Ok, a follow up on my previous post..digressing a little. Tanchelyn said that good photography simply happens to you..sometimes, perhaps.  I agree.  Perhaps my best (as I see it and not necessarily in gallery comments) are result of being there and having an awareness to compose and push the shutter at the right moment.  I cannot call these shots when the shots do not happen.

And for Olivier, you have a personal rule of using the aspect of the film frame. This must require very careful composition in the viewfinder.  Considering the quality of your photos and the success of your Brussels exhibit, you fully understand the format and frame in which you work.

With digital, we have the option of taking lots and lots of images of the same subject. I am not saying a film photogrpher will not use rolls and rolls of film and only use a few shots.  

What is lacking in some degree is the availability of the scene...it happens or does not is perhaps too strong but close to the answer. Then, the eye seeing the scene and composing and click.   What is also lacking with some new to digital is the need to take more time.  The "Single Use Camera" challenge proved that to me.  Olivier had a fine presentation of the shots taken by a simple throw away camera with no controls but our eye and sense of scene and composition.  Others did the same. It was a fine experiment valued I suspect by most who tried it.

If using filters for a special purpose, such as a nd gradient, I have to take time to compose and believe me I will scout the scene and take the time to adjut everything just right.  Folks like Ansel Adams spend days in the desert waiting for the right light...well, I am not doing that but I do digitally mimic some of the darkroom tricks he used, knowing the original was not the shot he wanted in print to be viewed.

Oh my, spoken too many words here.  Got me going, who to blame? Me, that is it.

I see the landscapes others present and wonder why I don't have that sort of thing to shoot. Well, I live where I live.  Within where I live are many fine photos I have not taken.  Perhaps one day my eye will see and then I will compose and push the shutter.