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Luck, or great composition?
Apr 22, 2022 15:23:05 #
With luck on your side, you are more willing to risk not having the best equipment.
Apr 22, 2022 15:49:56 #
RodeoMan
Loc: St Joseph, Missouri
CHG_CANON wrote:
"f/8 and be there" assumes you couldn't afford better equipment.
Paul, are you saying that if you had better equipment, say Canon mirrorless, then you would automatically "be there" where all the great images are found?
Apr 22, 2022 15:53:30 #
genocolo wrote:
Great composition? No. Pure Luck!
A sideswipe
Yikes 😕😕😕😕😕 A great catch 🏆Apr 22, 2022 16:17:03 #
goldenyears
Loc: Lake Osewgo
There are once-in-lifetime photo opportunities which are only available to someone lucky enough to be in the right place at the right time.
Apr 22, 2022 16:23:51 #
CHG_CANON wrote:
No one has as much luck with their camera as those who practice their craft.
Practice, practice, practice.
Apr 22, 2022 17:14:19 #
Apr 22, 2022 18:57:40 #
Photography is both a left brain and right brain function. The better your technical skills, the more “lucky” you’ll become. And you have to be present to get those “lucky” shots. I’m not going to get any “lucky” shots of the golden rays illuminating the hoodoos at Bryce Canyon if I’m not there, sleep in until 11:00 am, and don’t know the basics of exposure, aperture, composition, etc. So…learn the craft and show up!!!
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Apr 22, 2022 19:09:04 #
Craig Meyer
Loc: Sparks, NV
kcooke wrote:
Mirrorless camera. As you say it will change your life
And, back in the day, f8 usually yielded both good exposure and focus. That way, at least you got to see if you got lucky after paying 2$-$25 (depending how far back ad which film processed).
Apr 22, 2022 19:09:19 #
Apr 22, 2022 19:13:01 #
Craig Meyer
Loc: Sparks, NV
CHG_CANON wrote:
With the wrong camera, success is probably 99% luck. But with a mirrorless camera, it's 100% the photographer.
I guess it worked that way on my Kodak Pony which, to my complete examination, had no mirror.
Apr 22, 2022 19:17:16 #
CHG_CANON wrote:
Photography is easy. Get the image in focus and shoot lots of versions. Learn to keep only the best one or two.
So spray and pray is a skill? And, no luck is involved in that process?
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Apr 22, 2022 19:19:09 #
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?
I don’t know about the mirrorless camera aspect, but I have always thought that, in general, it was better to be lucky than good. However, as a corollary relating to making a great photographic image, nothing succeeds like success, I.e., practice makes perfect. 😄
Apr 22, 2022 19:45:14 #
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 . . .
You, as a little photographer, know a good/great shot when you see it.
Luck is when your camera is at the ready to capture it.
Apr 22, 2022 19:48:06 #
Bluefish wrote:
You, as a photographer, know a good/great shot when you see it.
Luck is when your camera is at the ready to capture it.
Luck is when your camera is at the ready to capture it.
Don’t know how the word little got in there.
Apr 22, 2022 19:57:37 #
PhotogHobbyist wrote:
So spray and pray is a skill? And, no luck is involved in that process?
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