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I am quite surprised that people are often preferably snobbish about framing but not timing. To me, there is not a

fundamental difference between shooting 5 pictures of one scene and choose the best, and shooting a larger area

and crop. After all, it is all about choosing after the shot. The right moment is equally important as the right scene.

For example, the great photo of John Crosley "The Spontaneous Bobby Kennedy Assassination Street Funeral". If

the mouth of the woman sitting in the front was closed, the picture would not be as impressive as it is now. If John

captures it by accident, I will admire him less, because the image is a result of his luck but not his skill. If he shot

more than one photos and selected this one, I also admire him less, because the opening mouth is clearly not what

he had planned. If he anticipated that the women was about to open her mouth and thought that it would be a great

photo and just gave it one shot. Then, it will be great.

I might sound ridiculous. But this is exactly the sort of comments that try to frame people's mind. When I realised

what I have treasured is not much better than what others have treasured, I did learn to appreciate luck as well as

skills. It should be the photographers themselves to decide how they want to create and what to present to the

audience. Having said this, I do not deny that photographers should try hard to sharpen their skills and improve their

senses, as good luck seem to come more frequently when skills are improved.

From the viewers' perspective, how a photographer gets the result should not be something that bothers the

audience. A great image is a great image. When we go to a photo gallery, we enjoy the final images, how the photos

originally looked when it was first shot is not part of the show.