I think it's very relevant to our own critical self-assessment. Here's why: I'm pretty hard on myself-- and my images. I just purchased a 70-300 & as I practice using this for birding, it helps to assess what I squeeze out of my camera + lens (yes, it's all three!) when I compare those images to other fine photographers on this and other forums.

(This gets to a pet peeve of mine: the whole "it's not the equipment; it's the photographer" thing-- but I'll leave that for another time....

;-) .... )