Quote Originally Posted by FloatingTohught
Grandpaw, thanks for the lesson. I didn't want to upset you or anyone else. I just wanted to point out a few things hoping to keep the discussion focused. I took out a word from the original post, hope it makes you happier.

Anbesol, Thanks a million, this was really helpful :thumbsup: .

Any more input would be greatly appreciated.
There were three things that hit me the wrong way. The first sentence did say something like I spent my precious time looking for an answer. This made me wonder if maybe you thought your time was more precious or important than the other members here. Well you eliminated the word precious and that helped.

The second thing that bothered me was the statement.....
"If you know something about photography... and I mean really know something about photography then please help me out here."
What bothers me about this statement is that it gives me the impression that only the best and highest qualified should answer your question. Now this leads me to the question , just who decides which one of our members are smart enough to give you a answer worthy of consideration.

The third thing that bothered me is this.
"And kindly, turn on your snob detectors as you write your responses and take care of snobbery before it shows on the page "
This makes me wonder if I do believe I know something others may not know does this elevate me to the snobbery class and that I should dumb down my answer before putting it on the page?

When someone new comes to a respectable site like this one that has many members covering the knowledge from beginning level to professional and starts out with this kind of wording in their post it just doesn't set well with me. There very well could be a member on our site that has researched this very question and has a place where you could see the photos you are looking for or give you a link where you can find out what you need. They might be new to photography and not really know anything except a place they could tell you about that would get you help with your answer, so don't eliminate anyone by how you word a question.

Remember, the more positive way the question is asked the more positive the answer you get will be. Again, have a nice day and see you on the forums, Jeff