Let's have more constructive criticism, then we will all have the opportunity to improve our photography.

Yes, please A few weeks ago i asked for constructive comments on some new photos in my gallery and got really great and helpful feedback. It makes so much sense to see a photo through some others eyes.

I am giving more comments than i receive and i can detect myself in some of the things you have written. To give a real supportive critique takes some thoughts and time. Sometimes i just write the usual 'nice shot' when i think it is a nice shot. Many times i suppose it would be helpful to a member if i would simply write 'outrageous, read the manual, worst photo this week' but as we don't know how others are in real life i don't.

Actually i found that up to now there was only one single negative reaction to any 'I do not like it' (polite, constructive) comment i gave here. It seems there are a lot of members in this forum who would like to see more constructive criticism of their own photos. On the other hand many seem to feel unapt to give some or just think that they might hurt others feelings.

Perhaps it would be a good idea to have a separate forumsection in which single photos could be posted on which members want real, tough criticism.

I would agree with Torres. Surely an 'article' is something which should inform other photographers, not be a 'point of view. I think that this should be on Open Discussion. It is a bit like folk posting single photos in the Photoblog section - having spent days sorting out a tutorial it will be buried very quickly if this type of 'comment' is added in this forum.

I suspect that those who paste single photos in the photoblog section would also say 'the content is more important than where it is'. Which may be why Fuji have been relectant to change the wording of what can be placed in a photoblog.

But compiling a tutorial (there are two recent one which I have just completed) does take days of work. Each step in the process has to be 'captured' and where it is necessary for clear explanation of what you are doing, quite frequently a 'menu' has to be isolated by cropping round it and saving as a separate 'photo', in order for folk to see what you are referring to. Each image then has to be resized in order for it to be accepted by tnymce, and the progression of the photos has to be clearly defined a) for yourself and b) for clarity.

I could write a similar 'comment' to the one above in no more than half an hour (probably less). To make thie above into an 'article', from my point of view, I think you would need to use actual photos in the text (instead of vague references) and give many more examples of what you are talking about. It should also be de-personalised, i.e. starting the whole with a comment about one of your photos could be interpreted as a way of looking for comments on your work. An article would be objective as far as is possible. And the above  also finishes with a personal appeal for folk to look at your image(.

So looking at the above from what I perceive as a 'Photo Feature' article it falls short in many aspects. There is little objectivity, there is no information, it is of limited appeal. Your previous 'article' entitled 'Weird Lighthouse' was more informative and had a wider appeal - but I also think (honest opinion and my opinion) is that it should have been on Open Discussion.

I have written (I think) almost as much as you and it has taken me 20 minutes.

I understand how the photobloggers feel - but I stopped doing those after the first month of this site! Wall, hitting, head, come to mind.

If you want CC, try another site that's aimed more at photographic technique and creativity and less on the 'holiday snaps' and 'my garden' - type image.  I've posted images here which are 'outside the norm' and by and large, they've gone ignored.  Yet one image I'd first posted here was published in print and online by 2 national daily newspapers (one in their Sunday magazine) and is about to be published in a official city guide.  Added to that,  it'll pay for a half-decent tripod!  

If I'd carried on taking the kind of photos that seem to be favoured on this site,  that wouldn't have happened.  Not that there's anything wrong with posting photos of flowers, but if anyone wants to up their game, then perhaps they need to go elsewhere.

Well said Kaz, completely agree!

I was not advertising for more views.  I am not at all interested in getting lots of views.  I am though, genuinely interested in the opinions of others who look at my shots.  If someone likes what I do - great.  If they don't, it would be useful to know why.  As you say Andy, if the subject matter is not of interest, fair enough, no comment needed.  But if a "don't like it" comment is registered, it would be good to know why, and in their opinion, what they would have done to improve the shot.  All I want is to take better pictures