Know what’s really annoying? People who think photography is not about how nice your photo looks naturally but how well your Photoshopping skills are.

I’m all for constructive criticism, but if I wanted “advice” on a photo I submitted to a Flickr group or a weekly theme somewhere, I’ll ask for it. I mean, seriously, I submitted the photo because I thought it fit the theme as it was, not because I wanted your advice on how to make it look like your interpretation of the theme.

Tower on Highway CC If I say my subject is A, it’s not B, no matter how much you want it to be. If I say I see the theme in A, that’s why I submitted the photo, and I really don’t care what you think. If I say I see the shadows in the clouds and that it has nothing to do with the tower, well, it’s my photo, and that’s what it is. I really fail to see how criticising my photo and saying it doesn’t fit the theme (which is subjective, really) is constructive to anyone.

And, yes, this comment annoys me as well:

Zebra on the Carousel It’s a great looking horse / zebra, and I like its odd emotional expression, but it could have been even better without flash, or a more diffused flash. I also think the visible carousel on the left doesn’t add much to the image – try burning it out with Photoshop, or adding some blur to that area of the picture.

The theme was “Dream” and the description even said it was wide open to interperetation. What’s up with that? I happened to have wanted the carousel in the background. I don’t like useless post processing.

So there.