I agree to a certain extent. In some situations, preparing and shooting at the right moment is most critical and taking numerous shots can be a detriment to getting the one you want. In other situations, multiple exposures can be helpful. For example, when shooting the great blue heron a couple of weeks ago I knew that he was likely to take off, so I had preselected the central focus point and made sure I had plenty of shutter speed, then I just waited. When he did take off, I got one shot as he lifted off the water and waited to take a second until he was directly adjacent to me. If I had kept firing after liftoff, I probably wouldn't have gotten a good in-flight shot. On the other hand, when shooting cars for publication, I'll record numerous exposures of the same shot, sometimes turning the polarizer a bit or reframing slightly. Too many choices are just enough. But I rarely bracket, since a good average exposure provides plenty of working room when the RAW is converted.
Paul On Oct 30, 2013, at 8:39 AM, Tom C <caka...@gmail.com> wrote: >> From: Eric Weir <eew...@bellsouth.net> >> >> My understanding is that the secret to getting good shots is taking a lot of >> them. > > Really? Is that the way you think most people get 'good shots'? > > To get good shots, one must take shots, but the secret isn't taking a > lot of them. > > Tom C. > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > PDML@pdml.net > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
