Why do you suppose...
Jan 9, 2022 18:01:59 #
awesome14 wrote:
FishIng and photography are both perpetual occasio... (show quote)
I am not sure I agree with your characterization of fishing. If you are a "good" fisherman you work hard at it just like anything else in life - you get what you put into it. I have spent plenty of energy, effort and time on fly-fishing in many locations across the globe - I don't think photography is any "harder", more physical, expensive or taxing than serious fishing
Jan 9, 2022 18:54:24 #
Didn't Ansel Adams say something about 12 keepers in a year meant a very good year? That's an average of one a month for a guy who I assume spent a bunch of time shooting. And he seems to have had a pretty good understanding of what he was doing, how his equipment worked, etc. I think the pursuit of art requires a bit - or 32 bits! - of humility.
Jan 9, 2022 18:58:15 #
OldSchool-WI wrote:
Self portrait--one in 2000 by UHH member< User ID (a regular here) (online) Joined: Jul 7, 2018 Posts:> 11409 Very colorful and true to life.
See, thaz why your photos are best left never-seen. You have child’s petty mind, subzero sense of humor, and absolutely hopeless toadall lack of original thought or creativity ... all sorry traits that you repeatedly, and proudly, display publicly.
If indeed you’ve ever made any photos, please continue to keep them all hidden. We can all see you well enough via text. Piling on your own full color illustrations to it would be, as they say, “sadder than Kennedy’s funeral”.
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Jan 9, 2022 20:23:38 #
Hamltnblue
Loc: Springfield PA
Curmudgeon wrote:
I pick up my camera, walk out the door and to me the measure of success is the number shots taken and the number of keepers produced. Few or no shots make it a failed day
When I was younger I would pickup my fly rod, drive three hours to my favorite stream, fish from dawn to dark without even a rise let alone a strike. Drive 3 hours home and consider it a great day.
I wonder why the difference?
When I was younger I would pickup my fly rod, drive three hours to my favorite stream, fish from dawn to dark without even a rise let alone a strike. Drive 3 hours home and consider it a great day.
I wonder why the difference?
Depends on your mindset.
If you spend time to take in the moment vs just clicking, all outings would be good ones.
I still drive for hours to get a shot.
There is nothing like standing anywhere and watching a sunrise, sunset, or have a milky way background. Good shot or bad, each trip is great. Beats sitting on the couch or sleeping in
Jan 9, 2022 21:02:57 #
Hamltnblue wrote:
Depends on your mindset.
If you spend time to take in the moment vs just clicking, all outings would be good ones.
I still drive for hours to get a shot.
There is nothing like standing anywhere and watching a sunrise, sunset, or have a milky way background. Good shot or bad, each trip is great. Beats sitting on the couch or sleeping in
If you spend time to take in the moment vs just clicking, all outings would be good ones.
I still drive for hours to get a shot.
There is nothing like standing anywhere and watching a sunrise, sunset, or have a milky way background. Good shot or bad, each trip is great. Beats sitting on the couch or sleeping in
Jan 10, 2022 07:45:35 #
Because the difference is a day without out pressing the shutter release is like fishing without casting.
Curmudgeon wrote:
I pick up my camera, walk out the door and to me the measure of success is the number shots taken and the number of keepers produced. Few or no shots make it a failed day
When I was younger I would pickup my fly rod, drive three hours to my favorite stream, fish from dawn to dark without even a rise let alone a strike. Drive 3 hours home and consider it a great day.
I wonder why the difference?
When I was younger I would pickup my fly rod, drive three hours to my favorite stream, fish from dawn to dark without even a rise let alone a strike. Drive 3 hours home and consider it a great day.
I wonder why the difference?
Jan 10, 2022 07:57:33 #
Curmudgeon wrote:
I pick up my camera, walk out the door and to me the measure of success is the number shots taken and the number of keepers produced. Few or no shots make it a failed day
When I was younger I would pickup my fly rod, drive three hours to my favorite stream, fish from dawn to dark without even a rise let alone a strike. Drive 3 hours home and consider it a great day.
I wonder why the difference?
When I was younger I would pickup my fly rod, drive three hours to my favorite stream, fish from dawn to dark without even a rise let alone a strike. Drive 3 hours home and consider it a great day.
I wonder why the difference?
You enjoyed fly fishing, no pressure. Now the camera and "the picture" exert pressure.
Jan 10, 2022 10:15:28 #
Michael Jordan had 6 championships because he was the greatest of all time. He also had an NCAA Championship at The University of North Carolina, my alma mater. Success is "the day to day realizations of goals and objectives that are important to the individual". Not some arbitrary standard set by someone else. What determines greatness? I took up the trumpet at age 55 (I'm now 78). Vincent Cichowicz, a member of the famous Chicago Symphony Brass Section, once said, "success at any instrument is based on 10% talent and 90% practice and hard work" I think that's true but I would question the percentages. I worked hard but never passed the audition to be accepted as a trumpet performance major at Old Dominion University. I did perform the Haydn Trumpet Concerto but not well enough to pass the audition. I think had I had more natural ability (talent) I might have passed. Photography is the same but I think the practice part of it is 90%. Some people with talent can go out and take great photographs while the rest of us need to practice, practice, practice. If you are reaching your goals, you are a success.
Jan 10, 2022 10:21:23 #
traderjohn wrote:
You enjoyed fly fishing, no pressure. Now the camera and "the picture" exert pressure.
No pressure to find the fish?
Just taking the flies for a swim?
Jan 10, 2022 11:10:48 #
Longshadow wrote:
No pressure to find the fish?
Just taking the flies for a swim?
Just taking the flies for a swim?
Remember the beer ad (Miller I believe) showing two surf fishermen settling in in their beach chairs and one saying "let's hope the fish don't bother us"?
Jan 10, 2022 11:13:43 #
srt101fan wrote:
Remember the beer ad (Miller I believe) showing two surf fishermen settling in in their beach chairs and one saying "let's hope the fish don't bother us"?
Just tie a sinker to the end of the line.....
(No license required either.)
Jan 10, 2022 13:30:10 #
Jan 10, 2022 13:55:44 #
I like John Wooden's definition of "success" (being a UCLA grad and school sports photographer for his teams back in the day):
“Success is peace of mind which is a direct result of self-satisfaction in knowing you made the effort to become the best you are capable of becoming.”
“Success is peace of mind which is a direct result of self-satisfaction in knowing you made the effort to become the best you are capable of becoming.”
Jan 10, 2022 13:59:14 #
Norm11 wrote:
I like John Wooden's definition of "success" (being a UCLA grad and school sports photographer for his teams back in the day):
“Success is peace of mind which is a direct result of self-satisfaction in knowing you made the effort to become the best you are capable of becoming.”
“Success is peace of mind which is a direct result of self-satisfaction in knowing you made the effort to become the best you are capable of becoming.”
In other words "It worked".
Jan 10, 2022 15:14:42 #
Norm11 wrote:
I like John Wooden's definition of "success" (being a UCLA grad and school sports photographer for his teams back in the day):
“Success is peace of mind which is a direct result of self-satisfaction in knowing you made the effort to become the best you are capable of becoming.”
“Success is peace of mind which is a direct result of self-satisfaction in knowing you made the effort to become the best you are capable of becoming.”
Wow 🖤🏆🖤🏆🖤
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