[Crotographer]

I refuse to be spoiled by digital. It's too convenient. (Where was it 30 years ago?)

Honestly, I waited a little too long to start the switch to digital. I am kicking myself for not coming over sooner. Be that as it may I just wanted to add that an old film guy like me had to get over the technical, having learned it through years of repetition, and go to the intuitive form of exposure. I usually have a pretty close guess as to proper exposure. After using this photographers intuition I then meter and double check myself. You notice I said double check. I find that the more you look at the scene and then look through the viewfinder at the scene you can always find something that needs being brought to the forefront. The trick is to know when to quit looking and start snapping.

Once one has got a good idea of the basics of exposure, the interaction of shutter speed and f stop, hence, DOF, it is then a matter of understanding the light. As I said in another thread reply, if I cannot see the scenes light, the way I want to represent it, I stop the shooting process and make an appointment to come back another time on natures schedule and shoot for the light that nature is all to happy to provide.

I love photography. Every aspect of it. As I get older I look harder at what I am going to shoot. I look, with greatest acuity, at the light.

An example shot for a local golf course with the Nikon F5 and Fuji Reala. If you look closely you will see the golden threads of spiders in the needles and branches of the tree. I know that Fuji Reala is a consumer film, however, it doesn't stop me from using it. I roll with the motion. Hey, I still shoot B and W with an Agfa Isolette.