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you can do things with oil paints and high quality canvas that you can't do with a #2 pencil and a sheet of ordinary stationary. So what? You can create great art with either set of tools. This is hardly a secret.

Photography is, above all, about seeing, and about letting others see what you see. And every photographer has his/her own way of seeing.

Monet and R. Crumb (can't think of two more unlike artists) used different tools and styles to get their vision across, but each succeeded on his own terms, using whatever tools were at hand.

In principle, it's no different with photography. If all you've got is a $400 camera, and you think that because of this you can't do "real photography," you don't know what real photography is, and $20,000 worth of gear probably won't help you get there.

A favorite old story of mine:

A tourist walks up to a New York street musician, blowing riffs on a funky old saxaphone. "Excuse me," the tourist says. "Can you tell me how to get to Carnegie Hall?"

"Practice, man. Practice," the sax player says.
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http://www.novalight-imaging.com

'When you come to a fork in the road, take it!'
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Hi Everyone,

Wow, what a great thread and some phenomenal pics.

Here are some of mine, all taken with a Canon 20D + a Canon 100 - 400mm lens or a Canon 400mm lens.

Best regards,

harveyf
  1. 1 - Canon 100 - 400mm

  1. 2 - Canon 100 - 400mm

  1. 3 - Canon 100 - 400mm

  1. 4 - Canon 400mm

  1. 5 - Canon 400mm


My Galleries: http://www.harveyf.smugmug.com
Some of my favorites: http://www.harveyf.smugmug.com/gallery/660630
Orangutans: http://www.harveyf.smugmug.com/gallery/2426984#57512411
Water Fowl in Flight: http://www.harveyf.smugmug.com/gallery/2437696#96765697

'Make Every Day Count'

 
Indeed, thanks for writing this Michael. It can't be said often enough...
Michael Friedman said:
you can do things with oil paints and high quality canvas that you
can't do with a #2 pencil and a sheet of ordinary stationary. So
what? You can create great art with either set of tools. This is
hardly a secret.

Photography is, above all, about seeing, and about letting others
see what you see. And every photographer has his/her own way of
seeing.

Monet and R. Crumb (can't think of two more unlike artists) used
different tools and styles to get their vision across, but each
succeeded on his own terms, using whatever tools were at hand.

In principle, it's no different with photography. If all you've got
is a $400 camera, and you think that because of this you can't do
"real photography," you don't know what real photography is, and
$20,000 worth of gear probably won't help you get there.

A favorite old story of mine:

A tourist walks up to a New York street musician, blowing riffs on
a funky old saxaphone. "Excuse me," the tourist says. "Can you tell
me how to get to Carnegie Hall?"

"Practice, man. Practice," the sax player says.
--
-Michael
http://www.novalight-imaging.com

'When you come to a fork in the road, take it!'
-Yogi Berra

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My Japan Gallery http://www.pbase.com/japanese__wanderings
 
Michael Friedman said:
In principle, it's no different with photography. If all you've got
is a $400 camera, and you think that because of this you can't do
"real photography," you don't know what real photography is, and
$20,000 worth of gear probably won't help you get there.
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I don't remember seeing anyone posting that good photography can't be done with a cheap camera. On the contrary, I see many people here spout the Ken Rockwell line about a pro photographer with a P&S being able to take better pics than an amatuer with top of the line equipment, with no real proof (i.e. shots from an event/wedding where a pro used a P&S and got better photos than someone with a top of the line camera).

What no one mentions, though, is that an while inexpensive camera is very capable of taking great shots, it needs ideal circumstances (good lighting). Yes, everyone knows that good lighting is key to a good photograph, but sometimes you still need/want to produce a good photo under bad lighting (e.g. hey, my kid's HS basketball team will be playing for the state finals, oh wait, I can't take pictures of that, the lighting in the gym is terrible, I must wait for better lighting).

Sorry for ranting, but I get really tired of condescending statements in which we are told that if we can't get a good shot with a cheap camera, that better gear won't help. Of course better gear helps. If it didn't, you would see all the pros with cheap consumer cameras. There is a reason that pros use pro-level DSLR's with fast lenses. It helps them get shots that they couldn't get otherwise. To deny that is lying to yourself.
 
Hi Gary,

My pic was taken in Rovinj, Croatia located on the western side of the Istria peninsulla.

http://www.tzgrovinj.hr/eng/polozaj/index.asp

Yeap, very similar to your pic from Italy. Actually both sides of the Ardiatic coast show similar beautiful scenes. A goldmine for the photographer, eh? ;-)

:-)

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Cheers, Feri

'I can look at a fine photograph and sometimes I can hear music. Ansel Adams.'
 
hehehe awesome thread! You dont like 640x480 so here are a few 500x400s for your pleasure. Whilst I dont give a flying turd which camera somebody uses, I do use a Sigma. Hop over to flickr to see some more stuff.















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