Well, I will step up and admit to being guilty of almost stopping comments to my images. The reason is that I am unable to contribute much to this community. I used to be on here all the time, contributing to almost every forum topic, commenting throughout the gallery on people who I admire or images that really strike me or touch me in some way. Now, I haven't the time to do this. I value each and every comment that I get, fluffy or otherwise. So why, you ask, would I want to stop getting these wonderful comments? First of all, I don't get many to begin with. 10 if I'm lucky.......12 if it's the right time of day. So for one thing, I figured not many people would miss it. And as it was stated above, it saves these wonderful people a few minutes of their time. That is just a small part of it. The main thing is a bit of a confidence and self-esteem issue. I've got a lot of things going on in my life right now, and my confidence is about shot. Not only in my photography, but in other areas as well. I haven't been taking pictures like I used to. I feel like the ones I do take aren't all that good. The reason I still post at all is because if I don't do something with them, I'm afraid all these issues will just get worse. I need my photography and I need to stay involved with it. So it was a bit of a compromise.....I will upload, but I don't want to waste anyone's time with commenting. I know, I know, poor me. Whine, cry, piss and moan. :P lol It's a vicious circle. I'm not looking for sympathy here, just giving you a little insight to why a person might decide to stop allowing comments.

To sum this up (finally lol), I decided not to turn off my comments after all. I also want to apologize to those few people who do try to comment on my images no matter what for considering the stop of comments. GiMi is one of them. He always leaves a comment that makes me smile.

So my opinion on this whole thing is, you're right, it is a bit annoying to see a wonderful image that you can't leave a comment on (or see any technical details). But I also understand that the person has a choice to do so. Don't assume people do it just to be above everyone else. That may be the case for some, but some of us are just people trying to figure things out. :)

~Damia~ LeviathanPhotography