Probably 99.999%. But it's the .001% left that counts, no?
If we are both there, and I have the better equipment and knowledge and get the shot, I win.
And that fact that your cell phone won't get a lot of the shots, leaving you empty handed.
Sorry, it's not about blocking unpleasant truths. It just comes across as a somewhat inane thread and that's about all.
Unfortunately, if you're going to write a thread praising the merits of "being there" and then post schlocky snapshots and try to justify their lack of artistic merit because you were on vacation, you're kind of shooting your theory in the foot. You were there. Why didn't "being there" produce better photos?
This has been suggested over and over. We all agree. But none of us wants "just what we need" as we are a bunch of gear nuts as well. A Yugo is plenty of car for me if I'm being honest. But I have a Mustang GT because I want something that's a pleasure to drive. And it doesn't hurt that it goes faster and handles better. A D810 is more better and produces nice images that I like to admire. I don't like working with D5300 images because they're just so lacking. They would be fine if I'm forced, but I'm not being forced to use one.
Being absent? That's an inane thought. Of course being absent does nothing. No one has suggested that there is good photography to be had by sitting at your monitor!!!
A couple kissing with the Acropolis in the background? Who cares? You didn't make me want to go there! It's not being there that would make this shot excellent. I like to do my best to make a place look compelling - this you didn't do. The photograph of the sailor kissing the girl - not a particularly great photo either - nothing iconic unless you know the context. I don't think it's a fantastic image really. But I know what it means, so I respect it. But also - who says it wasn't staged?
So the camera and equipment does matter after all.
Point well made. Connecting with that moment is usually to the one who captured the image. I think that acceptance to a wider audience is more dependent on whether it has interestingness and/or technical excellence(even that is subjective!).
self absorbed idiots statement above ?
Good skills you got working for you. Not sure about 'borrowing' another's image but good composite nonetheless.All nonsense. In the near future, most photographers will send out a squadron of drones and capture imagery remotely, then splice it together, composite, and push and pull every pixel in post to the point that they will be forever glued to their computer screens.
They'll have a distinct competitive advantage over people like you whose images struggle to be heard over the noise of average snapshots--billions of which are taken every day!
As an example, here's a shot of an uncannily similar couple smooching with the Eiffel tower in the backdrop.
NOT MY IMAGE
How'd you think I got that shot? Do you think I visited France? How important was being there to me?
I prefer to let the drones like you do the gruntwork in the field--much like the army sends its grunts to the frontline while the officers stay far, far away. The cerebral stuff--the post-processing--now that requires brainpower!
You do not start a thread proclaiming "being there" is the most important thing with images that are not meant to please anybody else.
You know what? This isn't my battle and there really shouldn't be one. Folks in this forum seem to wait and then pounce on the OPs like it's business as usual. By the way, where's the crime in posting something in a title that's not perfectly scripted according to your own take?
Nonsense. People can have memories of events that didn't happen. Look up suggestibility and false memories.
Thanks, Sitting Duck!Good skills you got working for you. Not sure about 'borrowing' another's image but good composite nonetheless.All nonsense. In the near future, most photographers will send out a squadron of drones and capture imagery remotely, then splice it together, composite, and push and pull every pixel in post to the point that they will be forever glued to their computer screens.
They'll have a distinct competitive advantage over people like you whose images struggle to be heard over the noise of average snapshots--billions of which are taken every day!
As an example, here's a shot of an uncannily similar couple smooching with the Eiffel tower in the backdrop.
NOT MY IMAGE
How'd you think I got that shot? Do you think I visited France? How important was being there to me?
I prefer to let the drones like you do the gruntwork in the field--much like the army sends its grunts to the frontline while the officers stay far, far away. The cerebral stuff--the post-processing--now that requires brainpower!
