Why do I like this shot?

[Sparrow]

I take photographs for my own sake, certainly not for some anonymous internet bod to approve or disapprove. Are you telling us that you only take photos for other people??

Ask any decent musician/rock star, and they'll all say they make records for themselves, not for the masses. If they did, there'd be like a Dulux Paint chart where you could choose which kind of rockstar to be, as Robert Plant put it.
If certain photographers didn't break so called "rules", there wouldn't be the famous images that we take for granted.

EDIT: As to the original image, i personally don't like it. (No offence..). But that's not important. All that matters is that Tom likes it right??

I didn’t think of it that way, sorry, I assumed publishing a photo was an attempt to communicate with others; and that Tom was actively seeking other people’s views and the reason they held them so he could improve his communication skills , not simply seeking validation for that photo.

If you log on to itunes or limewire you’ll find rock music is exactly like a Dulux Paint chart :angel: