SF Downtown Skyline, March 2008

Nikon D100, Tamron 24-135mm

Here's a seldom seen angle of SF's Downtown skyline as viewed from the west looking east.

People familiar with SF should recognize many of the tall buildings in the distance.

I often read the equipment-centric photo forums where someone would wax poetic about the "feel" of a particular camera body or the "signature" of a particular lens. While appreciating great gear is a perfectly good and worthy aspect of the hobby of photography, wouldn't all that equipment greatness be rendered irrelevant if the other factors were not up that standard? You know, factors such as light, composition, and subject, to name a few.

If the picture has an impact, if a picture makes you feel an emotion, if a picture has relevance to you, or if a picture brings visual and aesthetic pleasure, does it matter what camera and lens was used to create it?

--Warren