How to Critique a photo.
I think the sheer volume of photos keeps some folks with limited time from doing in-depth critiques. It takes a community
Shoot, learn and share. It will make you a better photographer.
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butterflygirl921 wrote: i thought people liked it when you complimented thier photos by saying good job excellent....call me weird but i like that....but im up for change
Amanda, I think that the point is that, yes, we ALL love to get the warm glowing feedback on our photos, however we can not grow as a photographer if all we hear or receive as feedback or critique is the good stuff. No matter how great a photo is, there are always opportunities to improve or grow. If by nothing more than how someone else may have composed, exposed or lit the same subject. It gives us food for thought and a different perspective, so, next time we might remember what someone said and say to ourselves, hmmmm, I wonder if what so and so said might work here, hmmm well I'm gonna give it a try and see what comes of it.
One thing that I try to do is sandwich something I'm not crazy about in between two things that I do like, or throw things out as a suggestion, like, "I might try cropping a little off the left (or whatever) to bring more focus on your subject or balance out your composition, etc. etc." and then add "Just my opinion and I love the way the colors pop off the page and the DoF you used" something like that, to get someone to think outside of "their" box. I am still relatively new to photography, but I (and you and everyone) still have opinions and or ideas of how they perceive the image or how they may have done things differently and it causes us to think and grow.
So, sorry, I didn't mean to ramble on so long......
(but i sure can run off on rabbit trails quite easily, can you say A.D.D.? ) 
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