[John Francis]

On Tue, May 08, 2007 at 12:19:19PM -0600, Tom C wrote:
> Granted, everyone has their own taste and I can't, nor do I want to, change 
> that.  However, I and several others tend to find the list is often too 
> self-congratulatory.
> 
> Almost every single photo shown here meets with praise.  That tends to 
> diminish the value of truly well-deserved praise, and to some degree it does 
> the photographer a disservice.

I think it's more a case that people don't post if they don't like
the photograph.  I've often noticed that several of the photographs
that meet with approval from some of the people here are shots that
I would consign to my reject pile.  Does this necessarily mean they
are bad shots?  No  - it just means that the criteria being applied
are not those which I use to evaluate my own work.

It's a rare photograph that would please everybody on this list.