I think that's what will happen looking at the vote, it's clearly 50/50 and without any better ideas will continue going along as it has...
Poll: Should we close the 'Post your Picture Here' Threads?
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I think that's what will happen looking at the vote, it's clearly 50/50 and without any better ideas will continue going along as it has...
Personally I think the thread with over a million views is okay, but you never get feedback. You need to keep the individual people, landscape, etc forums with the rest of the forum for general purpose stuff. If you start locking threads because someone randomly wants things changed it'll just force more people to another forum. Again.
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I don't see what the problem is.
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Why not have a sub-forum for posting your pictures? It'd keep it out of the way of this forum.
I'd agree with this, but with the caveat that the generic PYPH thread gets closed to make better use of the themed ones.
Just to be clear and, seen as I'm new to this area of the forum, genuinely not trying to cause an issue, under the proposed rule change if I take 1-2 pictures of something/where/one then I'm to open a new thread and ask for critique or can I ask for no critique to be given? I ask because what if I don't want any as I'm happy with the shots or, conversely, the shots are at the limit of my ability and having much better photographers tell me they're rubbish puts me off posting again? Although not telling someone they're rubbish when they clearly are is equally bad
I'll be honest, I don't see what's wrong with the current system. If you've taken a few pictures your happy with and want to share them you can either add them to the PYPH thread. However if you want critique you can just start a new new thread asking for it, which currently rarely happens from what I've seen.
I do agree that maybe there should be a image limit in the PYPH thread (like the 3 max mentioned above) and no image quoting as the GD random picture thread though (of which I'm guilty of both offences) whilst a Critique Me thread should be limitless.
For the very limited amount of people who post pictures in this forum, compared to TP etc, I think it would quickly become either multiple threads containing only a few pictures and replies or people might stop posting pictures as they don't want to start a thread for the few pictures they've taken.
Once again seen as I'm new to this area of the forum I'm genuinely not trying to cause any offence to those who've been using this area for much longer than myself.
This is a danger with critique threads, the critique needs to be constructive and positive in nature even if it is ultimately saying that the picture is a bit pants! The critique needs to provide feedback that the poster can take away to perhaps improve their technique, or at least to understand why other people may have a different viewpoint. Having a critique thread where you have to post your own shot after giving a critique on another may mean that more gets posted, or maybe it just scares people away!
I don't like critique threads that much myself as I don't see that I am qualified to give any, so I don't tend to partake.
I don't generally look for critique on these forums as you only need to look at some comments in the past to see it's more of a casual nature. I'd post on dedicated photography forums for a proper critique. Generally speaking I think of these as more of a place to gather info and tips from people that do a variety of things. I used to think of them as a more casual friendly place but some people have changed that opinion in recent months.
Post what you're happy with and ask for tips if needed. Think of it as a cuppa tea and a biscuit kinda place
Post what you're happy with and ask for tips if needed. Think of it as a cuppa tea and a biscuit kinda place
I think that's what will happen looking at the vote, it's clearly 50/50 and without any better ideas will continue going along as it has...
Which TBH, i think is the most sensible option as I really don't see the problem.
We can try to promote more threads asking for critique but as I said in the other thread, you almost never get good critique online ever. And OCUK in its current and any near-future scenarios will never be able to offer extensive high quality personalized critique form industry professionals. AFAIK, we don't have a single resident professional and even if we did, guess what, they are to busy on assignment. The nature pros I know spend half their year traveling around the world, largely with limited internet access....
OCUK as a whole is a community for people interested in computer hardware, technology, geek trends, and you know overclocking!
I don't think a single global critique thread will work. The idea of providing feedback and critique to a photographer involves a more detailed and specific analyzing and commentary about specifics of a photo from multiple independent people.
It will be impossible to follow any discussion if people are randomly adding photos to a single thread.
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NEW IDEA
Out of interest what would people think of a slightly new setup?
Two PYPH threads -
One for 'critique' you are required to give solid critique on a shot if you want to post your own image.
One for casual images, happy, random shots that don't deserve their own threads.Close the themed threads, and encourage people who have 'sets' or even frequently produce a certain type of image (Scott and his studio shots, An Exception and his wedding shots) to create either their own respective image threads for themselves, or a thread per set?
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Out of interest what would people think of a slightly new setup?
Two PYPH threads -
One for 'critique' you are required to give solid critique on a shot if you want to post your own image.
One for casual images, happy, random shots that don't deserve their own threads.
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That could work. Only one photo per post in the critique and general sharing threads -sets to go in separate threads. "Critique the photo above you" sort of thing, but then you end up with people just getting comments out for the sake of it and you don't get any sort of discussion on the images in general.
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I had a wedding thread 
The only issue I see with the 1st bit is those who maybe newer to photography might want to post a photo to be critiqued (or ask for help about a shot) but don't feel confident enough about giving someone else's photo any critique first, other than "looks nice" etc, as they may not have the know-how and therefore won't post anything.
The 2nd part is basically how the current PYPH thread runs I'd say for better or worse.
I think it's such a divisive issue, especially with the current poll almost 50/50 split, that no matter what is decided people aren't going to be happy afterwards sadly.
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I had a wedding thread
Yes but what happened to it?
I would do that instead of creating a new thread for every wedding, but it would likely be seen as self promotion. I'm not sure but was that a contributory reason why you were banned?
One poster in this thread has already attacked wedding photographers for simply posting their work. Frankly imo no matter the genre, posters should not be discouraged from contributing, particularly when this forum is becoming a ghost town.
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You don't know?
Long story short.
I had the words Raymond Lin + Photography in the same sentence as watermark.
3 days suspension, 2 threads deleted. One was 2 years old,work from 2009-2010, one from 2010-2011.
All I did was post photos, I could have started a new thread for each wedding but i didn't as if I did that I would have had dozens. Instead there were 2.
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I'm pretty sure he was joking? Well I hope so.....
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I found Raymond's 2010 wedding shot thread. Seemed pretty good. I also found a thread where he liked HDR
As for the comment regarding people posting wedding photos, there's plenty of photographers who dream of doing weddings, and the knowledge is massively useful I feel.
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As for the comment regarding people posting wedding photos, there's plenty of photographers who dream of doing weddings, and the knowledge is massively useful I feel.
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You don't know?
Long story short.
I had the words Raymond Lin + Photography in the same sentence as watermark.
3 days suspension, 2 threads deleted. One was 2 years old,work from 2009-2010, one from 2010-2011.
All I did was post photos, I could have started a new thread for each wedding but i didn't as if I did that I would have had dozens. Instead there were 2.
I didn't know all the ins and out's, just that there was a ruckas and it got deleted with some mention of 'watermarks', and you disappeared for a while.
I do however remember mods themselves openly make business enquires in said thread, and you asking them not to due to breach of rules.