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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Horoscope Fish" data-source="post: 162456" data-attributes="member: 13090">Well if there's any wisdom in what I said, it was purely accidental, but thank you. I thought your post, the one I was replying to, was spot on. I don't really have much else to say, really, on this topic other than how much I support the idea of a serious critique section/sub-forum, because I really, REALLY want to support that idea. I wish I had some awesome suggestions about how to structure such a sub-forum, or a process by which that critique would be acceptable to all, but I do not. I think any such venture would have to be looked at as much more process than event. Things would have to be tried, possibly discarded and new things tried until a successful formula was arrived at. I guess I simply envision a sub-forum where mature, meaningful dialogue can take place and PIT's (Photographers In Training) such as myself can get honest, objective critique and meaningful feedback; because without it, those wishing to improve their skills are, really, just spinning their wheels in my opinion. There's a common conception that, "practice makes perfect" but I have learned from learning and teaching things unrelated to what we do here, that practice most definitely does NOT make perfect: Perfect practice makes perfect and, without direction from someone standing outside of our Self, someone in possession of an objectivity we can not have about our own work, to point out our mistakes, we are pretty much doomed to repeat them. I fully admit I have no aspirations to be the next Worlds Great Photographer, but I do seriously wish to improve my skills and I can't do that without good critique.I look forward to offering whatever I can in helping to further a critique sub-forum here because I really, really want to support that idea. Really. I really really do. For real.</blockquote>

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