Chill off, its only communication!
… with a severe handicap in favour of the image poster.
- The image poster starts the thread with a 1000 words on
his/her side and the replier starts with an empty white box
and a like button.
- The image poster took the time to produce an image and
it's hoped that the viewer will instantly cook up dithyrambic
replies! WTF?
- Photography is a communication mode… visual that is. In
many cases (like mine), it eases the lack of drawing talent
and, for others, even the lack of profuse verbal expression.
I do spend lots of time in studio shootings of all nature (that's my
trade) and I spend all my free time shooting a multitude other sub-
jects (that includes visits to the marsh) just for the kick of it.
Just like a lot of members, I get "likes" sometimes; I like the likes be-
cause the viewer can express his/her pleasure through it without
saying a word.
Some will spend hours on their knees in their garden, or elsewhere,
to shoot our almost invisible planet's jewels. Others will report on
events where every captures is a prowess in itself at 1/4000 sec.
In my book, these are all worth the efforts and rewards such as likes,
long replies, or even the shortest and seemingly insignificant ones.
Chill off, its only communication… and honesty is the most eloquent
part of it.