I simply keep mine in folders, originally by camera body with sub folders for where/when, then I changed to folders by year again with sub folders for where/when but combining images from different camera bodies..

For example I have a folder marked "istD" with a sub folder "New England" but I also have a folder marked K10D with a folder marked "New England" I will eventually get round to combining these into the later format that I've chosen to use.

I also keep a back up of this on both a separate drive in the computer and also an external drive, the secondary drive is backed up frequently and the one on the external drive when I get round to it

Why do I keep two back ups?
Several years ago I had a serious problem with my PC and decided to undertake a complete wipe of the hard drive and re-installation of Windows, all went well until I tried to copy my images from the back up drive back onto the newly formatted hard drive, the back up drive threw a tantrum and decided to go belly up, I lost hundreds of images taken on the itsD, not just "keepers" but holiday snaps and family events .

At 15 I could never imagine celebrating my 62nd, but I did that yesterday

I'll second Lennys comment .

But I think we've all been there at some time or other, "I wish I had my camera" has probably been uttered by every photographer on the planet at some time or other.

I think how much gear you want to carry and to what extremes you want to go to with regards to "carry one everywhere" is a personal choice, but surely if we take things too seriously we run the risk of our hobby becoming an obsession.

Isn't that what Stu was getting at

Exposure on those is fantastic Barrie, I'd have had loads of burning out on that brass

I'm siding with Stu

I can see where he's coming from and I don't think it's simply to have a go at people on here (not all of you anyway :lol

I remember touching on something similar a few years back asking if digital had made photographers lazy with respect to getting it right in the camera, and generally speaking I think it has, myself included.
If you really want to learn how to compose and get the exposure right try a few years shooting slide film, about the only thing you could do with that other than choice of film was to crop by masking part of the slide.

There's nothing wrong with manipulation of an image but surely we should all strive to capture it as best we can in the camera to start with.

Didn't know you were in the FF camp Barrie???

Anyway it looks like your making good use of it, even if you can't plan ahead which lenses to take

Don't know what's going on with the Dove but could the rabbit be a focusing issue? you will get a marginally better DoF on the 6.3 shots and that may be why they appear sharper.

Try a focus test and if out try calibrating the lens to the body.

Looking good, Wish I could have made it

Is ID required for every visitor or just drivers (the reserves websites suggests just drivers),

Reason I ask, if I do come up I may have someone with who only has a provisional license and no passport.