which photographic errors will most likely lead to criticisms on forums ...

I was wondering which errors in photographic technique will most quickly lead to immediate criticism by your peers on line ?

the first one I can think of is having an otherwise wonderful image but missing critical crisp focus of the eyes.

an image like that is immedialty doomed and actually "eye-focus" is a powerful selling point for a camera

can you think of other common errors which are so detrimental ?

A tilted horizon is probably number one on the list.

MPrince said:

A tilted horizon is probably number one on the list.

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that's funny - but true

you could capture an image of a breaching Blue Whale but if the horizon line is more than 2 degree off its all that anyone will see

Taking a photo of a person, and something if coming out of the side or top of their head. Like, say, a Christmas ornament coming out the top of the head. This is very common.

Mr Giggles said:

MPrince said:

A tilted horizon is probably number one on the list.

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that's funny - but true

you could capture an image of a breaching Blue Whale but if the horizon line is more than 2 degree off its all that anyone will see

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Fortunately, a tilted horizon is easy to correct.

oh my Lord ... I just thought of another good one

you post an image and you are sure you are going to get some accolades

but unbeknown to you there is a severe error

you have "over sharpened the image" and that's now almost worse then getting the horizon wrong

when you loaded the raw file into the program to convert it to jpeg you forgot or did not realize it would be "over-baked" by that program - you need to pull back on the sliders

go to jail - go directly to jail - do not pass go - do not collect $200

Mr Giggles said:

I was wondering which errors in photographic technique will most quickly lead to immediate criticism by your peers on line ?

the first one I can think of is having an otherwise wonderful image but missing critical crisp focus of the eyes.

an image like that is immedialty doomed and actually "eye-focus" is a powerful selling point for a camera

can you think of other common errors which are so detrimental ?

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It's rare that anything good comes from criticizing a photo, even constructively, unless the person posting the photo specifically asks for it. I'll offer praise for good photos, on occasion, but not criticism.

Mr Giggles said:

I was wondering which errors in photographic technique will most quickly lead to immediate criticism by your peers on line ?

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not happening here but social media posting video VERTICALLY dus my head in and i feel like slapping them ..also posting photos on thier side and very sloping horizons

the list is endless ....i think when folk have a very high shutter speed on a static scene so leads to an unnecessarily high ISO..have seen DPR staff do it

a landscape with a UWA using a detail sapping F16 when the nearest foreground is 50 yards away meaning F5.6 will have given plenty of DOF and lens at optimum sharpness

editing ...editing dull lifeless photos ...DPR staff can be bad for this ..for god sake brighten them up

i do keep quiet most of the time

Mr Giggles said:

the first one I can think of is having an otherwise wonderful image but missing critical crisp focus of the eyes.

an image like that is immedialty doomed and actually "eye-focus" is a powerful selling point for a camera

can you think of other common errors which are so detrimental ?

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Mr Giggles said:

I was wondering which errors in photographic technique will most quickly lead to immediate criticism by your peers on line ?

the first one I can think of is having an otherwise wonderful image but missing critical crisp focus of the eyes.

an image like that is immedialty doomed and actually "eye-focus" is a powerful selling point for a camera

can you think of other common errors which are so detrimental ?

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Over-saturated, over-sharpened images and excessive contrast are at the top of my list.

When you post an image to a thread that you think is appropriate and a bloody good photograph, you get an indirect criticism when nobody comments at all and no one even gives your posting a like

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landscapes which lack any foreground or mid ground

which then makes the image look boring

you wont be lambasted for that one - but you will be disappointed at the very small number of "likes or at -a-boys " that the image receives which is a sort of silent criticism

philosophy question -

which is worse - to receive criticisms on an image or just dead silence ?

1. Horizon (or equivalent) not level
2. DoF "too shallow"
3. Subject at an edge ("it's rule of thirds not rule of tenths!")

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Mr Giggles said:

oh my Lord ... I just thought of another good one

you post an image and you are sure you are going to get some accolades

but unbeknown to you there is a severe error

you have "over sharpened the image" and that's now almost worse then getting the horizon wrong

when you loaded the raw file into the program to convert it to jpeg you forgot or did not realize it would be "over-baked" by that program - you need to pull back on the sliders

go to jail - go directly to jail - do not pass go - do not collect $200

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That sounds like someone who doesn't at all understand post-processing software way more than a photographic error.

Prolly the same type of wise sage who would start a thread about how it's never ever never ever ever ever necessary to view anything ever at 100%.

here is another:

wonderful image

delightful subject

buts its all for naught - because you have inadvertently "blown out " one of the 3 primary colors in the histogram to the right side and now someone will literally post an image of the histogram which they have created and now that error is the main subject of the discussion of your photograph

I like to see a foot of the photographer in the pic by the subject on the floor. Best if it's bare or in a flip-flop, so everyone knows how many toes are on that foot.

Just say you took it with a smartphone.

Mr Giggles said:

the first one I can think of is having an otherwise wonderful image but missing critical crisp focus of the eyes.

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The client renewed the '3 year' licence to use it, three times...



.. because they said it helped them sell the dream.

“Learn the rules like a pro, so you can break them like an artist” ~ Pablo Picasso.

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Mr Giggles said:

landscapes which lack any foreground or mid ground

which then makes the image look boring

you wont be lambasted for that one - but you will be disappointed at the very small number of "likes or at -a-boys " that the image receives which is a sort of silent criticism

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Hmm, I'm looking at some Ansel Adams prints right now. Let's see, a print of the Snake River and Grand Tetons just sold for around $1M. Here's another one with just birch trees, with the whole image at the same distance. I suppose you could say that those have some little bit of middle ground, but then there are those pictures of Yosemite with just the sky and those distant cliffs. And here's one by Clyde Butcher, with just the Sierra Nevada and the moon. I won't be criticizing any of those.

Overly sharpened is on my list. We have one contributor who has great, high-resolution cameras, but he absolutely destroys any vestige of detail with extreme sharpening. That's what he wants. I don't say anything any more.

I don't think this is what the OP had in mind -- I think he was looking for spurious criticism.