Nice shot!
i like the fact the no smoking sign is obscured by the steem

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I really like the mark on the right. It makes the shot feel more authentic somehow so it’s best left in I think. It is fair to say though that sometimes it's good to remove those spots, pops and clicks but other times they add a certain charm and I think this is one of those occasions. I get the feeling you don't like it though.

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<sub>i love marks on photographs, i just used to get so many comments saying things like "oh, jesus, edit out that spot!" or, "what's with the noise, havn't you heard of a filter?!"

...i love flawed photographs though, film has that emotional authenticity about it</sub>

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Ah, good, good, we're on the same wavelength then I see. I know what you mean about people saying "oh, jesus, edit out that spot!" Sometimes you kind of feel the need to remove a spec just to avoid complaints and satisfy the nitpickers. Although if that's all that someone can find "wrong" with it then I'd take that as a fair compliment. I think it's because so many of us are used to seeing crisp, clean digital images nowadays and you just don't get the same sort of "authentic" or "real" feeling as you do with a nice film image. The closest thing you might get to nice bit of dust or a hair with a digital photo is when you see those horrible splodges appearing on the image if there's dust on the light sensor. Either that or even worst still, if you go and fake it in PhotoShop or something which never looks right.

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<sub>spots on film look okay, but on digital they look..horrible o_o;

before i go out with my nikon to somewhere like the animal sanctuary, i'm giving it it's spring, summer, autumn and winter clean :D</sub>

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About ten minutes ago I made the mistake of taking the lens off my Canon because I had some crazy idea about making a pinhole thing for the front after looking at those pinhole cameras a few days back. It's now got dust on the sensor and it's not budging, even when I use my magic air blowing bulb thing that looks like a rocket. Splodgerific... Blarrg!

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<sub>Ten minutes and the sensor got completely clogged?! Wow o_o;

Those rocket things are useless on my nikon, i use this tiny brush thing i got on the front of a photography magazine folds back inside its case too, neat little bugger.</sub>

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I mostly useit to get dust off the front of the lens. I used on the sensor once before and it seemed to do the trick. This time it was being a bit more stubborn. The annoying bit is after having blasted it with air then, you then have put it all back together, take another pic and find the damn thing stiff floating there and in the same bloody place and to just piss you off a little further, he's got a little friend with him too cluttering up the place. I think I have something similar to your brush thing. The closest thing I can liken it to is a lipstick but it's a brush that pops out the top when you pull the thing back. It says Minolta on it. Not sure where it came from though. I think my Dad found it. I've never used it but it's around someplace.

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_{exactly the same as yours only mine doesn't say minolta they're quite good, much better than the..rockets @_@}

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