Well, I'm not so sure it is just luck. :-) You are definitely fortunate! I will check the link! :-)

I can't understand those who think they have a right to instant success, although they don't know an f-stop from an ISO reading! I don't have a right to instant success in the engineering field, because I didn't study engineering. I have no right to claim I designed something, when i clearly don't know how! So, it's also true that if I don't know how to photograph, I have no right to take the works of those who do know how!

My success in photography was not instant, so why should others have instant success at the expense of other photographers? I spent thousands of dollars on education and equipment to get where I am, and so did many of my peers. We run businesses with overheads that cut into our profits.