[lisaly]

Originally Posted by Wylie's Mom

Lisa - I use DPreview mostly for tech reviews of equipment or blah blah. But oh man, the forums over there? Holy ALL. They will rip you to SHREDS, don't you think, at times? I mean, I feel so bad for people new to photography (or, even NOT new to photog) over there at times, bc if you show some technical-newbie-ness at the wrong moment, or to the wrong person - you could be just shredded and ridiculed over there.

That's why I stay away from that forum. I was looking for information for Bonnie on exposure compensation, and I came across that information. There's no reason for all of the fighting, bragging, and the ripping to shreds of people. The only two forums that I go to are fredmiranda.com and, of course, Yorkie Talk. I should post at fred miranda; I've learned so much there, and many of the subforums are mostly nice: Nature and Wildlife, Wedding, Landscape, Nikon, Black and White Vision (amazing!). The People forum is good, but they aren't always as supportive. The photographs are amazing on the site. They have weekly and monthly contests, and the photos are great, and the people are supportive. Most of the people at Fred Miranda use Canon, but that doesn't matter. The Nikon subforum is a fairly tight community of people who are helpful,knowledgeable, some unbelievable photographers. I hear there's a lot of fighting among the Canon board, but there isn't much at Nikon. If you have some time here and there, check some of these out for inspiration.

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