Response to Very Few Times I Think an off topic post is useful but..

Tom thanks for clarifying my above answer.

I too was greatly moved by that particular picture (obviously). Photography to me is not about magic tricks or how many thousands of lights you can use at one time without making a mess; nor is it about the daughter you just sold for your new Zimbowonderflex with 9000000000 mm of rear rise. Results impress me not excuses, not toys, and definitely not talk. I don't care if it was shot with the Hubble telescope or my friends daughters Barbie cam as long as the image has a soul and therefore something to say. Hell I don't even care if it was a person that shot the image purposefully. Try going to a portfolio review or to show your portfolio to an editor bring your camera instead of your portfolio. Tell him/her about the time you didn't have, the image you couldnt get, the reason why you couldnt take your zimboflex out into the rain because it might have gotten wet and god forbid scratched to lower its resale value. Tell them about the dog you had to walk, the room you had to clean, the film you could not afford etc. Tell them all of this and see where it gets you.

It's easy to get lost in the process and not see the goal clearly anymore, and that's where many of us (myself included at times) get lost. The person that shot this particular image had the presence of mind to take the picture and even more so to actually have their camera on them at the time of the event. I hear plenty of excuses "I don't have time this week to shoot." Well guess what this is what happens when you find the time, amazing huh?

Even though this is a people photography forum I felt that the image was so human (in the best meaning of the word) that you really did not need a person in the image to post it. I doubt even HCB could have a problem with the soul of this image; it is definitely not a bunch of shrubs and rocks. Those who know of the man know what the last comment is referencing.

This post is definitely sarcastic, sardonic, belligerent, and simply me ranting at the wind. Good thing Trib isnt posting comments lately, I think dont think any forum could take the both of us going off at the same time, sort of like matter and antimatter existing in the same space at the same time. Poof.

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