Luck, or great composition?
Apr 22, 2022 05:31:22 #
CHG_CANON wrote:
With the wrong camera, success is probably 99% luck. But with a mirrorless camera, it's 100% the photographer.
Apr 22, 2022 05:50:25 #
My dads quote about luck hunting also applies here "just in the right place at the right time".
Apr 22, 2022 06:21:05 #
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 . . .
With some degree of knowledge and understanding of photography, I concede that many of my favorite shots involved luck. Sometimes a great shot first becomes apparent while post processing.
Apr 22, 2022 06:30:17 #
billnikon
Loc: Pennsylvania/Ohio/Florida/Maui/Oregon/Vermont
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 . . .
Luck favors the prepared.
Apr 22, 2022 07:18:50 #
Guyserman
Loc: Benton, AR
CHG_CANON wrote:
With the wrong camera, success is probably 99% luck. But with a mirrorless camera, it's 100% the photographer.
Thanks. I needed that.
Apr 22, 2022 07:25:32 #
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?
Be lucky.
Apr 22, 2022 07:25:43 #
Being a street photographer that has taken thousands of shots I can’t remember once where I said, wow was I lucky here! However if you take out your camera once a year and as you're taking a photo of your son in his baseball uniform and find you also got a UFO in the shot, you’re lucky!! 👍😂
Apr 22, 2022 07:46:41 #
Good luck for me is when I have a less than stellar composition but there is something present that can be cropped into a beautiful composition.
Apr 22, 2022 07:52:20 #
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.
Apr 22, 2022 08:12:51 #
Luck: where proper time of day; proper weather; proper exposure; good subject; proper composition; ... combine to yield a good image.
Planning? An attempt at having good luck.
Planning? An attempt at having good luck.
Apr 22, 2022 08:16:41 #
To paraphrase a sports figure whose name escapes me at the moment, the more I shoot the more “lucky shots” I get.
Shoot, shoot, shoot.
Shoot, shoot, shoot.
Apr 22, 2022 08:22:58 #
Xanadu
Loc: Clay County FL
This concept is not peculiar to photography. Can't remember the author - "The harder I work, the luckier I get."
Apr 22, 2022 08:42:06 #
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?
Even Canon makes mirrorless cameras!
Apr 22, 2022 08:45:30 #
mikegreenwald
Loc: Illinois
An old sage once said: "The harder I work, the luckier I get!"
Still true.
Still true.
Apr 22, 2022 08:45:40 #
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