On Oct 30, 2013, at 7:31 PM, Stan Halpin <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Oct 30, 2013, at 3:20 PM, Eric Weir wrote: > >> On Oct 30, 2013, at 3:01 PM, Tom C <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> In my opinion taking a lot of shots does not improve one's photography >>> any more than throwing a 1000 darts at a dartboard blind folded >>> improves one's game…. >>> >>> I'm probably stating the obvious, but getting good shots is usually a >>> matter of having a good eye for composition, paying attention to >>> technical details, shooting in the right light, using the right tool >>> for the job, knowing one's gear. >> >> Yeah, you definitely are. >> >> You don’t need to size up the situation? You don’t need to look through the >> viewfinder? You don’t need to think about what you want to accomplish? You >> don’t need to check your settings? You don’t need to think about what >> settings are called for in the situation given what you want to accomplish? >> You don’t need to check the results you’re getting and adjust? >> >> How stupid do you think I am? > > I am not sure where you are coming from in your response to Tom, Eric. He was > stating some fundamental truths, presumably to bring the discussion back on > center. > > There are two separate notions confabulated here. One is: what does it take > to improve in one's photography. The second is: what does it take to take a > good image. Thanks, Stan. To answer your question, they could be considered fundamental truths or things that go without saying. Whichever, in neither case was I either ignorant of them or dismissing them. I wouldn’t say you'd have to be stupid to take such ridiculous position. I’d say no one would be so stupid as to do so. Yet in his comment, and his followup as well, that is how Tom chose to interpret me—as advocating “throwing darts at a dartboard blind folded”. The distinction between learning to take good shots and taking good shots is helpful. Learning to take good shots is clearly a necessary condition of taking good shots. It’s obviously not sufficient. I’m obviously a learner. That probably conditioned my response to David. But in I would point out that I was responding specifically to what he said: "I took quite a few photos, most of which just slightly missed focus, and I think that was the last one I took.” I’ve probably just muddied the waters even more here. It’s probably the best I can do. Regards, ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Eric Weir Decatur, GA USA [email protected] "Hatred destroys. Love heals." - Eknath Easwaran -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
