I thought this picture was really underrated, I share your dilike of SP's (you better believe my teeth were gritted for mine) and the idea of focussing on the camera rather than yourself was (imo) great. To be fair I had though it was a little noisy, but far better than the score suggests
Oh, well,. The idea was that a hobbyist (as opposed to an artist - I was playing off the title "Portrait of the Artist") focuses more on the tools of the hobby (and not just in photography) than on internalizing it.
Appaerntly I did better at showing my subject than I thought. It wasn't my intention to show it, but melethia saw right through me. part of why I am behind the camera is so that I'm not in the pictures (I hate pictures of me, lol).
I think composition here is ok, even colors are fine, but focusing on the lens is not good enough. A bit dark photo overall. Next time I am sure you'll do much better ;)
What I like about this is how it signifies to me a photographer's strong preference to be behind the camera, not in front of it (though there are exceptions!).
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