WHAT I WISH YOU ALL WOULD DO

That's right. I'm yelling. At "all" of you. Well, a heck of a lot of you, anyway. This is a PHOTO forum. At least part of it's purpose, other than to provide entertainment, is to allegedly help others with the art of photography.

I wish YOU ALL when you post a picture, would say a few words that you think are the central relevance as to what went into making the shot. If you were hanging upside down from a chandelier, fine. It might help in some cases to take the ORIGINAL unaltered frame, reduce the filesize to a small nearly a thumnail, to give us an idea of what you started from. SOMETIMES it might even help to mention how many frames you discarded!! in order to get the shot.

Equipment, settings, photshopping, all are a help. I see shots every day posted on here that seem to be nothing more than bragging rights.

When I post a photo, I try to include exif info with it. If you have any other questions, just ask. Just one question for you. Do you practice what you preach??

440roadrunner wrote in post #8461771
Equipment, settings, photshopping, all are a help. I see shots every day posted on here that seem to be nothing more than bragging rights.

So? Fine line between bragging and sharing, sometimes the same thing. Hence this section.. https://photography-on-the.net/forum/forumdis​play.php?f=6

For some people the end result is all that matters, for others its the journey getting there. Not hard to ask for the unknown.

I was going to suggest the same thing as Jaymz did. If you spend your time in this "General Photography Talk" area or the camera/lens sections you are looking in the wrong areas (of course if you see a cool shot, I'm sure if you ask nicely you'll get info!)

If you want to know more details about an image, just ask. Most of us are quite willing to discuss the process, the concept and the execution of an image.

Jaymz wrote in post #8461893
So? Fine line between bragging and sharing, sometimes the same thing. Hence this section.. https://photography-on-the.net/forum/forumdis​play.php?f=6

For some people the end result is all that matters, for others its the journey getting there. Not hard to ask for the unknown.

For me, the link you posted is part of the problem. If I browsed many of those categories AND POSTED QUESTIONS, it would soon get lost in the extreme throughput of the forum. AT THE VERY LEAST posting EXIF and a short note would help immensely.

Mark_Cohran wrote in post #8462455
If you want to know more details about an image, just ask. Most of us are quite willing to discuss the process, the concept and the execution of an image.

There's been quite a few times I've done just that, and for whatever reason, either the OP didn't feel like it, or check back, never answered.

440roadrunner wrote in post #8462549
There's been quite a few times I've done just that, and for whatever reason, either the OP didn't feel like it, or check back, never answered.

Ah, yea can't help with those.

440roadrunner wrote in post #8462549
There's been quite a few times I've done just that, and for whatever reason, either the OP didn't feel like it, or check back, never answered.

Well, you can't force anyone to share information they don't want to share. So, you can either get upset about it, or just shrug it off. I've found a polite request, usually gets the job done.

fwiw, there's always before and after under competition

440roadrunner wrote in post #8461771
That's right. I'm yelling. At "all" of you.

I don't particularly appreciate that.

440roadrunner wrote in post #8461771
This is a PHOTO forum.

Correct. It's not a "you MUST show your EXIF and explain every post you make" forum. Maybe you could start one?

440roadrunner wrote in post #8461771
I see shots every day posted on here that seem to be nothing more than bragging rights.

People post their best work. Get over it.

Given the general tone of this thread you've started, I must say I'm not surprised you have trouble getting people to respond when you ask for information about a photo...

Mark_Cohran wrote in post #8462772
Well, you can't force anyone to share information they don't want to share. So, you can either get upset about it, or just shrug it off. I've found a polite request, usually gets the job done.

Agreed. A lot of people play their cards close to their chest and i 100% back that. Personally if it wasnt for exif i wouldn't have a clue what i used to get any result, i have the memory of a goldfish and dont care either. Asking politely for the exif in a private message or the thread can go a long way to getting help.

I recently discovered EXIF data, and it helps me alot, to see what settings people shoot at!

440roadrunner wrote in post #8461771
That's right. I'm yelling. At "all" of you. Well, a heck of a lot of you, anyway. This is a PHOTO forum. At least part of it's purpose, other than to provide entertainment, is to allegedly help others with the art of photography.

I wish YOU ALL when you post a picture, would say a few words that you think are the central relevance as to what went into making the shot. If you were hanging upside down from a chandelier, fine. It might help in some cases to take the ORIGINAL unaltered frame, reduce the filesize to a small nearly a thumnail, to give us an idea of what you started from. SOMETIMES it might even help to mention how many frames you discarded!! in order to get the shot.

Equipment, settings, photshopping, all are a help. I see shots every day posted on here that seem to be nothing more than bragging rights.

You haven't even started a thread sharing any of your images, let alone how you shot them.

If you really want help, post a photo and ask for it.

There are better ways to improve your own photography than simply copying what someone else has done without even asking why they did it.