Kiera - I fully see what you're saying, and I've said similar things in the past. It does make a difference who is commenting and from what background, but we can always choose to ignore comments that we don't think are valid. For instance, for my images I purposely have shadows and highlights that don't conform to any obvious light source, simply because it's my style. I might have sun from a cloudy sky, for instance, or shadows going one way and the light rays another. So when somebody comments that my lighting is "wrong" I can appreciate what they're saying, and I'm grateful they took the time to comment, but I don't look on it as something to correct because it was intentional. But to qualify what I just said (i.e. sort of contradict it!), if Boris Vallejo or Jim Burns turned up and commented that my lighting was "wrong" then that I'd think "OK, my lighting's wrong", no questions! So yes, in the extreme it can be difficult to know which comments to take notice of and which to ignore, but I think in the most part it is fairly easy to sift out the really useful criticism. Also, on many occasions I've had comments from "less experienced" artists that struck a chord and really helped me out. And that's not to say criticism has to be negative, or point out faults. It's perfectly valid for a person to say "great image", as long as they really mean it! "Anyway, sorry to be so long-winded." You think that's long winded? I guess you haven't visited Forum News recently... ;) lol!