STICKY:  Be nice to your fellow bird photographer's POSTS

cfcRebel wrote:
I like this idea. Let's start a policy - "No zero Bird post left behind". And no, i'm not a republican. LOL!

O,,r we could say "No Tern left unstoned,grins"

lol

[QUOTE=LazyPhotographe​r]We finally got our Bird Forum!! Let's have a HUGE round of applause for Pekka and the Mods for taking care of us.

Now all WE have to do is take care of each other. Already the forum is jumping, there's lot of new posts but we still have people getting bumped to pages 3-4 without any comments. C'mon people, let's make this new forum a new beginning and a new chance to help each other.

Please take the time to comment on some posts BEFORE you post your new pics of the day. Bump the zero comment posts up to the top again and offer a comment, suggestion, or a bit of encouragement. Put yourself in the other person's shoes and remember how your first pics looked or the anticipation you felt with your first posts... it's important that we acknowledge and encourage each other, otherwise, there's no reason for anyone to post.

If everyone gets in the habit of doing this, soon there won't be any page 3-4 zero comment posts!! A few kind words, sharing the experience, and helpful suggestions can go a really long way. Show me the love, people... show me the love!

Hi Guys,
we are slipping up..........page 4 at the moment has 2 new threads with ZERO comments, page 3 has 3 new threads with ZERO comments and page 2 has 1.

All the Best,
Clare

This is a great addition to an extremely well run forum - potn.

I must stress though, aside from the positive comments, I welcome criticism of my pics, and absolutely want suggestions on how I can improve them. Don't worry, I have a thick skin

Regards

This is the second thread I read in the Birds forum, even before I joined. I got to say this out loud. It's about time more people read this. Let's review...

Maureen Souza wrote in post #1362853
Sounds fine with me, LP. I'll pass it along to the Senior Mods.

Maureen,

Fantastic Avatar pic. You've captured attitude not just a face. Very nice!

Tim

LazyPhotographer wrote in post #1556720
Here's a link to a handy-dandy browser plugin. When you right click an image, then select View EXIF you'll see everything about the image *if* it was saved when post processed. It's very cool...

http://ak.no-ip.com/EXIF/index_en.h​tm

Your link seems to be dead or something along those lines. When I view it my browser tells me it is "done", but there is nothing on screen. It takes a long time to achieve "done" status as well.

Tim

Tem, yes, I had the link in my footer for a long time, then noticed the site was always 404, so I took it down. PM, if you want a copy.

I use Opanda Exif and the Firefox plugin. http://www.opanda.com/​en/iexif/. Now if everyone would just include EXIF with their photos - it helps immensely when others want to make comments!

gymell wrote in post #3872784
I use Opanda Exif and the Firefox plugin. http://www.opanda.com/​en/iexif/. Now if everyone would just include EXIF with their photos - it helps immensely when others want to make comments!

Thanks for that link!

being honest this site seems very 'clique'.i know i should post more comments on peoples photos but i get up for work at 004 and get home at 1900,its a long day.
yes most of my photos are pretty poor compared to the majority that live in america(you have better light)
but i try to post photos of birds that are different to the usual herons and eagles etc,and be honest the main species range is not that great.

though the people that post small stuff(tits,warblers,fi​nches etc) do a great job and work hard to get the shots,big stuff is too easy.

sorry for the moan

sonic72 wrote in post #4585629
being honest this site seems very 'clique'.i know i should post more comments on peoples photos but i get up for work at 004 and get home at 1900,its a long day.
yes most of my photos are pretty poor compared to the majority that live in america(you have better light)
but i try to post photos of birds that are different to the usual herons and eagles etc,and be honest the main species range is not that great.

though the people that post small stuff(tits,warblers,fi​nches etc) do a great job and work hard to get the shots,big stuff is too easy.

sorry for the moan

Odd, I just did a search on the threads you've started and you've gotten some nice comments ... and I must disagree with your comment that big stuff is easy!

sorry about my last post here,just frustrated with the crap weather in the uk at the moment,i have 2 weeks off work and was hoping to get some good shots.

oh well

canonloader wrote in post #3669099
This is the second thread I read in the Birds forum, even before I joined. I got to say this out loud. It's about time more people read this. Let's review...

:p

Now all WE have to do is take care of each other. Already the forum is jumping, there's lot of new posts but we still have people getting bumped to pages 3-4 without any comments. C'mon people, let's make this new forum a new beginning and a new chance to help each other.

Please take the time to comment on some posts BEFORE you post your new pics of the day. Bump the zero comment posts up to the top again and offer a comment, suggestion, or a bit of encouragement. Put yourself in the other person's shoes and remember how your first pics looked or the anticipation you felt with your first posts... it's important that we acknowledge and encourage each other, otherwise, there's no reason for anyone to post.


Somehow we need to find away to get people posting on the bird forum to read these common sense posting ettiquete guidelines. I don't know how to do that. Kudo's to Lazy_Photographer who came up with these. They make a lot of sense and if followed everyone can get something out of this site. I see from previous threads that things have gotten out of control before and it is again out of control. I know I've been guilty of straying from the guidelines and looking at this thread was a good reminder for me. I've made it a point to search out the posts that have zero or limited feedback and leave some words... that's when I have time to get on line. Many posts are getting through with no feedback and I'm sure I'm going to miss some of those. I wish more people would review. The words Mitch has highlighted in bold are the key to full enjoyment of this site.

Henry

I don't get it. How can a thread have zero or 1 replies and 89 views? Theres something to be said for even a bad picture. If you clicked, it's not that hard to leave a quick reply.

Is it?

canonloader wrote in post #4608637
I don't get it. How can a thread have zero or 1 replies and 89 views? Theres something to be said for even a bad picture. If you clicked, it's not that hard to leave a quick reply.

Is it?

Excellent point Mitch.

Maybe a moderator could post a reminder and refer to this thread. When i first saw the title of this thread I thought it had to do with being nice to the photog's you see in the field. Since I never see any I never looked at this thread until recently.

Moderator? What do you think?

Henry