ramesesthe2nd, I’ve had at least one camera in my possession since 1966 and over the years have had lots of gear, less gear, darkroom, different levels of cameras, you name it. But I mostly waited for photo ops to find me.
I live on a 650 acre pond and have been here for 48 years but almost never had a camera with me in the boat.
Then I started following a photographer online who gets up to shoot the sunrise every day, weather permitting. I can do that so I started going out to shoot the sunrises on the boat and then after sunup I started looking for other things to shoot. Well, we have loons, cormorants, seagulls, eagles, ducks, all the normal aquatic critters and as time went on I found most of them. I recently hauled the boat for winter so I found a shore spot for sunrises. But I really miss looking for those other opportunities. It doesn’t take many winners to keep you going but you can’t get winners if you aren’t out there with a camera in your hands.
So I think maybe you should concentrate less on what equipment you have and more about how to put that equipment to use.
Yesterdays sunrise -
Oct 01, 2025 at 04:57 AM
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