Luck, or great composition?
Apr 21, 2022 21:38:44 #
Many people love to say, "lucky shot" upon seeing a photo they like. Is a great photo always one derived purely from luck. Or is there a great photographer responsible for that exposure? Your comments please . . .
Apr 21, 2022 21:39:12 #
Good luck is quite predictable. If you want more good luck, take more images. Show up more often, especially with your Canon.
Apr 21, 2022 21:52:40 #
PoppieJ
Loc: North Georgia
Can an average point and click photographer make an epic shot? Absolutly! Can a good photographer make a bad shot? Absolutly! So, does luck play into either option? That is sort of like saying "what a wonderful picture, you ust have areally good camera"
Apr 21, 2022 21:56:26 #
PoppieJ wrote:
Can an average point and click photographer make an epic shot? Absolutly! Can a good photographer make a bad shot? Absolutly! So, does luck play into either option? That is sort of like saying "what a wonderful picture, you ust have areally good camera"
Apr 21, 2022 21:57:53 #
No one has as much luck with their camera as those who practice their craft.
Apr 21, 2022 22:08:30 #
SWFeral
Loc: SWNM
CHG_CANON wrote:
No one has as much luck with their camera as those who practice their craft.
There you go.
Apr 21, 2022 22:24:10 #
Mustang1 wrote:
Many people love to say, "lucky shot" upon seeing a photo they like. Is a great photo always one derived purely from luck. Or is there a great photographer responsible for that exposure? Your comments please . . .
It depends.
If the person has little experience - lucky shot.
If the person has much experience - great photographer.
Maybe the people who say lucky shot would never anticipate getting a shot like that themselves.
Apr 21, 2022 22:28:20 #
Stan Lee said the greatest superpower he gave his characters was luck. Would you rather be lucky or have a mirrorless camera?
Apr 21, 2022 23:07:51 #
CHG_CANON wrote:
Good luck is quite predictable. If you want more good luck, take more images. Show up more often, especially with your Canon.
I have canons
Apr 21, 2022 23:08:58 #
CHG_CANON wrote:
No one has as much luck with their camera as those who practice their craft.
You have to be there
Apr 21, 2022 23:10:19 #
CHG_CANON wrote:
Stan Lee said the greatest superpower he gave his characters was luck. Would you rather be lucky or have a mirrorless camera?
Mirrorless camera. As you say it will change your life
Apr 21, 2022 23:16:32 #
CHG_CANON wrote:
No one has as much luck with their camera as those who practice their craft.
I agree. 100 frames per image shot at 30fps. You are bound to get something good once in a while. Call it probability or call it luck the results are the same
Apr 21, 2022 23:17:52 #
bikinkawboy
Loc: north central Missouri
Sometimes luck is everything. A young gal I worked with was going to use her camera phone snap a photo of a rainbow behind the office after a big storm came through. She got her rainbow alright, but also got a big lightning bolt right where the pot of gold would be at. The odds of her snapping the shot at the exact instant when the lightning struck was astronomical. If you try to snap a lightning bolt when it strikes, you will never ever catch it. I like photographing lightning and you shutter has to be open before it strikes. What that gal got was pure luck, nothing else.
Apr 22, 2022 00:18:38 #
The real skill is positioning yourself at a location and at a time when the probability of being able to capture that "lucky" shot is high.
Apr 22, 2022 00:26:26 #
With the wrong camera, success is probably 99% luck. But with a mirrorless camera, it's 100% the photographer.
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