Thank you. That’s about the same keeper ratio that I have, but I often don’t get as many shots as I want, or think I should have taken in the types of shooting situations I encounter.
For me it’s always been viscerally difficult to toss out the non keepers despite what I think of the results at the time. As I’ve looked back at shots over time, including a great many from the film era that are 50+ years old, I’m glad I didn’t toss them. A few contain material that didn’t seem important at the time but documents people, places and events that are important today despite some unavoidable color degradation over time. I’m considering digital conversions of many of them, mostly slides, but don’t really know yet what that translates to in terms of equipment and effort, or if it’s worth the time and energy. I suspect I’m not alone there, but don’t really know.
Thanks for the shooting and processing dialogues. The pixel and color densities are amazing. Does anyone use yellow filters today except on film cameras? Or red or orange or etc? I haven’t since switching to digital.
I haven’t put anything, other than a neutral density, or a polarizer on my lens since I went digital. I suppose the same rules regarding light would apply to digital, but you can get the results you want through your editing system.
Same here. 1 a or 1b, or is there a new UV design? I gravitated to Hoya filters a long time ago for reasons I don’t recall (relative cost, perhaps?) and still use them. I’ve read that glass and lens design science has dramatically improved lens quality over time, but haven’t really dug into that for filters yet. Seems logical that Canon (or Nikon) filters would be better matches for their lenses purely from the consistency in their underlying glass science and QC.
By the way, thank you for responding to my geek level questions. It’s been a long time since I’ve had an opportunity to discuss photographic issues with someone other than myself. Somehow I keep getting the same answers when I try to talk with that guy! :)
That is quite amazing. Your advice to zoom in really made a difference. I enjoy the black/white and sepia colors. You are right about that last photo popping
Color, absolutely. First 100%, other two 75 %
Thank you, George.
Well, that’s my point
Out of curiosity, how many shots did you take to end up with these?
How many did I take in total? Or, how many keepers did I end up with?
Both
Thank you. That’s about the same keeper ratio that I have, but I often don’t get as many shots as I want, or think I should have taken in the types of shooting situations I encounter.
For me it’s always been viscerally difficult to toss out the non keepers despite what I think of the results at the time. As I’ve looked back at shots over time, including a great many from the film era that are 50+ years old, I’m glad I didn’t toss them. A few contain material that didn’t seem important at the time but documents people, places and events that are important today despite some unavoidable color degradation over time. I’m considering digital conversions of many of them, mostly slides, but don’t really know yet what that translates to in terms of equipment and effort, or if it’s worth the time and energy. I suspect I’m not alone there, but don’t really know.
Probably 200 total, with 25-30 keepers.
Thanks for the shooting and processing dialogues. The pixel and color densities are amazing. Does anyone use yellow filters today except on film cameras? Or red or orange or etc? I haven’t since switching to digital.
I haven’t put anything, other than a neutral density, or a polarizer on my lens since I went digital. I suppose the same rules regarding light would apply to digital, but you can get the results you want through your editing system.
No 1a or 1b filters? Are you shooting with exposed lensing?
I keep UV filters on my lenses, to protect the front element, but those have a negligible effect on the light.
Same here. 1 a or 1b, or is there a new UV design? I gravitated to Hoya filters a long time ago for reasons I don’t recall (relative cost, perhaps?) and still use them. I’ve read that glass and lens design science has dramatically improved lens quality over time, but haven’t really dug into that for filters yet. Seems logical that Canon (or Nikon) filters would be better matches for their lenses purely from the consistency in their underlying glass science and QC.
By the way, thank you for responding to my geek level questions. It’s been a long time since I’ve had an opportunity to discuss photographic issues with someone other than myself. Somehow I keep getting the same answers when I try to talk with that guy! :)
No worries! I have the same challenges.
That is quite amazing. Your advice to zoom in really made a difference. I enjoy the black/white and sepia colors. You are right about that last photo popping
Thank you, Monica. I’m glad that you were able to zoom in, I can’t do that on my phone.