Thanks Kris. It's a shame that people have to been discouraging and criticize rather than just being nice or keeping their thoughts to themselves. I am definitely realizing that I need to be taking the photos that I want to take and not trying to please anyone other than myself. If others enjoy them, then that's great but I shouldn't be doing it to please others and going forward I wont be.

I am planning to spend more time doing nature, wildlife and macro images. I love hiking and being out in nature and it's something I've often thought I should be doing. I love the idea of writing to go with images I've taken, and might even give that a go too.

Thank you very much for the encouragement. I sincerely appreciate it.