Quote Originally Posted by Tarzanman
Thats a fair question. I do take pictures. I'm not aspiring to be a pro, but then again I have sold a photo before.... I snap photos for fun, and believe that most of the commercial stuff you see around isn't exactly rocket science.

There are people out there who have a habit of taking more interesting images than others... but on this forum and others.... I see a lot of ragging on joe-blow who just bought his D40 with his kit lens.

Joe Blow might not know how to bracket his exposure for a high contrast shot, but he is only usually about 1-month's worth of practice away from having the same technical skill as some of these "pro" togs.
Yeah, I have to be real careful with what I say... you can pull up my old threads and I'm doing all the things that I hate to see in photos now! I am happy with my photography now and I know that I can improve. My work simply gets outdated to me. One month my shots are of a whole different caliber as the next. I keep picking up techniques and gear. Basically, I can't say anything... I've gone through the JDM tilt angle phase, the outrageous HDR phase and I can't remember the half a dozen others.