I feel the same way as Keith. I realized this not by looking at random batches, but by looking at the galleries. I go through the thumbnails and my head says "just another captured random... and another... oh, yet another" and so on, and I stop and look any flame that doesn't feel that way. That doesn't mean they are actually captured randoms, just the way my eye seems to sort them out. I think one of the reasons might be the increasing knowledge one has over the program. At first, when you don't even know the program, all images are awesome. But when you start knowing how they were created, your appreciation changes. Mine did, at least. Time shouldn't be an instrument to measure an image's artistry, IMO, but sometimes (more times than not), I'm guilty about using it that way. If an image took 5 minutes, no matter how beautiful or well composed, is not worthy. I'm talking about my own images here. Oh, and about the title, for me the process of choosing a title is just as important (and as fun!) as creating the image itself. Sometimes I even start without a particular idea, and when a particular tweak strikes me as beautiful, I automatically start thinking about its "identity". Then I continue working on the image, but towards depicting better the image's "identity". :-) Good thread. I like to exchange thoughts on interesting subjects. Barbara

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