Critique Rating

ohkphoto

ohkphoto

Snow White
Maybe a better way to look at the rating (1-5) is that when you post a photo to critique, you start out at a "0", so points are then added. Getting a rating of 4 is still excellent. In my mind, if I rate "lighting" as a 4, but impact as a 5, then what it means is that the lighting could have been better, maybe, but it didn't take anything away from the photo and the other elements carried the merit of the photo.

It's not a competition to see how many perfect scores you can get. The rating system is more for the people doing the critique, to help them go through the merit elements.
 
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Kodiak

Senior Member
Personally, I will not subscribe to such a scale… nor to any scale!

Maybe because I'm too primitive to quantify feelings, love, or passion…

I just like to say I like, I love, I adore, I worship…

Mind you, I use scales all the time. For tire pressure, recipes, making photos… but
never when looking at them…
 
Horoscope Fish

Horoscope Fish

Senior Member
ohkphoto said:
Maybe a better way to look at the rating (1-5) is that when you post a photo to critique, you start out at a "0", so points are then added. Getting a rating of 4 is still excellent. In my mind, if I rate "lighting" as a 4, but impact as a 5, then what it means is that the lighting could have been better, maybe, but it didn't take anything away from the photo and the other elements carried the merit of the photo.

It's not a competition to see how many perfect scores you can get. The rating system is more for the people doing the critique, to help them go through the merit elements.
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I absolutely concur. So much so I wish this post were minet!



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ohkphoto

ohkphoto

Snow White
Kodiak said:
Personally, I will not subscribe to such a scale… nor to any scale!

Maybe because I'm too primitive to quantify feelings, love, or passion…

I just like to say I like, I love, I adore, I worship…

Mind you, I use scales all the time. For tire pressure, recipes, making photos… but
never when looking at them…
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But, my dear Kodiak, you are using a scale because clearly there's a big diffference between I adore and I like. :cool:

We have had so many people just respond, "great shot" when doing a critique, that this thread became almost meaningless. The whole reason for using the numerical rating is to get people to think about what they like about the photo. While it's second nature to experienced photographers/educators, it's not so easy for others especially those who are new and/or inexperienced.

It's also a way to make it a little more objective, and to use both sides of the brain --the analytical and the creative. There is still plenty of room and opportunity to use the words you like as much as you like. If I post a photo for critique, while I would be very flattered and delighted to have you say "I love your photo." I would want to know what specifically (lighting, composition) did you find exceptional.

The rating scale is simply a guide, and I have noticed that more members are actually critiquing in meaningful ways.

I hope my explanation makes sense.

Have a wonderful evening, Kodial :)
 
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Kodiak

Senior Member
To the red-hat Lady in Capitan, NM,

The difference between "I love" and "I love more" is as good a scale can be. And,
possibly, all my heart can do… remember? I said primitive!

A very interesting documentation on BBC thought me the Australian aborigines did not
have numbers! What I just said is false… they have a number: one. This was their way
to make a distinction between nothing and something, and that was the end of their
mathematical world!

A young man came in the camera field and said: "This is my grand father. I can tell you
that he had 4 daughters and that one of them was my mother, so I had three aunts.

- Grand father, how many children did you have?
* Many.
- But how many?
* One is NAME, an other is NAME, there is your mother NAME and the last is NAME, Many…

The old man living in the outbacks and surviving since… can count from one to many!
To me, this is the poetry of mankind.

Dear red-hat Lady in Capitan, NM, If I ever say: "I like you many" that would sound strange.
But if I say: "I like 3/5, or even more 5/5!" this would make me feel plain ridiculous!

I hope my feelings make sense.

A good evening to the the red-hat Lady in Capitan, NM
 
ohkphoto

ohkphoto

Snow White
Kodiak said:
To the red-hat Lady in Capitan, NM,

The difference between "I love" and "I love more" is as good a scale can be. And,
possibly, all my heart can do… remember? I said primitive!

A very interesting documentation on BBC thought me the Australian aborigines did not
have numbers! What I just said is false… they have a number: one. This was their way
to make a distinction between nothing and something, and that was the end of their
mathematical world!

A young man came in the camera field and said: "This is my grand father. I can tell you
that he had 4 daughters and that one of them was my mother, so I had three aunts.

- Grand father, how many children did you have?
* Many.
- But how many?
* One is NAME, an other is NAME, there is your mother NAME and the last is NAME, Many…

The old man living in the outbacks and surviving since… can count from one to many!
To me, this is the poetry of mankind.

Dear red-hat Lady in Capitan, NM, If I ever say: "I like you many" that would sound strange.
But if I say: "I like 3/5, or even more 5/5!" this would make me feel plain ridiculous!

I hope my feelings make sense.

A good evening to the the red-hat Lady in Capitan, NM
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Always an interesting discussion with you, Kodiak, and thank you for explaining in detail. I do understand, but my formal education is in theoretical mathematics . . . so I love numbers!

​But your point is well-taken.
 
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Don Kuykendall_RIP

RIP :(
Kodiak said:
…and mine was in cosmology… I love poetry!
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My background is electronics and photography sometimes it is difficult to merge the two. My electronics is math and photography is beauty. I have been out of the photography for a number of years and am now just getting back into it and at this time I am having to relearn the craft so I can get back to the art. I need more than a pay on the back ( although those are nice) I need specific constructive criticism. My electronics background likes the numbers. I can understand that. I think if you have 5 people there will be 5 different ways they learn. Just a matter if trying to figure out what works for each and everyone adjusting to some sort of happy medium.
As I alway tell people the most important thing in photography is to have fun.


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