Hi there.
As I've signed up and will surely bore you with my photos, maybe I should introduce myself so you can figure out a thing or two about me. I'm in my late 20s, live in a town where sunlight is more precious than cognac and I have absolutely no artistic talent.
I've started doing astrophoto with a 350D through a 400mm f/5 achromat refractor... and it was all downhill from there. I figured I might as well do some daylight photo - so I bought the sigma 30mm 1.4 and the 10-20 4-5.6. Then came the 7D (few days ago that is). It is time I realized I cannot be the motor-twitching-screw-fondling-alcohol-consuming-alone-in-the-dark-astrophotographer anymore.
I'm used to various noise removing techniques (darks substraction, etc.), have been doing HDR images on various nebulae without knowing it's called "HDR"... I'm allright as far as geeky-techniques goes (I even drew plans for a spectometer - I'll surely build it soon. maybe.) but, as I've said, I am no artist. I prefer calculating the path of any given comet and point the telescope in the right direction using 17th century instruments any day.
So, I seek your wisdom - maybe there's an empiric way of learning how to have talent 
On a more serious note, I am not, and will never be, a (pro) photographer. That being said, I do seek perfection, twisted ofcourse by my prejudices and personal taste.
I have read alot of forums and I must say the daylight photographer's idea of *sharp* makes me giggle a bit. Sharp?! sharp is when you get details on a 1.5 second speck of light with a 3m focal lenghth . But yes, i am comparing an earthworm with a diode.
Allright, enough for now. Will come back with some photos so you can identify my flaws and maybe signal them to me - my aim is to improve without harassing you too much
cheers
