Smeggypants wrote:
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Oh I'm not scared of such restrictions. The clichés haven't taken over the world just yet.

The problem is that once you've seen every man and his dog publish countless pictures of Acid trip HDR scenes, Single Tree in a field, Sunsets, Long Exposure waterfall, Long exposure beach with Groynes, Motor Racing with blurred tarmac and grass, etc then for me it does kind of water down the value of such pics.

Because even when you see a great version of said cliché it's still a cliché and really where's the creative satisfaction of simply copying?

Even when you come across pristine examples of the overdone genre they are watered down by the dearth of other offerings which are mostly mediocre.

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So focussing on some constructive criticism on Questionable Carrot's long exposure waterfall pic.

Anyone who calls themselves 'Questionable Carrot' [QC] isn't lacking in individuality, character and creativity.

But this pic is simply a mediocre and lazy offering of an already overdone genre. QC I've been impressed with many of your pics and frankly I think you've been hypnotised with the long exposure water genre here and that's destroyed your normal quality control.

I can tell you've an admirable passion for photography, but as long as you get trapped into crass fashionable genres like 'long exposure water', you will be held back.

If 'long exposure water' is your calling then stick with it, but looking at this image, which is below par, I would hazard a guess you're just using this cliché as a prop.


Put your photographic passions into your gut feelings instead being a follower of overdone genres and you'll fly far above of your current satisfaction.