I am so thankful to have such great friends on caedes who are willing to give me constructive criticism and help me improve. I am VERY thankful for all of these people and I lean on their comments, support, advice, and criticism. Those friends tend to be a huge encouragement (be their comments positive or negative) to continue to pursue my dream.
I recently posted an image, Finale that could be the best image in my gallery (in my opinion) and has been spoken of very highly yet is at a 38 c-index. I tend to try and ignore the c-index because in my opinion it's a nearly completely unsuccessful determinant of the quality of an image. And I also know that Finale is only at 10 votes but come on, how much higher can it go from there? It can't surpass Mmmm.. Leaves which is at 71. Can't even surpass Smooth or Water and Rocks both of which are at 68s. Anyways... just thought I'd ask if the image really deserves a 38.. or if it even deserves a 45 which is probably the highest it could even reach now. I truly am open to constructive criticism so any advice will be soaked in and appreciated. My willingness to absorb help though, doesn't change the fact that I'm very pleased with the image as is... I'm just sick of the c-index.
Not trying to sound like a complaining amateur... it's just discouraging. Especially since I have yet to have ONE image in the permanent galleries and have been a member for 2 to three years.
Quick thanks though to Les, Cindy, Chris, Tim, Tom, Hilda, and everyone else who has encouraged and helped me see things I didn't see myself. I am quite thankful for your help.
I recently posted an image, Finale that could be the best image in my gallery (in my opinion) and has been spoken of very highly yet is at a 38 c-index. I tend to try and ignore the c-index because in my opinion it's a nearly completely unsuccessful determinant of the quality of an image. And I also know that Finale is only at 10 votes but come on, how much higher can it go from there? It can't surpass Mmmm.. Leaves which is at 71. Can't even surpass Smooth or Water and Rocks both of which are at 68s. Anyways... just thought I'd ask if the image really deserves a 38.. or if it even deserves a 45 which is probably the highest it could even reach now. I truly am open to constructive criticism so any advice will be soaked in and appreciated. My willingness to absorb help though, doesn't change the fact that I'm very pleased with the image as is... I'm just sick of the c-index.
Not trying to sound like a complaining amateur... it's just discouraging. Especially since I have yet to have ONE image in the permanent galleries and have been a member for 2 to three years.
Quick thanks though to Les, Cindy, Chris, Tim, Tom, Hilda, and everyone else who has encouraged and helped me see things I didn't see myself. I am quite thankful for your help.