Hey I know my photography isn't on par with some people here, maybe
even most people here, but when I post a really good pic, then I
get the negativity, not because the picture is bad, but because I
don't have the right attitude. I could take a picture of some
landscape that was so perfect that if you made it your wallpaper
you might feel like you could fall through your computer screen.
But because I don't have the
high-school-hey-i'm-your-bud-let's-go-to-a-movie-together thing
going on, someone with an electron microscope is going to dismantle
that picture & say it sucks because of bad interpolation or some
other excuse, & because he's an in-person, the other in-people will
shake their heads like cows & follow the herd, mooo, you're right,
mooo, it's no good.
Then some goof will post a picture of a dog, flower, or child, and
it will be all crooked, the composition is off & their lucky they
didn't cut off anyone's head. The white balance looks like it came
from a 60's poloroid & there's something about it that is so
utterly common that you just think blah...
But, hey, that's their garden. That's their dog. That's their kid.
You can't be mean. And the in-crowd goes, Awwww.... soooo sweet.
When they really should say, eewwwww... so common & quite bad
actually. You see people come here for 2 reasons, to learn about
cameras & make friends. I don't know about you, but the best
friends in my life were not afraid to tell me I was bad or wrong &
eventually that made me better at what I wanted to be good at. Hey,
manners are important, that's for sure, but you know, so is the
truth. You tell someone that they are good & they are not, then you
are just being cruel, leaving them in a dream that has no reality.
That is being a jerk, not a friend.
I think out of all the people that I've come to know here, I would
let maybe 1-3 ever come to my house. Not because I don't trust
people here, because most of you are harmless, but because most of
you are fake people that can't stop acting like you're in
high-school.
So, I'm ignored. But I don't care. I'm still going to tell you the
truth. And most of the time, you won't like the truth. But every
once in a while, someone does something really right, like perfect
right, & you know that when I say that, it counts to them. It
counts to them because they know me & they know that I'm not going
to be here for my own popularity. If I don't like ballheads or
Ansel Adams, I'm going to tell you. I'm not going to nod my head at
the hype. I can think for myself. I don't REQUIRE to be popular & I
much rather work alone than with others. I'm here for two reasons
too, to learn about photography & to be straight with people
regardless of how that might make them feel. I'm not mean on
purpose, but I'm also not going to tap dance around the issue. If I
don't like it & think you are silly or pretentious, I'm gonna tell
you. I expect the same treatment. But you know what? People don't
like knowing the truth. But you know what? I don't like being a
pretty little liar. So I guess we'll just have to deal with each
other.
Okay, I am getting a little ticked that in some forums some
postings get ignored. Yes, this has happened to me MANY times, but
I find that it happens to others, too. Seems like you get into a
certain forum, in my case Sony, and you post messages or pictures
and not a single person will acknowledge or read the message! Yet
others carry on conversations like they are lifelong friends. They
all seem to know one another and are some sort of a clique.
Before you say, give it time, this has been ongoing for me for 7
months.
Have any of you out there experienced/felt the same thing?
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There are 10 types of people in this world. Those that understand
binary & those that don't.
Never seen the ducks though.