11-18-2016, 05:16 PM
For general shooting of landscapes and family scenes I probably wouldn't need to shoot RAW.(but I do anyway).
I shoot uniquely RAW because I shoot mainly birds, often bright white ones set against backgrounds that are very dark if exposed for the bird, that requires at least -1 stop exposure maybe more. Maybe I'll shoot 200 shots or more when I'm out for the day, and I'll be happy if I use/post three or four.
For my part I can't imagine shooting 5,000 pics in a day and keeping them, after a year or two of that you'll have zillions, will you ever look at them?
I enjoy PP and often spend 2-3 hours processing just one shot,often 15-20 adjustment brush pins, some lightening some adding contrast and holding back the whites, colour, noise reduction, I want it right.....hey but that's me, I'm really only interested in my better shots.
Here's a shot that I took of an egret through leaves and branches heavily cropped and PPed, I'm not claiming it's an art work or the like, but before processing it just wasn't a shot at all.
The deal is we are all different and do different things, otherwise we would all like the most beautiful woman on the planet and only one of us would get her, beauty turns up in all shapes and sizes and just as well!
I shoot uniquely RAW because I shoot mainly birds, often bright white ones set against backgrounds that are very dark if exposed for the bird, that requires at least -1 stop exposure maybe more. Maybe I'll shoot 200 shots or more when I'm out for the day, and I'll be happy if I use/post three or four.
For my part I can't imagine shooting 5,000 pics in a day and keeping them, after a year or two of that you'll have zillions, will you ever look at them?
I enjoy PP and often spend 2-3 hours processing just one shot,often 15-20 adjustment brush pins, some lightening some adding contrast and holding back the whites, colour, noise reduction, I want it right.....hey but that's me, I'm really only interested in my better shots.
Here's a shot that I took of an egret through leaves and branches heavily cropped and PPed, I'm not claiming it's an art work or the like, but before processing it just wasn't a shot at all.
The deal is we are all different and do different things, otherwise we would all like the most beautiful woman on the planet and only one of us would get her, beauty turns up in all shapes and sizes and just as well!