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A place to politely discuss the tools, technique and culture of photography.

This is not a good place to simply share cool photos/videos or promote your own work and projects, but rather a place to discuss photography as an art and post things that would be of interest to other photographers.

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Successful shot rate (alien.top)

submitted 1 year ago by HardVision@alien.top to c/photography@viewfinder.pro

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On average what would you say is your success rate when you go out to shoot? And what’s your experience level?

For myself who has a passion for photography but zero formal training and only purchased my first real camera less than a year ago, I’d say 1% of the pictures that I take are “good” or at least to the point to where I’d share them.

I know a lot comes from just going out and taking pictures but I feel like the gaps between when I go out and take pictures and actually sit at the computer and look at them is so spread out that I can never remember what I did or was thinking last time I was out shooting

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[–] IcarusAirlines@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago

Nature and architecture, 20 years amateur: 90+% are technically good; of those, probably 10% are aesthetically good; of those, 1% I really like. So 1/1000 overall that I really like.

I shoot found subjects, so I take some shots immediately so that I have a shot of the subject; these have a very high failure rate. Then I compose a few different ways, to get different framings, backgrounds and exposures. Some of these are deliberately not what I want, so I am always pushing the envelope and trying new things. Then occasionally there is a shot that I want (typically due to lighting, as I shoot only natural light), and it may take me a dozen frames to nail it.

I also do street and wildlife photography, but have much less practice at either of these. Street I can do technically, but like others have said, it's 1/1000 aesthetically (most shots are just boring). Wildlife I have not yet figured out technically, so I have yet to take a good photo.