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DianeinCR wrote:
Several have mentioned that a checklist wouldn't work for them. I wonder if that response is based on their desire to not speak to each aspect of someone's work? If they prefer to only speak to what they feel comfortable with already? Or if it is that they do not wish to receive feedback on all aspects of the work that they post?
Lastly, is the forum meant to be a place for people to come and get some feedback from the "experts"? Or it is meant to be a place where everyone comes to grow together?
Checklists imply a formula for critiquing. Elsewhere I probably annoyed some people by disagreeing with Ben's checklist point by point. I don't suggest such ideas can't often be right or useful, but they can also be impractical, not feasible and inappropriate sometimes. To fully flesh a checklist driven critique could be difficult and too time consuming. My intuition fears current posters would tire and lose interest after a few attempts, if any. New folks might feel confident because they had a checklist to follow, but after a few critiques and they too would tire of the effort required.
This isn't a forum reserved for feedback from "experts". Anyone with something helpful to add is most welcome to add it. More importantly, a creating a critique is a great learning tool. The creating a meaningful critique is one of the best ways to improve your clarity of vision and help build your visual understanding and skills. There was an expressing in Old English, if I recall correctly, that translates into modern English as: "I discovered myself unto him." The act of trying to explain something is often the best or only way to discover what it means. The critiques I've made here have greatly helped me improve my photography!
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