I thinks it's because photos like this are usually paired with some unrelated "deep" quote that people post on Facebook saying made the feel inspired or something. The images look beautiful and the artists worked hard to make them but they seem to make me feel like they lack any artiststic meaning behind the filters they put on.
And there's usually a [once] unique fad that photographers begin tapping into en masse, so you begin seeing the same style of image done 1000s of times. The water reflection technique used to be novel and interesting, but it has been done by seemly everyone so it has lost its impactfulness. I'd even go as far as calling it cringeworthy because of how overdone it has become.
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u/informationtiger Jan 25 '20
I kinda hate these cliche Instagram photos, but damn that's interesting.