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Message: <blockquote data-quote="BackdoorArts" data-source="post: 198620" data-attributes="member: 9240">Yep.  There's a part of me that resists giant photo grabs like this as it is just one more step towards fully eliminating the working pro photographer (see a couple threads currently active in the Photo Business section to see what I mean).  I have long loved and respected National Geographic for their photography, and the urge to be recognized by them is very tempting.  But I also looked to them as a hallmark of nature photography, and to have to weed through literally thousands of tweeted photos taken with phones is disappointing to me.  "Instant Photography" has become one more way for someone to "belong" in society today, and I get that.  But it just bugs me when I see NatGeo doing it.  Pardon the minor rant - it wasn't directed at the fact that you posted this.</blockquote>