Seems Chris posted while I was typing so I'll go with what I have written. Sorry if I repeat anything Chris.
On the forum I find them interesting. It is not that I intend to memorise and copy them for a given situation. However I did use some as a starting point for my first moon shots.
Examples :
I always read Foxy's and have come to greatly admire the capabilities of his D2Hs. Now is there any benefit in that. YES. If I contemplated getting that camera, and I very nearly did but opted for the D2X instead. Once again Foxy's images amongst others helped sway that decision.
Similarly Leifs images. Leif is a Nikon man the same as me. I looked at his pics taken with the Nikkor 200mm macro and have compared bokeh with shots posted with the 105mm VR macro. If I was in the market for an upgrade of my macro then his pics would probably swing me towards the 200mm.
If I was thinking of attending an airshow, and we have talked prop blurr in posts before, then I would do a trawl through the gallery to check out approprite shutter speeds. I could say the same for blurring water over a fall. These are things I do not have in my head. Give me a subject and a flashgun or two and I don't even have to think about anything. Others however may.
Generally creative use of focal length, shutter speed or aperture is something that the exif can show up. Some of Robs images to name but one of several fit that bill.
On the fun side how will I know someone is posting images with an undeclared new toy.
Outside of the forum then I am helping Ros. She is currently using the camera in simple program mode until she can digest and make sense of info on the relationship between shutter speed, aperture and ISO. Without the exif to refer to on pics she e-mails me then I would have no idea what shutter speed and aperture settings the program selected to be able to offer advice. So if the picture is blurred, was it incorrect point of focus, or too low a shutter speed for the focal length used, possibly agravated by a low an ISO setting. All info in the Exif. Without going through the Critique Forum I am sure there are pics posted where that same info has been helpful in someone providing reasoned help.
Don
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