OK, enough apologies already, or I will get offended...[6]


Quote Originally Posted by ddt0725


IMO (for what it's worth) ...sometimes a person's "garbage" photos are due to limitations unknown to us. For me, when I was in my early 30's, I went in for my annual eye exam and was told I was in the very advanced stages of glaucoma and needed emergency surgery on both eyes or I'd be blind very soon. My eyesight today is not the greatest and that experience makes me grateful for every photo I take, good or bad.


Denise, I feel bad because I haven't even thought of such possibility. Now I can see how you might have felt reading something that might have sounded insensitive on my part. Anyway, thanks for pointing that out for me.


Quote Originally Posted by ddt0725


I've only been at this as a hobby for a year now and although I will never be a pro at it, I love it just as much as the pros do and if a $1,000 lens helps me get a better photo and I can afford it, I will definitely buy it.


I assure you, photo-enthusiasts love their photography even more than pros do. I have been both. As a pro, I was just trying to make money. As an enthusiast, I strive to become an artist. I am a pro no more. I make my money in another way. But photography will stay with me until I drop dead.