We pride ourselves that this is a learning site, where people are willing to help each other to learn how to be a better chopper, artist, manipulator. I feel that the few short comments we get with our votes are not really helping the new choppers understand why an image did really well and why another did so badly. If a person gets no votes at all and no comments how is he/she to know what was wrong and how they can improve their skills.

So I was thinking if we could take an image maybe one that has won and put in our critique here, people can get an idea of what make a good image and for those who are bold enough they could put in an image that really did badly and then we can put in our comments suggesting ways of improving.

Too many votes (25) = Too much work giving constructive critisism to all of them.

Change the number of votes one can give to percentages. Like 25% og the entries that day. If there are 100 entries one can give 25 votes. But if there are just 20 entries one can only leave 5 votes.

Think that will make people leave more words than: ...

That's a great idea, Mir, especially since this site does not require the 'external' sources to be shown, or a step-by-step of how the chop was done.

There are some real pros here, and I for one hope to learn more about this powerful program called photoshop. Even though I'm a 'late-bloomer' with it, now I'm addicted......... show me and the other newbies how ya do it! Tell us what you were thinking...... the concept that inspired you, the lighting, the shadows... all o' that picky stuff! And thank you all very much.

This is a GREAT IDEA!!.. nice... It will help us especially the newbies like us...

If you would like to receive comments on how to improve your entries maybe you could put a "please advise me on how to improve this entry" below your image or something of that nature. I'm sure the "big dogs" would be more than happy to leave constructive comments. Just a thought!

HEY! I didn't know We had another local.
I'm in Venice. Where in swFL are you at Pearlie?
Apparently you're the first west coaster to stick it out six months since I've been here.
Except for Cafn8d, but she ran Up North.

This is exactly what I mean.

I don't mean we have to drill the artist on how he did necessarily, unless he wants to do that ( like Claf and ReyRey usually do after a big win) what I mean is we could all be critics.

Like one would say: I especially like the colours that give it such a sombre mood
or I think the light coming from the left give this image a feeling of a warm mediterranean sunset or what ever.


As for constructive critisim one could say, although the overall image is so well executed I would have done this or that to the shadows or the shadows would make more sense if they had been softer. After everyone has had a go imagine the feedback for all who were interested in the whole process.

Yeah, what I'm saying is: this is usually not enough and not everyone has the time to write full critisim on all the images.

I like the idea. I'd like to see people actually pick what is there favorite personal chop/chops from their own profile, and see them heavily critiqued, and even re-worked if the image lends itself to it.
I'd REALLY love to see some of PSC's most classic manipulations be turned into sources for contests..especially for a re-union contest.

me! adding a picture of me always makes a great image

Bacon. Bacon makes an image great.

Ok then I go first

Please discuss.

Malta? i dont remember a nite sky that's not full of fireworks while i was over there

I will look at it closer in a bit.

http://photoshopcontest.com/view-entry/144784/early-morning-ride.html

Still the same, fireworks every weekend all summer long.