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Well… to be fair, “too flat” is a legitimate critique item. It just means contrast is less than I would like. Whether you fix it, and how you fix it, depends on the artist and the image. You might want it flat. You could use a contrast slider, or Curves, or a sharpening scheme, or set white, black and mid points. If there were just one “right” way and just one “right” result, I could write a program to do it, and put a lot of Photoshop experts out of a job! Not happening in my life time. That’s why it’s Art instead of Science, even though a lot of science is involved.
It is useful to see the work of those giving critiques so you can determine if their look matches your desires. It is also useful for a critique to involve a single piece rather than a body of work. Not that some of ebi’s comments aren’t valid for the whole web site, but I didn’t think the photos were too flat. It would be helpful to identify which photo or photos are too flat. The field of sunflowers with a couple way in the distance might be too flat for some, but look at the sky. That is serious cloud cover! Perhaps it is supposed to be flat? I don’t think ebi and I see eye-to-eye. That’s not a bad thing, but it does seem to be a fact.
Part of a good critique, beyond clear and concise, is understandable advise. And that can be a challenge sometimes when you write something that is crystal clear to you, yet no one else has a clue what you are talking about….