Holding steady?

[Tintype_18]

Just got back from shooting 137 photos at a loca mountain stream in the Cherokee National Forest. I played around with my T7, mostly on AV, 18-55mm lens. I had a couple of Kodak moments that proved to be a couple of blurred close-up photos. I do have a monopod which could have been used. These photos were of two snails, easy to follow but getting close to the groundproved to be a bit shaky at my age. Your comments are most welcome. Will browse through them and post a few.

[ebiggs1]

" I felt that you ruined my carefully composited image."

I don't remember it but feel free to delete it. The beauty or lack thereof is in the eye of the beholder.

[ebiggs1]

"I pulled up the Rockwell link and found it to be very interesting."

There is almost no photo that is not helped, made better, by post editing. It just never or extremely rarely happens that a photo is perfect in the camera. You are comparing just a minute or few minutes, perhaps just a second or two opposed to being able to take many minutes, an hour or hours to make it the best. Not to mention far more controls and adjustments in post.

[Tintype_18]

EB, I have to agree. One should strive to make a photo the best under whatever circumstances. Then edit.

I was browsing through my files and noticed one publication that requires all photos to be sent in RAW...unedited. Their staff will take care of that. Found that interesting.

[jrhoffman75]

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@Tintype_18 wrote:

EB, I have to agree. One should strive to make a photo the best under whatever circumstances. Then edit.

I was browsing through my files and noticed one publication that requires all photos to be sent in RAW...unedited. Their staff will take care of that. Found that interesting.

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Which publication is that? 1. why does the magazine want to take on the work of editing? 2. you are giving them the ability to do whatever they want to your image without your knowledge and your name would be associated with it. I would never do business with a company like that.

I have seen instances where, if awards are involved for nature or journalism images that the organizers can ask for a copy of the RAW image from the winner(s) to ensure that the image wasn't doctored.

[stevet1]

You might also think about a tabletop tripod. They're pretty cheap.

And yeah, you might want to use a shutter speed starting at least twice your focal length.

Steve Thomas

[Tintype_18]

Have two of the tabletop tripods. Good idea.

[ebiggs1]

There is no way I would ever send an unedited photo to anyone. Never ever!

[Tintype_18]

EB, I understand what you are saying but that is what the publication required. I would hate to spend time editing and get a rejection by not following their requirements.

JH, can't recall the publication but I would have to plow through a sackful of files to find it. Got too many others that I can work with.

[ebiggs1]

"I would never do business with a company like that."

Me neither, sounds fishy to me.  It would never happen!

[ebiggs1]

I got an emergency request last minute to shoot Annie jr at the local school. Just got through with editing and the post processing.  I am delivering them today.

All  had with me was my 1DX and ef 24-70m f2.8L lens. Of course that isn't unusual as it goes everywhere with me whether I am on a shoot or not!