HT1192 - Comparisons

It's my observation that photographers are not very good at accurately assessing their own work. They either think it's far better than it is or that it's far worse than it is. In my youth, I went through a long period where I compared my work to the Masters I admired. I think this was a useful exercise. But at some point these kinds of comparisons can become debilitating because it can degenerate into copying.