For me its a few things.
I think the main one is the learning curve, theres always something new to learn and to figure out, a new challenge or just learning how a piece of equipment works. Its this challenge that keeps my brain engaged and its good to have a challenge in life.
Secondly, its the getting away from everyday life and just relaxing by myself, as others have said, it really puts the day to day life in perspective when you are gazing at an entire universe.
And then theres the excitement when you capture something that you have been working towards and all the pieces just fall in to place. Case in point, my recent capture of the lagoon nebular, I was running some test/framing shots at crazy ISO but I was so excited to see it large on the laptop screen that I took a pic on my phone to send to a mate just to share the joy.
Its a fun hobby and I dont think I will be giving it up anytime soon.
Regards
Chris
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