..... some more so than others!!! Why this choice of shot? Hopefully it serves as a point in response to the 'guest' comment below on my previous shot. Whilst I have no objection to negative feedback I do get frustrated by inaccuracies which 'guest' has been prone to more frequently than not.

"I don't know about this one - it's nothing new, but it is not a bad snapshot. This is a private comment Dave, as I noticed you are really boasting about your votes, comments, etc. Ask yourself a couple of things - is it the same people over and over commenting on my stuff? If you took out the repeat customers, are you left with a lot of favorable responses? And are my galleries _really_ as good as some of the "popular" galleries on PBase? And finally, ask yourself, are you really going that extra mile to get that shot, or are these just easy shots *anyone* with a camera and CS can do? Do you find yourself hiking two miles at 5:00 in the morning to get a spot for that glorious 15 minutes of light? Are you willing to sit in the mud for an hour for that bitchin' sunset? You might be, who knows, but shots like this say no. Remember, what other people think of your work is meaningless, including myself...after all, Ashlee Simpson has a triple platinum album. Yours, Jim Beam PS - as for the all the stories behind your photos, if you have to explain a photograph to someone, you are wildly missing the point of photography."
The above was added to http://www.pbase.com/djwixx/image/89401005

In response to some of your points....................
Where do you get the idea that I boast about comments and votes? I have a most voted gallery simply as a mechanism to show a snapshot of what the pbase community thinks. It means nothing and has no merits other than a way to choose sample shots. Do I know that many of the comments are from repeat customers? Yes, but they're not customers they're online friends, and we take the time to encourage each other, and I think we're all honest enough to appreciate that some shots merit more attention than others, or none at all. Would I have many favourable responses if their responses weren't considered? Given that I have about half a dozen frequent visitors and possible voters, my most voted gallery would probably show the same results. I also don't comment whether I vote, because I don't want reciprocal votes. I also have a very small number of people I post comments on, due to time constraints, so again the number of comments I get in return is limited. Also, if you look at my popular galleries (!!), I don't have any so I'm not sure what your point is or what you are looking at!! Am I going the extra mile? More than likely not, but I have a full time job and a family, so my time is limited. Would I take the steps you describe? Yes I would. Why do I add descriptions to all my pictures? Simple, it involves the people I know in my life and makes sharing my little adventure that much more enjoyable.
ADDENDUM: The kind of photography you discuss is the kind of photography that gets published, by photographers who are used to advertise camera equipment. At what point did you consider me to be capable of being added to that kind of list? I should be honoured that you have such a narrow view of photography and such a narrow view of the capabilities required to reach those lofty heights!!!!!

On a final note, and I think this is an important one - I find it curious the time you take to make pointless comments! In the forums I describe myself as an unqualified snapper and in my galleries I describe myself as a snapper. Are you such a failed artist or photographer that you choose to belittle someone who already qualifies themselves as unqualified? The more I think about the shit you spew the more I laugh!!
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