what your macro keeper ratio

[macro junkie]

u like how i put macro in the title so mods DONT move the thread:lol:

ok.i often wonder what people like allic brian tobys keeper ratio is.

it depends for me..some days i have 30% keepers other days 10%...lately iv become so picky to the point that nothing looks very good.:rolleyes:

Whats your keeper ratio?

i want to here from all of u

[equetefue]

not high at all but then again I don't have a flash yet, that might be the reason

[LordV]

I'd guess around 30-50% for normal shooting. Can get a lot lower if I go experimenting. Depends a bit on how you define keeper ratio though- I'd normally try say 5 shots of a bug for a focus stack - I may use just one shot with limited DOF or all 5 for for a focus stack.
Brian V.

[racketman]

I think I must dump at least 50% in the field based on lCD view and a further 30% of the remaining when viewed on the PC. Critical focus point and jumpy subjects are the main failures followed by under/over exposure. Not bad compared to pro sports photographers who take thousands at a soccer match to keep a handful!

[macro junkie]

ok good..seems like im ok then..i think its because where perfectionist :D

[spidermanrbryce2006]

i say about 20 to 40% maybe a little less

[Jay Lowery]

im with racketman, lots of bad ones get deleted on the spot. and the ones that barely dont make it get taken off at the pc. 30-50% sounds right depending on what im shooting, some things i dont get nearly as good of shots as i do other things.

[sw2001]

It's about 25%. Lots of time I get some shots where the bug doesn't move So I take about 10 photos from each different angle and keep one or two only where the bug is in the same position, even if they are the same quality. Yes, I would say out of 100 I keep about 25 pictures.

[Action_Man]

I dont like hardly any of mine, so its probably less than 1% :( ...

[dpastern]

i say about 20 to 40% maybe a little less

Probably about the same, maybe a bit higher. I tend to delete a few in the field, a few on the PC, but most of mine I keep. I'm not trigger happy with the shutter release, but prefer to take my time and get the shot right the first time if at all possible.

Dave

[Bill Pham]

my keeper rate has drop big time since i started trying to use natural light on all my shot. when i use the flash it's around 20% i guess. some days it could be higher. depend if i have enough coffee on that day.

Bill

[macro junkie]

. I'm not trigger happy with the shutter release, but prefer to take my time and get the shot right the first time if at all possible.

Dave
try doing that with the mpe-65..this lens is dam hard to use and i delete alot of images.

[scrumpy]

Depends how often I look through them. The more I look, the more I ditch. You experts on here ruin it for us casual macro shooters - the standard is so high ;):D

[macro junkie]

Depends how often I look through them. The more I look, the more I ditch. You experts on here ruin it for us casual mcro shooters - the standard is so high ;):D
someone's got to set the bar.:D

[dpastern]

try doing that with the mpe-65..this lens is dam hard to use and i delete alot of images.

No one's making you use the MPE-65 ;-)

Dave

[macro junkie]

No one's making you use the MPE-65 ;-)

Dave
:lol:

[Trace]

On Monday's its around 30%, Tuesday, 25%, Wednesday 20%, Thursday 15%, Friday 10%, Saturday and Sunday around 1% - beer kicks in and vision is blurry.:p

[TheSonofDarwin]

I'd probably say ~5%. 25% or so are good, but only the best make the cut because looking back through my archives, the "good" shots just get in the way of finding the "best" images on the dvd. I only keep the best and the next best image taken at a particular angle/composition. The rest go bye bye unless there is something in it that I could foresee needing for a future edit.

[eccles]

My keeper rate is low, maybe 10-20%. I almost always shoot hand held without flash.

[alliec]

Id say around 30-50%, like RM i delete some in the field and sometimes a few on the PC.

[gallixx]

30-50% considering both LCD views and PC views. I use a ringflash that only can be fired in M mode, at full power. That´s the cause why many of my shots go straight to recycle bin.

[sodjdobe]

I think I must agree with racketman...50% get dumped from camera and than 30% from computer.

[macro junkie]

No one's making you use the MPE-65 ;-)

Dave

where else can i get a lens that shoots up to 5:1 ;););)

[EcoRick]

It depends how keeper is defined. I've had the 100mm macro a few months. What I thought was good when I first starting using it does not look good today. I'm tossing shots from months ago and keeping more today. Still keeping a 50% ratio at best.

[The Outlaw]

lol i get like 1% keepers. i think im just too picky expecting my photos to look like some of the pros shots do before i do any editing.

[dpastern]

where else can i get a lens that shoots up to 5:1 ;););)

1:1 macro lens, 1.4x TC, 2x TC stacked, plus full set of tubes :P

High mag shots are very hard to do at the best of times, at least from my very limited experience. If you try something hard, then you only have yourself to blame :P

Reminds me of our recent Australian federal budget, with those earning 150k p.a as a family whinging that their mortgages are too high because they have super expensive houses in the inner city. My curt answer to them is they don't have to have these super expensive houses! Tax the rich more, they can afford it, that's my motto. (sorry for going off topic, early morning, pre-coffee post budget rant lol).

Dave

[macro junkie]

High mag shots are very hard to do at the best of times, at least from my very limited experience. If you try something hard, then you only have yourself to blame :P



Dave
i like a challenge..and im getting use to it now ;)

[dpastern]

i like a challenge..and im getting use to it now ;)

True. I'll eventually get a MPE-65, it'll probably get used at 1:1 for most subjects, but for smaller ones, at higher mags. I can shoot reasonably OK at 2:1, but haven't tried much about that (Sigma 150mm + 2x TC + 1.4x TC + 68mm tubes is not fun or very manageable might I add).

Dave

[MrsKitty]

I would be thrilled to get 1% keepers :D

[HuskyKMA]

I'd probably say I'm 10-15% with the limited amount of macro I have shot.

[RPCrowe]

That is the wonderful aspect of the digital camera. We are no longer constrained in the numbers of images we shoot by economics - only by time, our own patience and, of course, the patience of those tiny little critters which we shoot.

I will often keep as few as one out of fifty or a hundred images. This is not to say that 49 out of 50 images or 99 out of a hundred are bad. I will shoot multiple images with just tiny differences in lighting, composition or exposure. Often there will be multiple images which are pretty equal in quality and then I have to decide which one or two I will keep. Why, jam up my computer by keeping virtual duplicates. Of course there will often be times when just one shot is head and shoulders above the rest. Of course, I keep this shot. However, the others may be very good shots also, just not quite up to the standards of the primo image. They go into the junk pile also.

My mother regarded photographic images with reverence. She would keep anything that came back from the corner drug store where the family got the images processed and printed. It didn't matter how badly out of focus an image was or even if the photographer had inadvertently snapped a picture of the corner of the ceiling by mistake - all of it went into Mom's photo box. I was determined to be more selective and to cull my images resolutely.

Naturally, I also shoot my percentage of out of focus or badly framed junk which are easy to dispose of.