Just the fact that you aligned the camera precisely parallel to the mantis and the wheat (?) before any slightest movement of the main subject is amazing.
Thanks.
The tool should be chosen by individual according to the needs, not the brands. Unlike the name of the forum, the images taken by the tools of any brand are equally entitled to be posted here, except for the personal restrictions.
Yeah, but I can't afford to run a complete line on both brands, and (having shot both) I prefer Nikon
Doesn't mean I haven't enjoyed Canon, but (having compared thousands of images of both) I am good with staying here.
Just sharing some old photos is all
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To elaborate, there is no "moderation" of what gear is used for images posted on NG. That would defeat the objective of a photographic-orientated web forum.
Noted.
Many members do use gear from different brands these days, so it would be silly to make specific brand rules. Thus, I'm myself a Nikon user (no big secret ...), yet I also use Fuji and Panasonic gear, and have optics from Nikon, Canon, Panasonic, Leica, Sigma, Tamron, and Olympus to name some of the brands.
Understood.
Nice mantis by the way.
Thanks
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Few of us are up to the very best that various brands are capable of, and we certainly don't need some hare-brained sub website for non-Nikon images, as some other websites have been known to employ. An interesting image is an interesting image, and the equipment used to make it is irrelevant, it's merely the tool that the photographer used.
Agreed, and I wouldn't expect a sub-forum for off-label brands. Yet I still believe a Nikon forum is a Nikon forum.
If you shoot Sony cameras, with Nikon glass, okay.
If you shoot Nikon cameras, with Zeiss glass, okay.
But if you're shooting Sony cameras with Sony glass, then you belong on a Sony forum/
Just my beliefs ...
Giving a man a pint brush doesn't make him Rembrandt's equal. Who doesn't love well crafted image?
Don't believe it's that simple.
A brush is a simple tool than any artist can use. One brush (essentially) gives ZERO advantage to a user over another.
By contrast, a camera is a highly-complex, multi-dimensional tool that gives any photographer a decided advantage.
If I gave you a cell phone and told you to take photos of jungle birds, you couldn't do it.
If I gave you a paintbrush and told you to paint jungle birds ... you could do it ... from other people's photographs ... but only up to the level of your ability.
If I put a person in front of you, gave you an Otus + a D850, and told you to take a photo of this person ... you would create a decent image, regardless of your skill level.
If i put that same person in front of you, gave you the best brushes and oils available, your 'finished product' would likely be a joke compared to your camera image.
The amount of time it takes to complete a 'perfect photo' versus the amount of time it takes to complete a 'perfect oil painting' is also a joke.
What I am getting at is, your point is in err.
True, while the camera/lens don't make the photographer ... they come a helluva lot closer than the paintbrush/canvas make the artist.
This truth is also why the best paintings sell for 100x what the best photos will bring.
And rightly so ...
