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toni-a, I don't know southerncross, but I'm not a pro. I welcome discussions and some occasional critique, but I don't mind it too much. I shot for my pleasure, I don't care what others say. I don't sell them, I don't publish them on Instagram, Photo.Net, 500px, Flickr, whatever. I pretty know I'm nothing more than a modest photographer. I just enjoy learning more stuff, improving and having a hobby that I hope will stay with me when I get older (I'm not talking of retirement because it's something that might never happen in my country).

 

I don't think that the problem of quality is about pro vs amateur, even though being a pro - that is, having studied, or having followed a master, etc... is not totally irrelevant of course. The problem is about masses. Whenever you reach a given threshold of people doing the same thing, you trigger devastating behaviours such as flattery, fashion, "viral" phenomena and such.