Karsten Schmidt on Nostr: Absolutely agree with your blog post. I'm taking most of my photos whilst on long ...

Absolutely agree with your blog post. I'm taking most of my photos whilst on long walks/hikes, but it's often not feasible for me to be there at key locations around sunrise or sunset (though I do prefer evening walks), so I end with majority of pictures taken outside the two golden hours. Sure, there are many which don't make the cut because of the harsh light, but I also think sometimes that full blast daylight, hazy skies, the harsh shadows (or lack of shadows around noon) and other traditional no-no's are exactly what I'm looking for sometimes, esp. for more "abstract" mountain photography, or when wanting to emphasize the richness of textures/colors... As with other creative disciplines, there're a lot of dogmatic people & traditions/clichés around. Sometimes it feels great to just ignore all that and go with your gut, seizing the moment... Just as there are no mistakes in music, there aren't in other arts, landscape photography included... ;) Each one of us sees the world differently and we should celebrate & encourage that variety, esp. in this time & age!