These comments are ridiculous. These are working pros turning excellent, dramatic work daily, sometimes under extreme conditions.
If I go out and shoot all day and I delete all the images because they’re crap, oh well, I had a fun day. These guys may not get paid that day!
Take a look at last few year’s winners. If you can’t say that they are excellent images, you need to reconsider your hobby.
Or, it’s just jealousy.
Started out doing photography at the age of 6 using an uncle's old 1940 kodak brownie box camera. At 15 years of age, I decided to buy my very own 1975 Praktica SLR camera. I now shoot with a Nikon D850. I do unpaid TFP and commercial paid work.