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<blockquote data-quote="DaveKoontz" data-source="post: 2623" data-attributes="member: 315">Not trying to be rude or insulting at all, please don't take it that way. I know exactly what you are talking about in taking wonderful photos and having noise, abberation, focus issues, exposure problems, etc. taking the viewers eye away from the subject matter. Worse yet, having the viewer criticize, not critique, the image - their remarks can be pretty damaging to one's ego (believe me I have had my share). I have literally hundreds of 'snapshots' that I love, but will never been seen outside of the family due to imperfections, etc. I guess what I was trying to do was to take the other side of the discussion, not to be condescending but to bring attention to the fact that there are standards that the &quot;experts&quot;, as anal as they can be, use to critique and to judge photos. We have magnificent technology at our finger tips allows us to minimize imperfections. Set-up your equipment, when possible, for the occasion/event and take the best quality shots that you can. When you have a great, once in a life time shot, take it, capture the moment even though it's a quick study. I have to admit that I'm an anal kind of guy myself and in my quest for perfection I am very critical of my images and the quality of photography that I produce.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="DaveKoontz, post: 2623, member: 315"] Not trying to be rude or insulting at all, please don't take it that way. I know exactly what you are talking about in taking wonderful photos and having noise, abberation, focus issues, exposure problems, etc. taking the viewers eye away from the subject matter. Worse yet, having the viewer criticize, not critique, the image - their remarks can be pretty damaging to one's ego (believe me I have had my share). I have literally hundreds of 'snapshots' that I love, but will never been seen outside of the family due to imperfections, etc. I guess what I was trying to do was to take the other side of the discussion, not to be condescending but to bring attention to the fact that there are standards that the "experts", as anal as they can be, use to critique and to judge photos. We have magnificent technology at our finger tips allows us to minimize imperfections. Set-up your equipment, when possible, for the occasion/event and take the best quality shots that you can. When you have a great, once in a life time shot, take it, capture the moment even though it's a quick study. I have to admit that I'm an anal kind of guy myself and in my quest for perfection I am very critical of my images and the quality of photography that I produce. [/QUOTE]

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