I'm feel that I'm not anywhere in the league of some of the incredible "fractallists" here in this forum, so to me, I cherish each and every comment I get, even if it is only one. It gives me direction and makes me smile to think that I've made at least one person happy enough to leave a lovely comment. Plus I do the images for my own benefit sometimes, it can be very therapeutic. I agree with you Linda in that you should only post a comment on something that grabs your attention. I also try to be helpful to the artists who are just starting out and I don't think it hurts to leave a word or two of encouragement if you feel that image has impressed you. But I am like a number of others in this thread, I would rather get one honest comment, no matter what it said, than 25 comments saying my image is gorgeous(without stating what about the image is gorgeous) or a V when I myself don't think the image deserves it. (Steps down off soapbox)..