stevegreen
Distinguished Member
Glad your pic is doing well steve.
I have to say though,I dont know why its silly or why having your pictures featured in many groups, cheesey medals or not,has such a stigma.
Its As if it downgrades your image or makes you a lesser photographer, seems to be the feeling of many.
To me its about exposure,The more people that see your pictures the better...right?Sometimes this exposure can lead to some pleasant and often rewarding results.
Further as human beings we all thrive on recognition,so why is it bad to get a pat on the back even if it is in the form of a glowing gold shield,at least they have taken the time to bother.
To have awesome pictures, have no exposure is non-sensical to me...mentioning no names,there are a number of people here who have superb images sitting in their streams with no attention whatsoever....a shame and a traversty if you ask me.
Self promotion no bad thing
Anyway I might give this a go to see just how far you can go
I can see where you are coming from Alex and to a certain extent I agree with you. Personally I don't like the .gifs on my comments, i think they are tacky but that's my opinion.
Having had a look at some of these groups there are some stunning photos on there, absolutely stunning, but at other times I see pictures that are not so good being rewarded with stars, shields whatever and comments like 'awesome' etc. Maybe it because some of these shots fall in the 'previous 5' that people are required to comment and fave and that cheapens the whole process in my opinion.
I suppose it also give people a good ego boost when they get lots of hearts, stars etc and if thats what they want from Flickr then fine, it caters for them.
In my shot for instance, it's ok but certainly not worth the 150+ comments it has now. The comments are kind of 'forced' in my opinion and therefore not worth as much. I'd rather upload a good photo and have people comment on it for it's worth, not because they have to.
Dunno, maybe i'm a bit jaded on the whole thing but I hope you can see my perspective on it as well as I see yours
By the way, good to see people having a crack at this