I don\'t think I\'d gamble anything away guessing it is RAW.
I don;t think there are many photographers that \"Spray and Pray\". I think they wait for the right moment and shoot a burst. You might be surprised, for instance, how many frames you\'d get with a bird and its nictitating membrane (second eyelid) is partially or completely closed, ruining the frame. It would be stupid not to shoot a burst.
and btw, the sky is falling
Gene
that\'s probably more what i meant to say...shooting in bursts when the moment looks right. and a scene that looks right might not yield any useable images at all. nevertheless, 20 - 100 K images per assignment seems crazy and i\'m pretty sure that i could come away with 20 great images given those numbers. i think i\'m changing my mind as i write here. technically, i think NG shooters are no magicians, but they bring us great images because: * they place themselves in interesting locations (F8 & be there) and they have a natural gift for telling a story through pictures.
I don\'t think I\'d gamble anything away guessing it is RAW.
I don;t think there are many photographers that \"Spray and Pray\". I think they wait for the right moment and shoot a burst. You might be surprised, for instance, how many frames you\'d get with a bird and its nictitating membrane (second eyelid) is partially or completely closed, ruining the frame. It would be stupid not to shoot a burst.
and btw, the sky is falling
Gene
that\'s probably more what i meant to say...shooting in bursts when the moment looks right. and a scene that looks right might not yield any useable images at all. nevertheless, 20 - 100 K images per assignment seems crazy and i\'m pretty sure that i could come away with 20 great images given those numbers. i think i\'m changing my mind as i write here. technically, i think NG shooters are no magicians, but they bring us great images because: * they place themselves in interesting locations (F8 & be there) and they have a natural gift for telling a story through pictures.
GeneO wrote: vinke wrote:
specifically, those shooting digital for National Geographic:
RAW or Jpeg?
Carefully or \"Spray and Pray\"?
Many of the articles include about 20 or so images. No doubt, a photographer will probably shoot more like 500 - 2,000 images per story. Maybe more.
If I had to guess then I would say \"Jpeg\" and more \"spray and pray\", but I thought I\'d ask to see if anyone knows more definatively.
I used to love this magazine as a kid and I\'ve recently re-discovered it (online and print ) for it\'s wonderful photography. I\'m not too wild about their sky\'s-falling, globe-is-warming, man-is-the-problem-for-everything message, but I can largely ignore it to see the interesting pictures.
I don\'t think I\'d gamble anything away guessing it is RAW.
I don;t think there are many photographers that \"Spray and Pray\". I think they wait for the right moment and shoot a burst. You might be surprised, for instance, how many frames you\'d get with a bird and its nictitating membrane (second eyelid) is partially or completely closed, ruining the frame. It would be stupid not to shoot a burst.
and btw, the sky is falling
Gene
that\'s probably more what i meant to say...shooting in bursts when the moment looks right.
May 13, 2009 at 09:15 AM
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