Browsing social photography websites like Flickr and 500px is a frustrating experience. Overall the quality of photography is horrible. Home truths. Straight from the horse's mouth Nobody dares say anything negative. Often votes and comments are motivated by a desire for reciprocation rather than because the viewer actually likes the image. Many people spend less than a second viewing an image. It's so easy to click the fave icon on a page of thumbnails. People that receive a lot of votes/likes/favs are either good photographers or just good at playing the social game. This has all been said before and I really am not bothered by the social side. The thing that bothers me is the lack of interest, effort and passion for their images among so many photographers. Do they not see that when they push the saturation slider out near the maximum that the colours look awful, unnatural and garish? Do they not see that when they over-sharpen or over-use the clarity tool that
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