Vicky Ling has my sympathy

I do some photography and people are generally very nice about it. Sadly though, there’s always someone who will go out of their way to be rude.

Look, if it’s not to your taste, that’s fine.
But there’s absolutely no need to resort to – and then publish! – this sort of vitriol:

It might not be the greatest photograph ever taken, but there are certainly some positives in there. The leading line of the path, the tangled branches of the winter trees, some autumnal colour still visible on the ground.

But no, it’s not going to win any awards. Still, for me, the (New Milton) Advertiser and (Lymington) Times‘ critic has really overstepped the mark here.

Wholly unnecessary. Vicky has my sympathy.