Is this true talent or easy for the average person to accomplish?

A daughter of a friend of mine bought an expensive camera. She takes up close pictures of flowers, birds and animals. Sometimes the flower will have a drop of rain on it. A lion might be peaking around a tree. Sky photos will have gorgeous streaks of color at sundown. She catches hummingbirds in flight while feeding on pollen? from a flower. They are all beautiful photos. She puts them in books and sells the books. Would this be easy for most people with a $400+ camera or would it take talent? She also does fairly elaborate finger painting which I could never do. Her mother did finger painting for decades.