May I make a suggestion? I agree that HW forums tend to be about the tools, as especially newbees ask lots of questions about how things function. But we have many other forums where we do discuss technique. Look at a Picture I Took for example you will find many examples of excellent work and discussions on how it was done, the same for other forums like Landscape, Macro or Wildlife. If you consider post processing part of your technique look at the Adobe or Nikon tools forums, many good discussions on how to improve your images go on there.

Bob Baldassano
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