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McIvan (a group admin) says:
27 Nov 08 - This group is a member of the Award Free Group. Any "awards" you see will be from other groups to which an image has been posted.

When you post an image, try to include a little bit of background on why you took the image, what drew you towards it, why you cropped/modified/altered it the way you did and any tips you can share please do.

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Welcome to new members! McIvan 6 36 months ago
Commenting on images McIvan 1 43 months ago
Hello baggyjumper 3 44 months ago
Size v Quality McIvan 4 44 months ago
Commenting format - a suggestion... McIvan 1 44 months ago

About The "Real Comments" Photostream

This group is to facilitate honest and productive critical appraisal of images posted here (by invitation). The focus is on landscape, black and white, portraits and creative (Photoshop etc) images of the highest quality.

Discussions regarding photographic and digital techniques and insights into the images posted are highly encouraged.

Critique of images should be honest and relatively detailed. Not single words, but a few sentences, with details. There are too many one line appraisals on Flickr, and all the appraisals seem to be 100% positive. This is not how to share our knowledge, or help ourselves and others improve. If something has faults, let's say, but let's do it in a way that teaches and helps.

The suggested format for commenting is below (thanks to Sebastien Mamy). You don't have to use this, but it may help.

subject :

angle/crop/composition:

tones/lights:

areas for improvement (if not already mentioned):

overall:

From time to time there will be themed competitions and entry is encouraged, but the main focus will remain critique and discussion.

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