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I wonder what this could be. Oh! It's another contest announcement... arghhhh!!! Contest announcements simply should not appear in the ordinary messages section. I only say this because my message count of late has been so desparately low that I've actually had more contest announcements than activity messages or comments or replies :( It's just like getting a text message and finding that it's from your service provider; or like if you're waiting for a call from someone you really like and then someone else calls you and for a second you think "oh great" and then you see who's actually calling you. Infuriating... but aside from that I'm not

I've decided to use the "request critique" feature on my recent uploads simply because it says there's a chance they might attract more attention. I'm really pleased with my latest uploads from my tour (with the choir) to Bruges and Paris, yet these images seem to have received next to no views or favourites :( I'm only posting this journal entry to explain the main, greedy reason I've decided to do this. I don't actually want in depth critiques on everything and have, up to now, been very selective over images that I would actually like to recieve in depth feedback on. Now, however, I don't really care. I want more people to see my photos, l

After seeing this piece http://pitposum.deviantart.com/art/Italian-House-01-110301774 as today's DD some thoughts arose in my mind. Firstly I will just copy what I wrote as a comment regarding this: "This is undeniably amazing work, however, certainly at the resolution the image is displayed here, it's indisinguishable from a photograph! It even has a wide angle lens distortion effect at the periphery. If this were a photograph it would be a pleasant image of a house, nothing amazing really but nice enough. Now the creator of this piece has the freedom to create any world he wishes, with immense attention to detail, total and utter freedom.