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Been spending a lot of time on here!
Consider it a "recon" shot. Go back for more.That's why I hated Instagram. Every comment was "yo that's fire " or "thats a banger!" or just "" or "" or one time I shared a black and white photo and someone commented "wow you suck at b&w" and another time I shared a picture of some abandoned gas pumps with graffiti on them and someone commented "my least favorite photo you've taken, in fact it's horrible you should take photos of something else ". That's all what Instagram was really, just a popularity contest and it really discouraged me from sharing my crappy photos on there and I had a enough so I deleted my account.
Flickr is a little better in sense of receiving genuine comments. I'm not opposed of being critiqued because deep down I know it's something I need to do if I want to grow but right with the things going on in my life, I don't know if I'm ready for that but at the same time why does it better either if I want to do photography just for the process and joy of taking a photograph. Does it matter if they suck if it gives me something to do, something to take my mind off things and to step away from the world? I think not.
Here's the photo in question, yeah I'm aware its not my best shot. But why does every photo need to be my best? I took this from a car window while in traffic (don't worry I wasn't driving) so its not like I could get out and recompose to make it better. I happened to like it from this angle and besides a week later it was all gone so I can't go back now and try it again haha. it's not my fault the gas station was off set from the pumps.
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