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Thanks, Chris, for the thought provoking thread.
I just started down the imaging path when I took up further study thus curtailing my imaging experience.
However, for me what drew me to imaging was the level of engagement in astroimaging that was missing in visual astronomy.
For visual astronomy, other than swapping eyepieces, i could not get "closer" to the object than i already was and there was no real way for me to improve any skills (I realise that with more experience you can see more but that must end somewhere).
Whereas with imaging there is constant improvement, both in setting up the equipment and post-processing, as well as feeling that you have more "impact" upon the results of the session.
anyway, that may not have been explained well...
It will be interesting to hear from other people as I really just started down the path when I stopped... now I just try to get out to do some visual observing when I can.
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