Good question. I think it has to do more with the nature of the beast than fear or not wanting to pass things on. Most of us are intraverted, eclectic artists. I mean intraverted in an artistic form. I know that many of the other photographers I am aquainted with prefer to shoot alone or are in our own little worlds when we shoot. Shooters understand shooters. We don't have to explain why we something in a particular way, we just do. My wife is a good amatuer photographer but she wants me to explain why I see something a particular way. hell I don't know why I see it the way I do, I just do! On this forum I don't have to explain it, everyone here just accepts that i see it that way and that I try to capture it. They may see another way of doing the same shot and we try to tell each other that when we see it. Sometimes we just see that something isn't right but we weren't there at the time so we say that it is off this way or that. Basically we understand each other, due to that we don't have to explain anything. We jsut accept things as they are and we move forward. A pro doesn't want to have to explain every reason he does something, they jsut want to do it and move on to the next shot. Magick Michael zhounder.com