In the earlier Uluru image I talked a little about the limitations imposed by a camera of modest specification; the lighting was too harsh and  with an 8mp camera of limited specification, no auto exposure bracketing and in a tour group that needed to move on before I could try multiple angles, exposures etc the  result was nice but could have been better. The moral is to try lots of alternatives on the same view; and have a great camera … well maybe. Yes it helps in difficult conditions, but this image was taken with a 5mp compact. It was a time when my main cameras were a 35mm SLR and a beautiful Bronica medium format. But I had the compact as I could buy an underwater housing for it and go diving with it.

And on a whim I took it along when climbing a mountain called Blencathra in Cumbria; not exactly diving terrain in a pond about a metre deep! And the lighting conditions were not so harsh, and when my son and I had puffed and panted our way to the top, he waited patiently whilst I took many photos. And whilst the shots on film are better this shows that even a modest camera can take a beautiful photo. What you need is an eye for composition, a brain to recognise the opportunity, oh and a beautiful model.