what they conveyed if they were technically flawless. Some things just do not need to be �perfect�. Life is full of imperfections and sometimes, I think, it should show in a photo.

Just my humble opinion :-)