The decline of motion blur in modern photography.

[PJoneil]

I wouldn't go as far as to say lazy; simply that they do not aspire to the same goals.

It's the same as driving a car - most of us are rubbish at it. At least if you compare our driving skills to those of the emergency services, armed forces, racing drivers etc... Heck most of us only get our driving licence and that's it - no top-ups every few years - no higher level driving certificate etc...

We reach a point where we are as competent with the tool that we desire to be and for many of us its also less than our full potential could be. However for most its also a balancing act - learning takes time and resources to perform and sometimes whilst you might recognise your own potential to achieve better the investment to get there is too great for the standard of result we want and when pitted against the rest of our lives.

Nice perspective!

 

[chuasam]

Next thing, someone is going to complain that selective desaturation isn't in vogue anymore.

 

[unpopular]

The thing about selective color is that it actually takes some amount of skill (not much, but some) yet it always comes out SO TERRIBLE.