I was checking out the Daily Deviations from a few days ago and noticed a particular photo of a young woman that appealed to me. I clicked it, and checked out the comments, and saw some pretty rude remarks from other users that were along the lines of "well it's no wonder why THIS type of photo gets so much attention", implying that the reason the photo gets attention is because of the pretty subject matter.
The thing is, I checked out the galleries of some of these people, and wasn't surprised to see some very beginner work. And that's not a bad thing! Everyone starts somewhere, and goodness knows I'm not some sort of expert pro photographe