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I would love to see your precise taxonomy of crappiness. What is the unit of measure? Crap per millimetre? ;) That's the problem...

But I think the premise is questionable. Equipment can make work easier- or harder, but how expensive it is, is uncorrelated to whether...

There are likely many reasons: They may find the image personally meaningful They may be seeking input on how to improve They may be...

Who gets to decide what's "good enough" to post? The whole point of fora like Photrio et al is to have an open exchange of ideas and...

I do post publicly here and elsewhere to get feedback from other capable photographers. I just don't expect to have to make everyone happy.

I shoot a lot of abstracts. The photographers and artists of my direct acquaintance seem to enjoy at least some of them...

But so much of "that's no good" is entirely a matter of personal worldview and sensibility. I just declined to renew my subscription to...

Such people may feel exactly the same about so-called "high art" or abstract photographs. Everyone has their own idea of what they find...

cf "The Fountainhead" by Rand. Written in the 20th Century, it is more relevant than ever today on the exact topic of how mediocrity...

Please tell us you do not have PTSD from being said model :wink: (I also agree with you wholly.)

They make the image to suit themselves. They share it because of their pleasure with said image. Those are not contradictory statements.

To share their love of an image. Potentially to ask for help improving it. That is not same as urinating all over someone's post...

I concur ... Larry sez "Hi" ...

+1 I find that they rarely want to even post their own work. Online criticism has to be tempered by the fact that the creator is...

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