February 20, 2005: Chinese New Year 2
To get these eight pictures at the parade, I took 300 exposures. I have another twenty in a folder called "for_gallery_maybe". Some of those are pretty cool- and depending on when I look at them, they don't seem any better or worse than what I've put up here. How do you take three hundred pictures and then just pick one? Does anyone have that kind of discipline? I mean, professionals have an editor- they submit ten images, and someone else makes the decision. But I'm an amateur, or an artist- does carving out one favorite necessarily make me better?
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Great pictures--as _always_ btw! :-)
Did you use any of the automatic modes of your camera? Because whenever I am using any of them, the pictures I take look either horribly bright or incredibly dark. So I'm curious, if anyone out there manages to take pictures using the automatic programs (meaning: trusting the built-in exposure meter). Ok, you own the EOS-20D. But how about the time, when you owned the Digital Rebel?
Another question (sorry for spamming your blog with newbie-questions :-):
Did you stored every single one of the 300 exposures on the cf-card? :-0 (must be _huge_ in size, the card, eh?) ...or did you own something like a... how are these gadgets called... 'digital image tanks'? I mean: something like a mobile harddisk including a compact flash reader.
If not (or if so :-): Can you give me a hint, which one's best? Which one to buy? Maybe?
Ok, this is it. For today. ;-) Keep the amazingly good work!
that's some serious editing
The third picture, with the little boy? That is simply gorgeous.
I've seen pro photographers go through their own work without mercy. One told me 2-5% is about right for a serious edit. That seems a bit more than I can stomach myself, but hey, I'm not paid for this.
who is the kid in the dragon suit?
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