This was quite a long shot, and it’s a dark spot. A little surprising it came out decent. Maybe that’s why the image was in the ‘to do’ and never touched again.
When we hit a good day the number of images can get large, near 1,000 is common. Over time I’ve gotten better at culling the files but there comes a time when I just get to the point where I ‘pick a few’ and move on. That means a look through the folder later, like here in a Yellow-crown rookery, I always find shots that were ignored based on sheer volume of the opportunities.
This was taken from about as far as I would shoot in a dark swamp. The edge of this rookery has a gully where I can usually spot activity like this Night Heron waiting to see any sign of movement in the thick swamp water.
Love the “silvery” appearance of his plumage – that’s a good “dim light” feature.
He was looking good, there were many potential partners around this swamp.
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You do seem to have a lot of patience, not me. Looks like it was worth it.
Let’s say I’m getting better with my patience. It’s a running joke with other local photographers that I can’t shoot the little birds because they don’t hold still 😂🤣😂
You are describing a problem that still doesn’t really have a proper solution: endless photo culling. When I have to go through a few hundred photos myself, or as you say, 1,000 or more, my motivation quickly disappears.
I’ve actually developed the habit of just looking for the good ones in the folder until I reach the end, without really culling the photos at all. Do you ever do that too?
That’s what I did at first, just pick the good ones, leave the others. Because we were so active I could have 200,000 sitting around at end of year.
Now I actually do shoot less, do a first pass cull, that removes about 25% of the first count. I use Faststone image software, best viewer I ever used. At this point I remove extra ones that are close to being duplicates… I try anyway. Not perfect but better.
AI could actually help us with that. Imagine feeding it a large series of photos and having it select the best five or ten, or any number you choose, based on things like sharpness, composition, subject position and expression. It could then present those selections to you for confirmation before anything is discarded or moved.
That could save a huge amount of time when culling a large series, while still keeping the final decision firmly in the hands of the photographer.
Yes, but how much of what we see is subjective. A good photographer takes that nd makes it into a story. I fear AI would make it an Ad Campaign for wool socks 😵💫
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