Luck, or great composition?
Apr 22, 2022 10:53:25 #
CHG_CANON wrote:
With the wrong camera, success is probably 99% luck. But with a mirrorless camera, it's 100% the photographer.
I think your assumption is 100% backwards
Apr 22, 2022 11:00:31 #
tdozier3 wrote:
I think your assumption is 100% backwards
'Tis humor.....
Apr 22, 2022 11:08:06 #
Weegee said "F/8 and be there". Being there (the right place) at the right time can be due to luck or it can be due to good planning. Some photo ops are lucky finds, some are due to good planning or persistent looking. Putting all good shots down to good luck is showing a lack of appreciation of what getting good shots involves. Almost all of the shots I've been most pleased with have been got as a result of me hunting them down.
It's worth remembering that even the genuinely lucky shots wouldn't have been possible if you hadn't had your camera with you.
It's worth remembering that even the genuinely lucky shots wouldn't have been possible if you hadn't had your camera with you.
Apr 22, 2022 11:14:03 #
R.G. wrote:
Weegee said "F/8 and be there". Being t... (show quote)
Did someone say all good shots are due to luck?
You're right, not true.
Apr 22, 2022 11:16:18 #
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 . . .
The law of averages predicts that a person that takes 100 pictures a year won't have as many "lucky shots" as one that takes 10,000 a year. But the 10K a year shooter will fill his web page with lots of lucky shots and NEVER tell anyone how many shots it took to get those. Just sayin'
Apr 22, 2022 11:24:29 #
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.
What Paul really meant to say is that if you’re getting great shots and you shoot Canon it’s all luck. 😜🤪
Apr 22, 2022 11:31:21 #
Longshadow wrote:
Did someone say all good shots are due to luck?...
Probably not, but I was suggesting that if that idea was ever implied (directly or indirectly), it would show a lack of appreciation. It's probably true that luck is a major player in many cases, but as others are suggesting, skills, effort and planning can also be major players.
Learning how to find and take good pictures is the best way to move yourself from the group that depends largely on luck to the group that somehow manage to create their own "luck".
Apr 22, 2022 11:34:40 #
R.G. wrote:
Probably not, but I was suggesting that if that idea was ever implied (directly or indirectly), it would show a lack of appreciation. It's probably true that luck is a major player in many cases, but as others are suggesting, skills, effort and planning can also be major players.
Learning how to find and take good pictures is the best way to move yourself from the group that depends largely on luck to the group that somehow manage to create their own "luck".
Learning how to find and take good pictures is the best way to move yourself from the group that depends largely on luck to the group that somehow manage to create their own "luck".
Apr 22, 2022 11:53:21 #
Pause for a moment and look back along the footsteps of your journey. Do you see a path climbing the steady incline toward skill and knowledge or just a trail of discarded cameras?
Apr 22, 2022 11:56:30 #
Apr 22, 2022 12:01:13 #
genocolo wrote:
Great composition? No. Pure Luck!
Genocolo, it wouldn't take much to improve that composition and make it far more dramatic than it already is dramatic.
Apr 22, 2022 12:06:24 #
jerryc41 wrote:
Said Dracula! 
OUCH! I just spit coffee all over my monitor. Good one, Jerry!
Apr 22, 2022 12:09:52 #
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 . . .
What do ya think?
Apr 22, 2022 12:37:11 #
Apr 22, 2022 12:44:57 #
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