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Originally Posted by Joe
to be realisitically and brutally honest, quite often it is the using of the equipment and taking of the photograph that generates as much pleasure, as getting the result.
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Absolutely - there is a pleasure in using good tools whatever craft you are doing. I love the process of landscaping as well though - not just the use of the camera, but the the whole thing from looking at the map and weather forecast, working out light directions, timings for sunrise/set, finding the composition, being in the landscape waiting for the light... I find I appreciate the sense of place in a very different way from when I am walking or cycling. Climbing comes close - the is a very intense focus on your immediate surroundings there too, and long periods of stillness while belaying your partner up the climb that allow a similar connection to your surroundings.