----- Original Message ----- From: "Malcolm Smith" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > I take what you say with the spirit it's intended, but I find with digital, > most of the 'magic' has gone; all the poor shots simply won't be saved. I didn't save my "poor shots" when I shot transparency film. Right into the trash! How has the magic gone? What's magic about keeping crappy pictures? > > I certainly wouldn't place anyone here in that category, but no one will > explore why it's a poor shot. Yeah, I'd look at a slide (or now a digital image) and see that the exposure was off, it was out of focus or just (usually in my case) crappy composition, and then toss it right into the trash. There's no point keeping it if you are never going to look at it again. Periodically I go through my "keepers" and find shots I kept and think to myself: "why the hell did I keep this one? ewwwww!" and into the bin it goes. I am my own worst critic and I am ruthless with myself. (The only exception is pictures of my children. Unless it is so bad as to be unrecognizable, I keep EVERY picture of my kids). Christian
