Pensive Mourning Dove

@Sherri: Your comment validates my efforts. That someone might view the world a bit differently is my highest ambition in sharing my most simple pleasure.

Cheers.

@amy: Thanks! I really and truly enjoy your constant company.

I use editing software from before the proliferation of the web, so "save for the web" is not an option at my disposal. I shoot with a pair of first-generation (highly modified) Canon 300D bodies and an unnecessarily large pile of Canon lenses.

My education is in fine arts, and my history stretches to a 35mm Pentax and a spiral bound notebook at the age of twelve. I hated that notebook, but that was the only EXIF data available. As a consequence of that experience, I learned to identify my camera settings by looking at my work, then learned to identify the proper settings when shooting my work. Death to the notebook. EXIF has no place in my little world, unless I'm shooting in studio.

That said, (with what I hope is a fitting bit of verbosity,) here's the notebook version:

Canon 300D (Warranty void.)
Canon 100mm-400mm 4.5-5.6 IS/USM "L" series with a hood. Hand-held at 375mm.
ISO/ASA 200.
1/250 sec.
Ambient light partly cloudy. Ambient temp. 78 degrees F.

To me, it's less about fussing out the details, and more about controlling the light. Regardless, feel free to ask anytime, but unless you're shooting on the same day with my own camera bag, I don't see the EXIF value. But also keep in mind that I'm a simpleton.

Cheers.