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Comment Re:...the best photographers were older people... (Score 1) 97

It matters because some fucking dork with no understanding wont take two pictures, they'll take one.

So basically you're going on blind random fucking luck, not actually using skill and intent to take the right photograph.

It is indeed all about the photograph. Shame that your approach means you'll often miss out on it.

Comment Re:Welcome back (Score 1) 39

That's fine. When I saw you were active with trying to save your neighbourhood, I knew you were fine and hadn't lost your bite (which is a compliment from a shark, isn't it?).

I still find slashdot entertaining, due to the humour, the culture, etc... I just don't learn much from it any more. Back in the early days, there was always something new to be learned about technology, open source, computer security. I think both slashdot and I have evolved. I simply know more now, and slashdot might have gone down a the drain a little bit. However, I say that with the knowledge that other forums never even had the level of conversation one gets here, even now.

Comment Re:...the best photographers were older people... (Score 1) 97

In that sense, the technical stuff you covet is a waste of a good photographer's time.

I learned photography on a .3Mp (not a typo ... POINT 3Mp) camera and even today, 13 years later, those old photographs tickle the eyeballs. It didn't have any knobs, so screw the technical bullshit like ISO and F-stop.

It's all about the photograph.

The photograph is incredibly different depending on f-stop. I can use the same exposure (shutter/fstop combination), the same framing, the same ISO, the same lighting, the same subject, the same camera, the same lens and give you two entirely visually and artistically different photographs just by changing the f-stop.

Now tell me, if it's all about the photograph, which of those two photographs is it about? Are you going to trust to random luck or are you going to use the technical stuff that's a waste of time to consciously choose between them?

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