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Sep 23, 2014 8:01 PM CST
Name: Asa
Wasatch Front - Utah
Bee Lover Garden Photography Region: Utah Photo Contest Winner: 2016 Photo Contest Winner 2019 Photo Contest Winner 2021
Garden Ideas: Master Level
springcolor said: Usually I take 50 pictures and keep 10. Well I read the manual and it has been a wonder. Thank you all. Hurray! Hurray! Not perfect yet but so much better. Big Grin


That's a fantastic ratio! I hate to say this, but there have been days that I've shot as many as 4,000 photos and only kept about 200 of them.

But..the beauty of digital photography is twofold - 1) Unlike film, space on that memory card is freeeeeeee! and 2) Feedback happens in real time - you don't have to wait for the film to come back to realize you've made terrible mistakes - or stumbled onto some settings or combination of settings that really work for your subject.

I guess my point is to just shoot shoot shoot and realize that the more that you root around through the shutter, the more likely you are to blind-pig yourself a few acorns to save to your "keepers" folder - and share with the rest of us.

I think that photography is like everything else...just a question of thinking (trying new things informed by good data/ideas/past mistakes) and practice. Unlike it was in the days of expensive film and darkroom supplies (to quote Senator Blutarsky), "it don't cost nothin'."
This is fun: The thread "Asa's former lawn...or (better) Dirt's current gardens" in Garden Photos forum

My bee site - I post a new, different bee photo every day:
http://bees.photo

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