printed picture size

[boneaddict]

Never gets any easier.

[deerhunter_98520]

I found that out real fast.... out of the 300 pics I took about 30 were good  I found out don't be stingy with the button

[boneaddict]

That will improve some.      Can you imagine what it was like in the film days?   

[kentrek]

While in high school I worked for a "professional wild life photographer"....I remember he got back from an Africa trip once with nearly 50,000 photos all on film....

Cool shot btw 

[Bean Counter]

I found that out real fast.... out of the 300 pics I took about 30 were good  I found out don't be stingy with the button

Don't be stingy.. With the delete button. Get rid of those 270 Junkers. You only want to keep and show your best. Btw that ratio sounds about right--a significant portion of my time in front of the computer is just deleting the crap photos. I find wildlife far more cooperative than a 2 year old. 

[deerhunter_98520]

That will improve some.      Can you imagine what it was like in the film days?

I know first hand what it was like..my grandpa had a nice SLR when I was around 10-15 yrs old and I went through ALOT of film  we would go out almost every weekend for a drive around  lake quinault to look for elk and I just took picture after picture 


I already deleted all the crappy pics a d kept the good ones...I have a feeling I'm going to need an external HD for these....the best part about this was I got the camera for my wife and I use it more than her 

Wildlife is more cooperative than my 11 yr old...my 5 ur old loves his pic taken

[runamuk]

I found that out real fast.... out of the 300 pics I took about 30 were good  I found out don't be stingy with the button

Its kinda funny I am in the camp of planning each shot not just shoot and pray.  One of the National geographic photographers I met 2 years ago compared digital picture taking to masturbating, simply because one can so easily click off 300-500 pics doesnt always mean one should or has to.  The other photographer she was a firm believer of setting up a shoot then shooting as much as possible because you never know.  I still like using film but its spendy so again I prefer to set it up when I experiment.  A lot of shots for me would be 20.

[Bean Counter]

Here's another I printed out...I used Walmart to print it and I did have to crop it...I'll look into lightroom....I keep seen that name come up so I'll give it a shot...

Lightroom will go on sale several times this Christmas season. Normally it's $120ish but will go down to $50-75 but often only for a day at times. You can download a free 30 day trial.

Photoshop elements is on sale at B&H until midnight tonight. I had a sample of it and you can do everything in it that Lr does and them some, but I found the layers to be a royal PITA. Watch some pros on YouBoob and all the time you'll hear them make comments about how they like to just get it done in Lr and "avoid trips to photoshop" as if it's a big hassle. Lr does 98% of everything I want to do and it does it very fast but that's just me being lazy and stupid. 

.I'm mostly going to be taking wildlife pics and pics of my kids so whatever settings at best for those is what I need to learn....I need to get a bigger lenses also I only have the 18-55 that came with the camera

I remember being there. although the long lenses are tempting, I would recommend getting into the Plastic Fantastic ASAP. It's only $100 if you have Canikon, and along with Lightroom  will be the best bang for your buck as a newbie.

[huntnphool]

Here's another I printed out...I used Walmart to print it and I did have to crop it...I'll look into lightroom....I keep seen that name come up so I'll give it a shot...

Lightroom will go on sale several times this Christmas season. Normally it's $120ish but will go down to $50-75 but often only for a day at times. You can download a free 30 day trial.

Photoshop elements is on sale at B&H until midnight tonight. I had a sample of it and you can do everything in it that Lr does and them some, but I found the layers to be a royal PITA. Watch some pros on YouBoob and all the time you'll hear them make comments about how they like to just get it done in Lr and "avoid trips to photoshop" as if it's a big hassle. Lr does 98% of everything I want to do and it does it very fast but that's just me being lazy and stupid. 

.I'm mostly going to be taking wildlife pics and pics of my kids so whatever settings at best for those is what I need to learn....I need to get a bigger lenses also I only have the 18-55 that came with the camera

I remember being there. although the long lenses are tempting, I would recommend getting into the Plastic Fantastic ASAP. It's only $100 if you have Canikon, and along with Lightroom  will be the best bang for your buck as a newbie.

 I'm still a CS fan.