beamer

I'll try this again as the server went bonkers last time I responded to you. What I think is that you have feelings, and these feelings that you ahve towards a certain picture can be valuable info to a fellow photographer, evnn if you feel you aren't that good a photographer yet.

You know what you like about a picture, or maybe not. But if you study that particaular picture enough time, you will hopefully start to realize what it is that draws you to that particular picture. Maybe it's the clouds or the lighting or the shadows or the texture or the colors. What ever it is, let the person know who took the picture. After a while, you will be able to recognize what it is that you like easier, because you hve practiced at it, kinda like riding a bike.

It can't hurt, as far as I can tell, it can only help. As long as it is from your heart and truthfull. Of course, if you think the picture stinks, I personally don't respond to that. There are plenty enough good ones out there to respond to.

They in turn, hopfully will leave comments on pictures thay like of yours, and so it goes.

Granted I have left probaly 60 to 75 comments and have gotten maybe 10 back, so the ratio isn't real good, but I am hoping it will improve.

I am the eternal optimist, however.

Beamer

I haven't been here at photo.net very long either, but have discovered that paitence is a virtue here. What I have done is gone to some pictures where there are numerous ratings (30 or more) and make a shortcut on my browser of the list of folks that contributed a rating. You click on the number alongside the ratings and the list will appear. I then have gone one by one through the contributers to that one photo and checked out all the work within these links. There is an absolute gold mine of photos here. You wait till you see those that take your breath away or make you say wow or what ever other feeling inspires you and respond with some thought to the whys and why nots. After a while, again paitiently waiting, you will start to get some feed back. Of course, I found it does help to provide something that someone else like besides you. I have learned so much in throwing out a picture to have it critiqued and learning from what little response I managed to get.

Good Luck

Beamer