Wait, are you saying that asking you for photos when you didn't make a claim that would require them is "trolling"? Are you sure you want to stand by that?

He made the claim that talent is innate and asked for photos as proof. You then followed with a "claim" that it is not but provided no photos to refute his claim. That is just lazy.




What "level" would that be? Roger Federer grew up hitting balls against a wall just like I did. Monica Seles hit balls over a rope that her dad had tied between two car bumpers. Somehow that high level of practice made her #1 in the world. So you're rebuttal is invalid.




You were initially challenged to post photos. It is up to you to prove you're not lazy.

Still another post with no photos. I cannot believe your laziness.

If "talent" followed training and experience, I would be as good as Roger Federer at tennis. I've certainly put in the training hours. How do you explain that I'm not?

Everybody does.

Quit being lazy and post some images!

As for this topic, art is like sports or anything else - it requires talent. Everyone has some talent. Practice can develop your talent to it's full potential, but because everyone has different amounts of it, everyone's ceiling is different. No amount of tennis practice is going to make me Roger Federer, but that doesn't stop me from practicing more and having fun trying to improve.

He's just being lazy.

He's referring to the poster he was replying to, not you. Comprehending this thread is really kicking your butt, isn't it?

Translation: "Dumb it down so I can understand it."

LOL!

"greater range"? The human invented the machine. No machines do any magic.

The same way anything that can be captured with manual tools and a variety of pigment substances can be art.

Have you needed it? Had a body ever died on you? I've never had one die, film or digital, in my 20 years of shooting. Closest I've ever come was in Iceland after shooting Gjlufrufoss... like being hit with a fire hose. Camera stopped working for half a day until it dried out.

As for hiking in Scotland, have you done the West Highland Way? Most beautiful trail on earth. I've done that twice, as well as the Great Glen Way and the South West Coast Path at the bottom of England. If you can do that one from Lulworth Cove to Swanage in one day lugging two bodies and 3 lenses, you're tougher than me. 😀

My trips of a lifetime usually involve hundreds of miles if hiking, which I guess has taught me to travel light. Backup anything isn't an option; heck, after a particularly tough day of hiking coastal cliffs I was ready to throw some lenses into the ocean!

The first step to recovery is admitting you have a problem.