Loads of helpful posts- heartfelt thanks to all who responded. But it's obvious that the current state-of-the-art is extremely demanding of one's time. As it is now, I have perhaps a few hours a month for hobbies. Serious image processing just won't fit into my life right now, if it takes that kind of time. Having an art background assures me that I could never leave well-enough alone and adopt a purely 'snapshot' attitude- I'd have to work on most files. It would be an endless source of frustration to not have the time to tweak and adjust things to my satisfaction. I think I'll stay away from the digital conversion for a while longer, and let my wife and daughter take care of the family snapshots. One more egg in the retirement basket! --- Rob Ratkowski Photography <ratkwski@hawaii.rr.com> wrote:
Bottom line -- take pictures, make images. We are a visual species and best of all, we can share our experiences w/ others. And then there's astrophotography
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