Whew! I'll certainly sleep well tonight knowing that.
(I think) I know what you're getting at though. My first order of business after shooting is always proofing negatives, and it does feel good to be caught up. Then, there's also the satisfaction of the ceremonial destruction and tossing of unworthy negatives. Plenty of time left afterwards to decide on making actual prints, once rendered. Often, rendering does seem a very appropriate way of considering results, in the lard-ical (-ish?) sense. I consider making prints to be ultimately more enriching then composing and clicking, though – and harbor absolutely no illusions that anyone will ever care whether I leave any unproofed negatives, or even fine art prints, behind.
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