Lake Boren
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Rocky, how do you keep outdoing yourself?
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Sure would make life easier if I could actually write that.
As Janice says, you seem to just keep outdoing yourself.
So, question for you.... We all know that "The difference between an amateur and a pro is that a pro only shows you the good stuff!" Roughly how many of your photos "work"?
This shot for example, how many other shots did you take here? Did you try different angles? Or are you so practiced at it you just walk up and go "Looks like right about... here... should get the shot I want"?
If "user name" = "squirl033"
Then set "Photo of the day" = "Yes"
Sure would make life easier if I could actually write that.
As Janice says, you seem to just keep outdoing yourself.
So, question for you.... We all know that "The difference between an amateur and a pro is that a pro only shows you the good stuff!" Roughly how many of your photos "work"?
This shot for example, how many other shots did you take here? Did you try different angles? Or are you so practiced at it you just walk up and go "Looks like right about... here... should get the shot I want"?
thanks, everyone!
LOL @ Begin script: If "user name" = "squirl033" Then set "Photo of the day" = "Yes"
"are you so practiced at it you just walk up and go "Looks like right about... here... should get the shot I want"?
i wish! no, i'm not that good... yet! but i'm working on it! how many of my shots "work"? probably 10%, maybe a bit more. i may go out and shoot 100 frames of 10 or 12 different subjects or scenes, and i usually get 1 or 2 "keepers" of each. not to say the rest are bad, just that i don't like them as well, so they don't get processed. usually it's because there's something about the composition i don't quite like, maybe one focal length works better than another, or the framing on one is just slightly better. the 5D has a relatively small, low-res screen, and the coverage is only 95%, so i don't always get things placed in the frame exactly where i want them. sometimes the exposure isn't exactly what i wanted, or maybe it just doesn't look quite as impressive on the monitor as it did in person. i rarely take the same shot twice, but i might shoot a several at different focal lengths, different perspectives or viewing angles, and different camera settings. then when i get home, i pick the one(s) i like the best to process.
for this shot, i probably took 15-20 shots total at the lake, of different parts of the shoreline, at different focal lengths, some portrait and some landscape, etc. i shot this particular spot twice... one vertical and one horizontal. liked the horizontal format best...
LOL @ Begin script: If "user name" = "squirl033" Then set "Photo of the day" = "Yes"
"are you so practiced at it you just walk up and go "Looks like right about... here... should get the shot I want"?
i wish! no, i'm not that good... yet! but i'm working on it! how many of my shots "work"? probably 10%, maybe a bit more. i may go out and shoot 100 frames of 10 or 12 different subjects or scenes, and i usually get 1 or 2 "keepers" of each. not to say the rest are bad, just that i don't like them as well, so they don't get processed. usually it's because there's something about the composition i don't quite like, maybe one focal length works better than another, or the framing on one is just slightly better. the 5D has a relatively small, low-res screen, and the coverage is only 95%, so i don't always get things placed in the frame exactly where i want them. sometimes the exposure isn't exactly what i wanted, or maybe it just doesn't look quite as impressive on the monitor as it did in person. i rarely take the same shot twice, but i might shoot a several at different focal lengths, different perspectives or viewing angles, and different camera settings. then when i get home, i pick the one(s) i like the best to process.
for this shot, i probably took 15-20 shots total at the lake, of different parts of the shoreline, at different focal lengths, some portrait and some landscape, etc. i shot this particular spot twice... one vertical and one horizontal. liked the horizontal format best...
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Thanks for the reply Rocky. Sounds like about how I work. Glad to hear that, since sometimes I wonder if my percentages are low.
A couple weeks ago I went out on a nice fall day and spent most of the afternoon shooting. I got photos on the Snoqualmie River and also the Raging River (Medium Sized Creek at the moment...)
I spent a lot of my time along the Raging River. Stopped at a spot that looked promising from the road. Closer examination revealed that it may indeed be promising, IF you have a machette, climbing gear, and don't mind tangling with blackberries.
The next location looked promising and was better, but the trees were past their prime.
Off to the next shot. Saw a nice image from the bridge. Climbed down the bank, clambered through the brush and even waded out into the stream a short ways (Always a nerve wracking experience, picturing the camera bouncing off rocks as it splashes into the creek if you happen to slip on the slimy footing...) the pictures were OK but nothing special. Ironically, the best shot was from the bridge, I could have stayed high and dry and got what I was looking for.
Then off to the Snoqualmie River for some nice, but not spectacular shots.
At the end of the day, I had about 3 images I liked enough to post. One of them was something I felt was pretty good.
Sometimes I start to wonder if I'm below average when I get 2 or 3 shots out of a days work. Granted, quality over quantity and all, but sometimes it seems like you don't get quantity or quality. I guess we all have our off days.
A couple weeks ago I went out on a nice fall day and spent most of the afternoon shooting. I got photos on the Snoqualmie River and also the Raging River (Medium Sized Creek at the moment...)
I spent a lot of my time along the Raging River. Stopped at a spot that looked promising from the road. Closer examination revealed that it may indeed be promising, IF you have a machette, climbing gear, and don't mind tangling with blackberries.
The next location looked promising and was better, but the trees were past their prime.
Off to the next shot. Saw a nice image from the bridge. Climbed down the bank, clambered through the brush and even waded out into the stream a short ways (Always a nerve wracking experience, picturing the camera bouncing off rocks as it splashes into the creek if you happen to slip on the slimy footing...) the pictures were OK but nothing special. Ironically, the best shot was from the bridge, I could have stayed high and dry and got what I was looking for.
Then off to the Snoqualmie River for some nice, but not spectacular shots.
At the end of the day, I had about 3 images I liked enough to post. One of them was something I felt was pretty good.
Sometimes I start to wonder if I'm below average when I get 2 or 3 shots out of a days work. Granted, quality over quantity and all, but sometimes it seems like you don't get quantity or quality. I guess we all have our off days.
i seem to recall that none other than Ansel Adams once said that if you got one decent shot out of a whole roll of film, you were doing well, so don't feel too bad...