what your macro keeper ratio

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

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.

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

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

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.

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

dpastern wrote in post #5501376
No one's making you use the MPE-65

Dave

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

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.

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.

macro junkie wrote in post #5511109
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

dpastern wrote in post #5525289
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

macro junkie wrote in post #5542879
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

I would be thrilled to get 1% keepers

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