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My D850 turns into a Nikon F. And I end up in a pristine location with the Abomnable Snowman, Sasquatch/Bigfoot and a Skunk Ape all in perfect light and in focus at the same time.So what happens when a bird flies by at 88mph?
Quit being your harshest critic. For a long time, I was critical of my photos for many of what were the wrong reasons. If you want critique, find someone who knows what they speak of. The purpose of critique should be your learning and to improve your photos.
Thanks for the encouragement, I will keep that in mind but quite honestly I have always been my biggest critic. I used to shoot weddings back in the early to mid 90's and never thought my photos were that good then either, then a couple years ago I was going though some old photos and found some albums that I put my sample wedding photos in and when I looked though them I thought wow those are really good. I gave up photography back in something like 1997 or 1998 which was all film back then. I only started the digital photography 4 or 5 years ago so I can truly say the learning curve has been pretty steep and I don't get as much time to practice it as I would like to. I have always wanted to try my hand in wildlife photography and even dabbled in it 30 years ago, then I found Steve's website which wowed me so I thought well if I am going to learn something about this I may as well learn from the best so here I am.
but is now: "Everything is photoshopped!" followed by "Your phone 'photoshops' all your images based on what master photographers have done in the past to their images - it's amazing!" often followed with a discussion of "what is art?" and/or "what is reality?" And potentially followed by an explanation of how differently the camera captures scenes from how your eye-brain perceives it, possibly followed by an even more technical discussion of how you can't 'see' what the camera captured without a lot of computation to turn it into a viewable image on your phone/device.
I agree with Whiskeyman. Don't be such a harsh critic of your photography. One thing I would suggest is to not hold your stuff up against that of others. Over time you will develop your own style, how you crop, edit, color correct, angles, subjects you like to shoot, etc. The world already has an @Steve, what we need is an @vandy.
Thanks Jeff, I am going to keep plugging away at when I get the chance, I now have way too much invested not to.
Two things: If I can get the same image with a cheap kit lens, why does anyone need a 600 f/4?"If I had a 600 F/4 I could take photos like that too!"
I want to repsond:
No, no you can't
Depends on whether or not it is equipped with a flux capacitor.So what happens when a bird flies by at 88mph?
I uased to participate on a forum where doing that just once (without permission) would get your IP banned forever.
Been doing project management for over 30 years and share the same outlook. It is what we are trained to do. I just wish I was able to retire as I now have a management chain that cannot understand why it takes several years to plan a project, finance it and then build a building. To borrow your phrase, it has put me in a very dark place. If they were just optimistic, that would be one thing, but they are uninformed and cannot imagine this work is complicated and takes time. I can only imagine what they would say about my photography.
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We each have different adjustment periods. Mine was the last five or six months that I was working and knowing I had an exit date. Once I was out the door I never looked back. Haven't missed the job at all. I do miss the mental stimulation of solving technical problems and coming up with solutions. I guess I fill that gap by over complicating the simplest things around home
A big part of my job was to make the project team look good.
All I wanted was the resources and to be left alone to get the job done. Credit was for those above me, and I was fine with that. My colleagues who also did this work knew what it took, and I thought that was most important. Not unlike my photography. I am not too concerned about what others think, although it is nice when folks like an image. But I do appreciate when somebody who knows the challenge of getting/making an image passes along a compliment.
I hear you! My work has new management that is all about the illusion of increasing productivity by fiat. No new resources to accomplish the new requirements are coming our way, but we're supposed to significantly increase production. It's now a dark place where I work, too!
