I've a confession to make. When I'm using the tripod I always take three images, bracketing my chosen picture by +1/-1 Ev using the auto exposure bracketing in the camera.

There's a couple of reasons for this.

1. It allows me to play in HDR land with pictures. (I've stopped posting a lot of those as they can feel over processed and 'samey')

2. It allows me to see what a modification to the settings might have got me - I'm still learning here, so this is useful.

If memory is cheap for you, I'd suggest you do the same. It really isn't as much of a waste of card space as you think.

On other matters, with the number of club competitions I've been entering, I've taken to buying mounts pre-cut and in bulk. This has left me in even more of a 3*2mode than before - If all my mounts are already cut to 12*8 apertures (maximum entry is 16*12 including mount), then I tend to only see a 3*2 ratio picture as a potential entry.

So much so, that a digital entry I submitted this week was in that aspect ration as well. Even though in a slightly different ratio it might have been much nicer.

Well, tonight I'm breaking my 3*2 habit.

And posting an HDR picture.

So there.

I guess I'm going to have to cut my own boards.