Another can of worm I am willing to open...

What is 'get it right' exactly?

Pray tell because for me, it only has to do with composition and exposure of the subject - at the expense of other things -. If a detail gets in the way, I just don't care, "I can fix it". What is the detail? That can be anything from a shadow to an object that just does not belong there. If I know I can remove in seconds in PP, I just do not care.

What is 'fix it post'?

I have no clue either. To PP is part of a process, not an end to it. Meaning that I will likely make changes to the overall image that are not necessarily drastic. In fact most of my changes are subtle. Removing the object mentioned above is part of my process as I always inspect my image for 'photobombers'.

Oh, and what happens to "I shoot for PP"??? in the following examples... Using a chroma key, shooting to create a B&W image, to create a composite... Are they not 'fix it with PP'?

So, for me, get it right vs fix it in post is not a religion. I would not recommend either because in both cases promoting one or the other is simply detrimental to the final product. BOTH are needed, even if 'get it right' is a priority. (Remember I am a staunch enemy of cropping/composition after the fact...)

Result? It depends.

Yes. I was musing over the lameness of this conversation in response to a series of actually quite legitimate questions from a scientific researcher who is trying to find a way to support his research activity. While this post on its own is somewhat cryptic, when read in teh context of the other posts, is is quite reasonable and quite understandable. There have been several attempts by myself and others to point out that context, but the crowd here who already has all the answers has been unwilling to open their eyes and see what is going on, just to parrot their own canned solutions one more time.

Hello Hoggers:
I work on a Mac and had been using Lightroom 5 for years, first for cataloging and organizing as well as editing. For the last couple of years I've been using it mainly as a DAM while using Luminar 4 for editing. I recently upgraded my OS to Catalina which disabled some of the functions on my old version of LR. I have uninstalled LR and figured I'd use Luminar 4 as my cataloging program. It leaves a lot to be desired in that respect. So, I'm looking for an alternative. I do not want to go to the subscription for Adobe creative cloud as I have never used and don't wish to learn Photoshop and you can't get LR alone. I've been doing some internet research and have looked at Capture One (rather expensive) and ON1 Photo Raw (a little more reasonable). Both of these also have editing capabilites - not necessary for me but a nice bonus. Reading about various programs on the internet is one thing but hearing real photographers experience with these programs is better. The ability to use keywords is important to me. Any advice and suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

There is no error in my reading. The OP asked how we afford lenses and then indicated interest in a long lens that is very expensive. I know the definition of “pedantic” but you apparently don’t know what “surmise” means. And if you were paying attention you would have seen that I was replying to your comment that we were giving suggestions for long lenses without knowing what the OP likes to shoot. My response was simply stating that we were giving those suggestions because the OP specifically stated a want for a long lens.
Direct quote from the OP: