Coming from a long line of photographers, and having known some excellent ones, I was always told (and have always told others): "Ya got to run the film through the camera" if you ever want to learn how to take more good ones than bad ones. I was always advised there's no way to take too many shots... the great one may simply be the next one.

As you say, Mushy, now with digital, we don't have the cost. But God it was fun playing with images in the darkroom. Photoshop and such just ain't the same. Nonetheless, it is GREAT to be able to take hundreds and hundreds learning the camera, learning composition with a given format or lens, etc, and not have it cost anything extra.

RB