Master Critique: IS DEAD!

About Master Critique: IS DEAD!

****New Rules****
In an effort to streamline the group's workings it has been decided to try a new way of doing things.

The Workings (How To Play Nicely):
- Add your image to the group pool.
- Post a new topic in the group discussion and copy and paste your image's medium-sized version into the thread.
- The Subject of your new topic should look like this [critique] - The Title of Your Image.
- Below your image add information about your picture. This information can reference the techniques used, the project you are working on, what kind of criticism you are looking for, etc.
- No more than 1 (One) Image added to the pool and discussion per day.
- Though there is no hard and fast rule about how many times you must add criticism to other's images, remember that the group only works when we BOTH ante up our own images for critique AND give feedback to others.





About Master Critique
This groups intends to emulate the small-scale group critiques often found in fine arts programs. This is a private group and membership is intentionally kept small.

This group exists to foster the creative and technical development of its members through group exhibition and criticism.

This is not a Delete Me group and though experimentation is encouraged it is not the place to spam random images in hopes that something sticks.

Comments/Criticisms should be specific and articulate. This is as much an opportunity to build your critical strengths as it is your artistic.

* While it would be pointless to create a rule specifying that harsh criticism is not allowed, remember the goal of the group is to foster development and technique not destroy it.

Here is an example of GOOD criticism:
"the shot is great. it's probably the same thing as so-and-so's shots. if you look closely, most of his shots fall to the left. it's microscopic, but it totally affects the precision balance in his work and it's pervasive. once you notice it, you can't help wondering what it is that makes him see that way. or maybe it's just me and that terrifies me... i don't know.

with your shot, the physical distance between the pigs is almost believable. the way it hits my eyes, it's an issue of light foreshortening.

i would try bringing/adjusting the levels of the layer with the closest pig -- just a scratch to bump it, mostly on the high end/light brights, not so much the dark values.

and then i would just barely drop the saturation levels of the background layer that the foreground imagery layers sit on. because that background layer is so defined and clarified, it doesn't fully allow the foreground of the shot to define the composition/meaning.

then, proceeding backwards toward the horizon line, i would ever-so-slightly re-adjust the layers with each of the other two pigs, getter darker in value and less in saturation as i fell back.

BUT, all that aside -- i think your shot has this TOTALLY amazing quality which people are responding to. i couldn't help it myself. there is an aritistry in your work that resonates with the collective consciousness. awesome."



Here are examples of BAD criticism:
"great shot"
"nice composition"
"super color"



Admittedly, the good criticism was REALLY GOOD and not all criticism will be as verbose or as detailed but hopefully the two examples serve the purpose of at least establishing some boundaries.