What do/don't you like about TPF?

[runnah]

I hate it when being critiqued and people suggest using very expensive equipment to to make it better.

"Oh this photos would have been better with a medium format camera, 30 flashes and if it was shot from a helicopter."

Not very helpful.

 

[gsgary]

I think counting the LIKE is kinda stupid.

Yes look how many i have and i'm a right bastard

 

[Robin_Usagani]

Exactly.. mean gary should not have more likes than wonderful Robin

I think counting the LIKE is kinda stupid.

Yes look how many i have and i'm a right bastard

 

[gsgary]

I think counting the LIKE is kinda stupid.

Yes look how many i have and i'm a right bastard

Bloody hell you have just added another

 

[tirediron]

Exactly.. mean gary should not have more likes than wonderful Robin

I think counting the LIKE is kinda stupid.

Yes look how many i have and i'm a right bastard

Is there another Robin on TPF?

 

[PixelRabbit]

Exactly.. mean gary should not have more likes than wonderful Robin

I think counting the LIKE is kinda stupid.

Yes look how many i have and i'm a right bastard

It's the Like to Post count ratio that matters, amateurs!!

 

[astroNikon]

TPF is all about learning, and people helping people to learn.

Sometimes the OP is shooting for the moon without realizing the time and money needed to reach the moon. So alot of the long termers get tired of the "photography is easy, so I'm going to be a Pro at it today! "

Where as if you make it known that "you suck" and you want to get better, then they are much more helpful. One cane easily get overwhelmed by a detailed response when one barely knows the basics. But an OP may ask for it without realizing they are asking for too much input. It's a double edged sword.

I've taken what I've learned and hopefully have helped some people get going from the groundup knowledge.
Photography isn't easy once you want to get nice colors, detailed and "crisp" shots, nicely colored skies, etc etc. And once you start talking about low light stuff then all dollar signs start going crazy.

For instance, in one instance recently I was told how to improve one of my night shots and that would have to use HDR (or multiple shot stuff). I thought that was a good idea until I realized that wasn't going to happen anytime soon as I'm too busy just learning the basics again to get better at what I like doing. Which is primarily pictures of my kids sports and astrophotography (but I know my limits there too).

It is also based on interpretation of ones comments. All of us being individual may interprete everything differently.

So TPF is a learning tool, and should be used as such whether on your technique, skills, equipment etc.

it's up to the OP to ask the questions correctly (based on experience etc) to get the reply back that they want. And that is the main problem with any online forum.

now anyone want to see my Photostream of my kids soccer for this past season ?
so much for wallet pictures ...

 

[Braineack]

I hate it when being critiqued and people suggest using very expensive equipment to to make it better.

"Oh this photos would have been better with a medium format camera, 30 flashes and if it was shot from a helicopter."

Not very helpful.

On this same note, I don't enjoy how every thread where someone is looking for a new lens, it always turns into a discussion on field of view/focal lengths and the difference between of the lens on a DX or FX body. Especially in threads where people are talking about a new zoom lens for their D3000 and someone will ALWAYS go: Well if you get the 55-300 due to the multification of angle of the dangle it's actually a 82-450mm so BONUSAUCE DERPY HERP!

 

[astroNikon]

I hate it when being critiqued and people suggest using very expensive equipment to to make it better.

"Oh this photos would have been better with a medium format camera, 30 flashes and if it was shot from a helicopter."

Not very helpful.

On this same note, I don't enjoy how every thread where someone is looking for a new lens, it always turns into a discussion on field of view/focal lengths and the difference between of the lens on a DX or FX body. Especially in threads where people are talking about a new zoom lens for their D3000 and someone will ALWAYS go: Well if you get the 55-300 due to the multification of angle of the dangle it's actually a 82-450mm so BONUSAUCE DERPY HERP!

Yeah, I agree.
Most people who have the 3x000 series are clueless about that and only want a lens for extra reach. 300mm or 450 by zoomie calculations

 

[limr]

Exactly.. mean gary should not have more likes than wonderful Robin

Yes look how many i have and i'm a right bastard

It's the Like to Post count ratio that matters, amateurs!!

Well I had to 'like' that!

Y'll are funny

When I first started, I just stayed in my safe little Film Photography corner and read a lot. Then I started reading in other areas of the forum. I think that helped me sort out what kind of place this is. Then I ventured into posting a bit more.

Like the OP, I'm not on a lot of big forums so I wasn't sure how they operate. I did have experience with good old BBS systems 'back in the day' when Windows was new, I could still get to a DOS prompt, and I had to learn UNIX commands to check my email. I find these forums to be very similar - the arguments, the strong opinions, the instigators and the peace-makers, the comic relief...

I'm sure there are some little quirks that are unique to TPF but any place where large numbers of different personalities and cultures are gathered, things are bound to get interesting

 

[astroNikon]

I also don't like that fake camera avatar next to "The Photo Forum" on the top left.
They need to put a picture of a real camera there, like a Nikon d7000


or a bunny holding a Nikon d7000 :thumbup:



or a dancing track & field sprinter ..

oops, of track ...

 

[Overread]

There's probably some copywhatsitsrights against using a canon or a nikon but we could totally add a bunny!

 

[rexbobcat]

I think counting the LIKE is kinda stupid.

That's because you're a better man than all of us.

Likes are the lifeblood of the Internet.

 

[Juga]

There's probably some copywhatsitsrights against using a canon or a nikon but we could totally add a bunny!

How about a bunny holding a camera while eating a piece of bacon...or do you think PETA would come down on us for that?

Or better yet taking a photo of bacon

 

[amolitor]

I don't think TPF suffers from any problems that are unique to TPF.

There's trolls and bullies everywhere, TPF is actually quite good on that front these days, but there's a certain amount of irritable/nasty around still. Probably pretty darn close to the minimum possible in an openly accessible forum, though.

In any hurriedly written form you're going to have the problem of ", in my opinion, of course" being deleted. You should just assume that it's always there, unless the poster says "NO! THIS IS FACTS!" or something similar. We're not writing PhD theses here, we're dashing off quick notes and replies. For best results, assume that the text was intended to mean something moderately intelligent and reasonable, and attempt to find that reading in it. Sometimes we drop a "not" and it sounds like we're advocating genocide or something, so try to guess where the "not" went, and mentally put it back in.

The biggest problem I see on TPF is that there are pretty strong norms for what photos should look like. Given that this is a forum aimed at beginners, I am fairly sure that TPF is manufacturing its own believers to some extent. Any photographic forum will have a culture of what is and is not a "good picture" and that set of ideas will vary, sometimes surprisingly widely, across forums. Pictures that don't fit the local notion of "good picture" are gonna have a tough slog in the critique department. What makes TPF different is that we DO welcome and educate relative newcomers, and they get indoctrinated with the local ideas of what makes a "good picture". TPF's ideas about what's good are not horrible, but they do tend toward the Commercial Headshot/Flickr Explore side of the equation.