P3D Re: Quality of images

[Linda Nygren <lnygren@xxxxxxx>]

MarkKernes@xxxxxxx wrote:
> 
> In a message dated 2/24/00 10:47:23 PM, Dr. T writes:
> 
> << I make no claims about the quality of my images, but I can honestly
> say that I mount and keep 95% of ALL the images I take. >>
> 
> Hmmm... this got me thinking. I have three categories of images: the ones I
> keep, the ones I give away, and the ones I throw away. Throwaways are
> probably 5% of the total, but I find that I only keep about 35-40% of the
> images I mount. Fortunately, the stuff I give away is good enough that the
> non-3D-familiar recipients are usually quite happy with them.
> 
> Mark Kernes

I agree that I *should* give away about that proportion of my images, I
just tend not to get around to that step and have many "lesser quality"
but still pretty good images that many of my friends and family  would
enjoy that are just taking up storage room for me. I only throw away the
really bad ones (blatantly out of focus etc.) Even the mistakes, e.g.
accidental double exposures, are sometimes too interesting to throw
away, or I keep an image because I don't have a good one of that subject
even though it isn't up to my "quality standards". I guess my categories
are : Best (in RBTs) about 5-10%, Good (in RBT's or cardboard) about
30%, Pretty Good (in cardboard mounts; should probably give most of
these away as well as some of the "Good" ones that are "duplicates")
about 60%, and Lousy (these spend a brief time in an RBT which I use for
initial previewing in my Red Button, then go immediately in the trash)
less than 5%. I should probably throw away more than I do. As well as
give away more than I do.

So I guess I do mount everything, if only briefly in some cases. Storing
chips outside a mount would be too much trouble, considering the low
cost of cardboard mounts and difficulty of handling and viewing chips
not in a mount. BTW, I have found a small paring knife invaluable in
reopening RBT's and saving my thumbnails. And I have my viewer on a
table tripod (actually a Viewmaster pedestal stand) for easy
previewing.-Linda