If you look at a famous painting, you don't wonder what brand of brushes the now-decomposing artist used. Of course, if you go to a painters forum, you'll see passionate debates about which brand of brush to use.

Only a poor craftsperson blames their tools, but a good craftsperson will tend to get better results with better tools.

I'm primarily a film shooter, even though outside of photography, I'm quite "digital". My tastes in cameras are best described as somewhat idiosyncratic. I like to own reasonably priced cameras that can be made to produce excellent results.

Disaster Time!
So, there I was, knee-deep in the bay, with water soaking into my camera gear. I returned to that point in time repeatedly over the next day or two. I could go back, without wanting to, and relive the experience, complete with the smell.
Trashy pic
An example of how clothing does not save a picture from being trashy.
Fallen
Ella lying on the ground near a creek
Reflection
Ella making an arc, reflected in the water.
Arc
Ella making arch forms
Anza-Borrego in IR
Desert and mountains in infrared.
Fisherman's Wharf
Fisherman's Wharf, photographed using Infrared light
Buildings
Looking up at some buildings and little whispy couds.
Buildings
Looking up at some buildings in New York City.
St. Patrick's Cathedral
The intersection between St. Patrick's Cathedral and the modern buildings of New York.
St. Patrick's Cathedral
Looking straight up at the intersection between St. Patrick's Cathedral and the modern buildings of New York.
Arch
Ella making arch forms
Looking up at the sky in NYC
Looking up at some buildings and little whispy couds.
Sunrise over the planes
The sun rising over the American Airlines planes at SFO
Spaceship construction
The Palace of Fine Arts in San Francisco taken in Infrared.
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