A photographer makes a lot of decisions before collecting the data (ie. shooting) and a lot more in post-processing. Framing and timing the shot are some of th

A photographer makes a lot of decisions before collecting the data (ie. shooting) and a lot more in post-processing. Framing and timing the shot are some of the most important ones, and here they were almost exactly the same. But even at the time of shooting, given the same equipment, you'd have the choice of aperture, shutter speed, sensitivity (ISO). Also things like whether your lens is in the sun or the shade may affect the result tremendously. If you made these choices well, you have unspoiled data with a good dynamic range, and that allows all kinds of post-processing. And of course post-processing is an art in itself. What I'm trying to say is, photography is more about skill than equipment. In the given situation there was a lot of light so even a relatively bad camera equipment would have sufficed.