To tell the full story, if anyone is interested in that. I reported one of Pete's critiques to the mods and asked for them to close the thread as I found Pete's attitude to be bordering on bullying. Marcel closed the thread and used the following words in his reply. "Pete, learn to word your posts better, your sarcasm and choice of words might seem funny in your head but it really makes you sound full of yourself, pretentious and arrogant."
I ask again "What would you do differently next time?"
Think its simple really. I critiqued his work once, so now he has to critique everything I do.To tell the full story, if anyone is interested in that. I reported one of Pete's critiques to the mods and asked for them to close the thread as I found Pete's attitude to be bordering on bullying. Marcel closed the thread and used the following words in his reply. "Pete, learn to word your posts better, your sarcasm and choice of words might seem funny in your head but it really makes you sound full of yourself, pretentious and arrogant."
I ask again "What would you do differently next time?"
Fair comment but perhaps, Pete like me, has fallen foul of wanting to be honest in his appraisal of work on here. I was once accused of being an elitist for saying how and what I saw in the quality of some work rather than putting a 'great set' up on what can sometimes be borderline awful. I cite your table football images as an example.
Having talked with Pete online for a couple of years, I have to say he is far from how described and offers constructive advice to fledgling photographers from all corners.
Still, here is the issue with both internet text and phone text in that it can often sound ambiguous or rude without any intent.
Having talked with Pete online for a couple of years, I have to say he is far from how described and offers constructive advice to fledgling photographers from all corners.
Just to chip in with what may or may not be helpful. I once had a debate with Pete here and called him an elitest arse. Trouble is, as DG says above, I didn't (and really still don't) know Pete, and I read his sarcasm as nasty, and his crit as just a dig. It took me a while to work him out, and it was only when I spoke to him in the chatroom did it all make sense.
I like the fact that Pete keeps it real, and whilst he might choose words which upset people on occassion, I don't think he means to upset anyone.
Gary.
play nicely please people.....
That's amazing! How did they approach you to ask for this to be done?
Well done Pete. Thats a really great shot, and excellent story. I'm just glad it all worked out.
Can I ask where you go to get something like that printed?
Would you do it again? Would you do one even bigger?
Theoretically you could go as big as needed using the same method. Great shot by the way and nice job on the huge print.
Pete i had to do a lot of printing for my work recently, and im reliably informed that the image given for printing needs to be 25% of the final printed size...i dont know if that helps, but it certainly helped me when i was doing exhibition stand artwork.
No doubt you could have done it differently, but I can't see any of the Pizza Express diners looking at it and thinking "Do you know, I think the 'tog should have used a tripod". Nor do I suspect that they'll be wondering which lens was used or whether it was done in landscape or portrait format.
Stunning Pete, absolutely stunning. Any chance I can I get a copy posted over to Toronto ?
Hey, maybe you could come over here and do one of the T.O Skyline.
Think its simple really. I critiqued his work once, so now he has to critique everything I do.
To tell the full story, I reported one of Pete's critiques to the mods and asked for them to close the thread as I found Pete's attitude to be bordering on bullying. Marcel closed the thread and used the following words in his reply. "Pete, learn to word your posts better, your sarcasm and choice of words might seem funny in your head but it really makes you sound full of yourself, pretentious and arrogant."
I ask again "What would you do differently next time?"
Stuff well said
Stuff
Now, if you've got any serious and friendly discussions about the image, feel free.
I believe that it is a fair question to ask, what would you do differently if you had to do it again. If the answer is, I'd do it the same way next time, then that's fine. I'd be surprised if that was the answer. I would imagine that during the execution of the task, Pete must have had ideas on how to improve the process. Those ideas may help other members who are considering challenging tasks.
Pete what an incredible shot to achieve, a tremendous amount of work.
Some distortionon the Toronto horizon but stunning too.