>>4449894
>I really wish people were not so defensive about criticism. Maybe we could all get a little better that way.
i think the real irony here is that we all knoww that everyone that posts here generally is varying degrees of shit. that's not necessarily meant as an insult, more as a matter of fact. i'm shit, you're shit. most of the photos in this thread are shit. but it feels like a lot of time people here aren't looking for anything except people to tell them "wow that looks cool", perhaps out of some misguided sense of "well it looked cool to me when i took it". that's not how visual arts work. you can't control what the viewer will think. influence it maybe, but you are decoupled from your work as soon as you put it out. wanting a hugbox of love is what reddit and instagram are for. i like this place because everywhere else would be afraid to remind people that they're shit. yeah, it's not constructive necessarily most of the time, but honestly, i still have gotten good advice and information outt of this place. even in its recent "no more good shooters herre" era.
picrel from last weekend, looked cool in person, not sure if it translates to photo.