what your macro keeper ratio

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

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.

Whats your keeper ratio?

i want to here from all of u

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

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.

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!

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

i say about 20 to 40% maybe a little less

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.

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.

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

spidermanrbryce2006 wrote in post #5496163
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

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

dpastern wrote in post #5499764
. 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.

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

scrumpy wrote in post #5501000
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

someone's got to set the bar.

macro junkie wrote in post #5500711
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