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I get the "great shot, you must have an amazing camera" comment all the time..

You're a master at Photoshop. (Like it's impossible to take a real photo of something happening, so you must have pasted it together.)

Haha! Great post!

These are the ones I really hate (somewhat related to your #3):

"You are so beautiful in this picture!" or "Great lips!" or "What a cool pose".

Yeah, thanks. What about the angle, the crop, or the post-processing? I did post on a site for photographers now, didn't I?

When people reminds me that they have seen a similar photo before. aha

It can means that my work is not very original.

1) I think I remember asking you that question, only to find out you were conquering Flickr with a 2 megapixel point & shoot mounted on your car window or sitting in the grass... lol.
2) Locations... some of your most memorable work for me was done in the shower (Have they Gone?"), or "By the Lake," which is really just a pond at your university.
3) Someone who knows how to pose is a plus, and you are the master of morph.. lol
4) I started on my artistic journey inspired by your work, but rather quickly realized that we're in different leagues. Inspired, definitely. Imitation... would be futile... hahaha
5) Your work made me want to become an artist, and I continue to be inpired by you and others. Enough said.

I have heard some of these in the past. This was fun to read.

Jeez people... Take a chill pill already. These are just comments and critiques from people. If you can't handle them, then disable the comments or delete them, or don't bother posting your photos.

I really liked this article. ;-)

What this amount to is photographers whining to other photographers about people who don't know how to compliment photographers because they don't have the vocabulary that photographers have. Give them a little benefit of doubt. More often than not these people are doing the best they can when they offer these "compliments".

#1: No debate, you’re perfectly right.
#2: If you’re a “location-photographer” it helps having cool locations around, like an ocean, the Rocky Moutains, a glacier. Whatever. But you’re right again, it doesn’t guarantee great pictures.
#3: Again, I think it truly helps having a model who doesn’t feel intimidated by a camera or a photographer. If it’s oneself, well, so much the better. Don’t feel bad about it, just take it as a compliment. I guess (prove me wrong) most of the viewers cannot appreciate the amount of work in photo anyway. And don’t forget a good part of your viewers are male and therefore easily distracted by a pretty face, myself included.
#4: Don’t take comments literally. Language is a fuzzy thing and especially written online comments can be misleading. More so, if the person writing the comments does not use his or her first language, like myself again. So please forgive me if I write nonsense in this comment, I may not be aware of it.
#5 Some people tend to depressions. Take it as the flattery it probably was meant to be.
#6 I guess “great capture” is not the compliment you want to hear with all the planning involved. It would be a compliment for my photos though because I very often take snapshots or ‘capture’ moving things. I on the contrary find it most annoying to read a comment like “great composition” below a snapshot. No composition done, sorry. Just luck. Well, maybe not only luck. Sometimes perspective, patience and even a little planning helps too. ;-)
#7: Agreed.
#8 Very interesting comment. I had to read the text twice. Actually, in sometimes I too have the urge to, well educate or help, the photographer. Consider this, I have two lovely daughters around your age. If I had the impression from your photos that you have some kind of problem, I would be urged to help. But I don’t think I would write some advice for a better life in a comment. Probably trying to make a joke. And most probably leaving you alone, it’s your live, isn’t it. What I wanted to say is, maybe these people just wanted to help.
#9: Annoying!
#10: Well yes. I said it in my profile, please comment, advice, criticize. It happens seldom. Once I had an advice for a cropping which I followed and it was an improvement. Voilà. The other time a had a comment which just made me think “how dare you?”.
It’s very difficult to comment on platforms like flickr. Most of the people you do not know. What are the right words to express your meaning? Again, what about language?

To tell a long story short, it’s like you said, don’t take comments too seriously. And forgive me my lengthy comment. Seems I’m in a talkative mood today.

C: Your pic is so beautiful; you must have a very expensive camera.

Me: I made this photo with a $10 camera.

C: You are ......... liar.

Me: -----------------------!!!

Btw.: Nikon says “A Photographer Is Only as Good as the Equipment He Uses”

http://www.petapixel.com/2011/09/28/nikon-says-a-photographer-is-only-as...

:-)