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I have been reading the heated discussions with great interest because I feel that it is starting to define two distinctly different types of people on this list: Railfans who became interested in photography and Photographers who became interested in railroads. Neither group is superior to the other, but each clearly has a different set of priorities and values and each can learn something from the other. There is no doubt that I am the former and Dave seems to be the latter. I'll leave my house at midnight in the rain and drive over to the tracks just to watch a train go by. I'll go out on a cloudy day, or at noon in July to watch trains...and I might even take a picture. Why - Because I like trains !! I submit stuff to magazines that pay me nothing because I like seeing my work in print. I use whatever film I want to and feel safe that with today's advances in chemistry, the images should last as least as long as I will. After that, it does'nt really matter. The point that I'm trying to make is that differences in opinion are bound to occur because these two groups of people look at the hobby from very different perspectives. Some issues don't have a right and a wrong answer and some do. However, if someone chooses to try and dispute something that is an accepted fact, is it worth the hostility created by trying to ram the right answer down their throat ? Certainly not ! I feel we need to accept these differences and try to use them to our advantage for more productive discussions. I joined SPORRS because I was a railfan who realized that I was hoplessy mired in the quicksand of the 3/4 sunny wedge shot on Kodachrome 25. Since joining SPORRS, I am now also using SENSIA, taking more telephoto shots, taking shots after sunset, and trying to take good photos that include a train...not just train pictures. For me, SPORRS has been like a free photography course and I'll be really sad if it ever falls apart for lack of participation, but even sadder if it falls apart because of egos. Well...that's my 2 cent's worth. If I made any sense - good. If not...as David B. says "I'll sit down and shut up". Robert Palmer Pottstown, PA ======================================================= -> SPORRS: 'Serious Photographers Of Railroad Related Subjects' -> Web Site: http://www.anet-stl.com/acphotog/sporrs/ -> Message © 1998 SPORRS® - All Rights Reserved =======================================================
