Arcedemius's avatar
oh, no, you did not just dis someone like that!

a DD might or might not be 'deserved', but that decision was obviously not yours to make.

instead of just saying 'bad' or 'ugly' you could give pointers on how they could improve themselves. you could give tips, or point out what, explicitly, was 'ugly' about it to you; what you would change, what gave you the feeling of wrongness that so obviously annoyed you enough to post in the first place.

you do not just jump onto someone else's picture and start slamming them. you don't just say 'it's not DD material' and then run away without giving USEFUL, HELPFUL tips on making it better. it's called constructive criticism.

and the DD?
deal with it.
someone obviously found that special spark of awe when they saw this, and if that one person felt it moved them so much, then it's a well deserved DD.
xtzc's avatar
As long as a DD is featured on the site for everyone too see i consider it should be an inspiring piece of art,no matter the form,painting,photography,poetry...
This isnt the case..ist poorly executed from every aspect,from the composition to the postprocesing part...
Im not running away ... and i dont care about the DD,congrats for him...
YUKARII-chan's avatar
Hi! If you have anything you can pm me and talk about it. Firstly, I'm sure that everybody sees things differently, I'm not very sure about you, but maybe to others it seem nice? Secondly, I did not beg for this to be a DD? Why are you slamming me about it when I didn't suggest it. I merely posted on my page because I think my friend did an awesome photoshop here to make walpurgis to be inside. I appreciate her effort and I think you should to.

Thank you for your "constructive" comments, but I honestly think you should think before you speak. I wish to hear real "constructive comments" and not "ugly,bad photoshop...you can even see the light stand..not even by a long hot DD material..". It just sounds like sour grapes to me.

Thank you :) If you have something further to discuss you can kindly pm me.
xtzc's avatar
i've pm'd you :)
Arcedemius's avatar
again, art is very very opinionated.
what one person sees as inspiring another will see as banal.

i completely agree with you, that DDs should only be given to work which can cross mediums for those who usually don't like/look at that kind of work, and feel moved by it; work that can be appreciated by everyone, not just those in the know with photography or whatever medium is used.
however, it's obvious from the comments that people do like this work, even without knowing the character or medium.
chances are that the person who nominated them (or however DDs are given) didn't know a lot about photography.
you, as a photographer can probably pick at the photo for things you know to look out for, but laymen (like me) who don't know a thing about photography (or photoshop) find it a good picture.
maybe it's not DD material, but, again i have to stress this, at least one person thought it was DD material, and you can't just brush it off as undeserving, because someone else clearly thought it was inspiring to see.

it's like telling someone peanut butter is yuck.
different people like different things.
YUKARII-chan's avatar
Thank you for standing up for me dear. I appreciate it very much ^.^
Arcedemius's avatar
^v^ you're welcome.