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    “There’s no shot around here – time to head home.”

    Let’s say you’re out in the landscape, looking for a pleasing composition.

    “There’s no shot,” you finally decide. “Not around here. Not in this light, not with my gear.”

    You head for home, a bit crestfallen.

    Whose fault is this?

    You’re not really going to blame the landscape or your gear, are you?

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    Re: “There’s no shot around here – time to head home.”

    Quote Originally Posted by Heroique View Post
    Who’s fault is this?
    Fault? You don't have a legal right to a great shot every time you leave the house. I recommend reading Minor White...

    Michael

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    Re: “There’s no shot around here – time to head home.”

    I never head home crestfallen when I *don't* make a photograph. I consider all of it research for the next time I come back. Film is expensive, why make bad photographs?

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    Re: “There’s no shot around here – time to head home.”

    The only time I'm a bit peeved is if I miss a shot I should have taken. 'I'll have a cup of coffee before I take the picture' has ruined quite a few shots!

    Adrian

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    Re: “There’s no shot around here – time to head home.”

    A bad day of LF landscape photography is just a good of of exercise.

    I totally enjoy hiking in the redwoods -- even with 60 lbs of 8x10 gear and no film exposed. There might be wind, rain or whatever.

    But sometimes I am walking around seeing nothing -- so I'll just set up the camera on anything closely resembling a image -- and that gets my head into the right space.

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    Re: “There’s no shot around here – time to head home.”

    Quote Originally Posted by Adrian Pybus View Post
    The only time I'm a bit peeved is if I miss a shot I should have taken. 'I'll have a cup of coffee before I take the picture' has ruined quite a few shots!

    Adrian
    Ditto
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    But I have promises to keep,
    And miles to go before I sleep,
    And miles to go before I sleep"

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    Re: “There’s no shot around here – time to head home.”

    Quote Originally Posted by Adrian Pybus View Post
    The only time I'm a bit peeved is if I miss a shot I should have taken. 'I'll have a cup of coffee before I take the picture' has ruined quite a few shots!

    Adrian
    Yes.

    Rick "who has given up on making pictures at a spot many times and not felt the need to assign blame" Denney

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    Re: “There’s no shot around here – time to head home.”

    Yeah I get bummed but I don't blame it on anything. However I am trying to take more shots as practice (especially on 8x10 x-ray film). The more I shoot the more I learn, so if I leave the house with x number of sheets I try to shoot all of them. On 4x5 with T-Max I'm a little more conservative due to cost.
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    Re: “There’s no shot around here – time to head home.”

    Quote Originally Posted by Vaughn View Post
    But sometimes I am walking around seeing nothing – so I'll just set up the camera on anything closely resembling an image – and that gets my head into the right space.
    Quote Originally Posted by Corran View Post
    The more I shoot the more I learn, so if I leave the house with [x] number of sheets I try to shoot all of them.
    I think these two observations suggest a psychological truth.

    Namely, that “Going through the motions” can help restore an ailing vision.

    They’re also self-critical – they don’t point fingers at their gear, or “the light.”

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    Re: “There’s no shot around here – time to head home.”

    Sometimes trying too hard isn't so good. I stop seeing potential images if I try too hard. But then at other times I really need to take any picture to get the flow going.

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