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Some of those shots are are the results of pure luck, more than anything else. Some of them may be the results of cropping to improve composition. Some may be the results of having ridiculously expensive equipment. Some of them are the result of being able to travel to a locale where the opportunity to take such pictures exists.


That, to me, is a list of many of the elements that comprise photography as an art form.

A few more elements would be: Taking large numbers of exposures and choosing to show only the best of them. Using tools to correct the exposure after the fact. Having a camera always handy in order to take photos of unexpected things.

None of the above things are the ideal "point the camera at the subject, press the shutter once, the unaltered result is a perfect photo". Photography is never like that.
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Tony Fabris