Bob Talbot <BobTalbot@st-abbs.fsnet.co.uk> wrote/replied to: >> Ok, some rather pathetic comments so far on this week's gallery, so >> here's my view on this photos. > >Jim, everything else you write - well, your entitled to it ... but >picking on the two people who have taken the trouble to comment is a >bit of a trashy thing to do. Hi Bob. I'm sorry, but it's the buttery reviews I've been reading that bother me more than the crappy photos they're spreading the butter on. And more than the real lack of reviews lately too. Of course, when one views such a gallery, the last thing one feels inclined to do is review it. However, if no one else has the guts to stand up and call a horse a horse, I feel that I must do that. So I say to you all, if you can't do an honest review, please don't bother. I only mentioned what I thought was pathetic reviewing because I really feel the reviewing needs to get real on PF. Pathetic is a poor and feeble attempt at something, and that's what those reviews were. What good is a review that always looks for something good in any photo, while ignoring blatant flaws and generally lacklustre photography? No good at all. Ok, find something good - say so, but don't say nothing about all the bad stuff just to be nice. This is not constructive, it's just butter. I really looked twice at each submission to try and find something positive to comment on, for each one. I mean, besides my gut feelings, anything that I could find positive - composition, colours, framing - it didn't happen. My only inspiration to do a review at all was because of what I feel is a very poor showing this week in the gallery. And because of the pathetic reviews about these images that I'd seen. I just want everyone to try and do better. Or don't bother. That goes for the photography and the reviewing. I, for one, really appreciate honest reviews. How can one know when something is truly good, cause it gets good reviews, if all the reviews are always good? Flattery will get you liked, but will improve nothing. I always liked your reviews, Bob. But lately we've been missing them.
