Author Topic: I once conducted an experiment (Read 4745 times)

rjmiz · « **on:** April 24, 2008, 07:45 »

I once conducted an experiment about 2 years ago on a forum. It might have been here or DT.

The experiments was as followed:
I posted a perfectly accepted image, one that was perfect in my opinion, and already accepted on
all the stock sites I submitted it to. This is the image below;

I said it had been rejected in my post to all sites I submitted to. ( I lied)
I asked for people to tell me what was wrong with it. The reactions from people ranged every where
from "Just resubmit again in a week" ..... to "You have no sense of composition" and this and that.

My point is if you post an image for people to critique they will always find something wrong.
Don't expect accurate results, don't believe it's a learning process.

The MIZ

leaf · « **Reply #1 on:** April 24, 2008, 07:48 »

Just because you felt it was perfect and it got accepted that others can't have another option on this that can be improved. That is what is good about getting a critique you can hear others opinion on the image.. then you have to sift through the opinions and take what was useful.

I am not sure there is such thing as a 'perfect' image.

mantonino · « **Reply #2 on:** April 24, 2008, 09:18 »

http://theonlinephotographer.blogspot.com/2006/06/great-photographers-on-internet.html

(Leaf & I both come from a critique site - we have the feeling we can make any photo better! LCV on stock was LMV on another site we were on - Little Minded Voters)

timburton · « **Reply #3 on:** April 24, 2008, 09:22 »

Not a very good experiment, in my opinion. It would have been better if you had used a decent photo. This is just some crap shot you took while walking the dog- any hobbyist couldve taken it. Yeah sure its acceptable, but why bother? Cant you do anything more creative?

Graffoto · « **Reply #4 on:** April 24, 2008, 09:27 »

The real question is: did the darn shot ever sell?

Contakt · « **Reply #5 on:** April 24, 2008, 09:32 »

dusnt' make any diff. The shot is chocolate box crap and no matter how many it sold any shot is open for critique and improvement. So miz your experiment tells us nothing other than ur engaged in some adolescent game to prove your peers are what? Wrong sometimes? right sometimes? A bit of both? Who givs a flying f**K what ppl think, just get on with it man and stop all the BS!

timburton · « **Reply #6 on:** April 24, 2008, 10:22 »

all it proves is that miz needs to get himself a girlfriend, and perhaps a day job.

rinderart · « **Reply #7 on:** April 29, 2008, 11:54 »

I would have rejected it for LCV.

Bateleur · « **Reply #8 on:** April 29, 2008, 12:06 »

Quote from: rjmiz on April 24, 2008, 07:45

I once conducted an experiment about 2 years ago on a forum. It might have been here or DT.

The experiments was as followed:
I posted a perfectly accepted image, one that was perfect in my opinion, and already accepted on
all the stock sites I submitted it to ...

The MIZ

What was the objective of the experiment? What were you hoping to discover?

RT · « **Reply #9 on:** April 29, 2008, 12:16 »

Seriously rjmiz what planet do you live on, posts like these only go towards promoting the fact that you've no idea about photography in general and the stock photography market.

How can you say it's perfect, have you ever seen any decent photographs, I would love to see some of what you describe as your "fine art" photographs.

I'm intrigued though, are these posts for real, or are you one of these strange people that likes to be ridiculed in public?

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