Microsoft bought landscape shots from a relative noob for Vista's wallpaper....


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Both points are actually true. Good photos naturally come from a combination of many variables as mentioned, but filters do help a lot. Circular polarizers and ND grads are tremendous aids in photography.
Equipment aside, composition plays a big part! Shooting from an angle which many people don't even bother to take a second look at can make a big difference. That's where your images will be different from others.

Many people think they have 'graduated' and don't even bother about rules of thirds, vanishing points, leading lines, triangle formations and other geometries anymore. But these are the fundamentals and believe me, they do make a big difference in aesthetics of the images.

These should form the basis of why certain equipment are required for certain shots, not the other way round.
 

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