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Message: <blockquote data-quote="RecoveringScot" data-source="post: 3384752" data-attributes="member: 17473">I don't agree the pic is useless. It's given me well over an hour of ferreting fun. A better use I cannot think of. I suspect though that there are two kinds of people: those who can bear uncertainty, and those who can't.The Peterson Guide used to carry silhouettes of raptors in the correct belief that they would be at a minimum helpful for IDing raptors. I think that is one reason the quality of the shot doesn't bother me. But I don't really think the correct ID is that important in the end. If a thing's worth doing, it's worth doing badly. One needs the courage to shout out what may be a wrong conclusion, and the humility to accept a correction (which I eagerly await). That's the whole point.It would be dull if all photos were crisp and clear. In fact that would take away most of the pleasure in the exercise to my mind.</blockquote>