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Reject Pile - Number 2

Continuing discussion from the last thread here , I found another very old image from 2005 I re-processed. The image was made during a drive to a national park at River Selke. For some reason I did not like the image back then as much. I ended up combining two vertical frames to showcase what it was about. The flow.

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Segregation

Many people ask about my approach to photography. It has evolved over the years and will continue to do so. Learning should never end.
I do not go to places with preconceived notions, ideas. I often wander around aimlessly. Something catches my eye. That is often the starting point of an idea.

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It is worth going through your rejects

Once a shoot is complete there is a routine I follow. I upload all the files from the shoot, try to create or use existing tags, then create a collection where all the files go. A couple of days later I scan the folder and the first cut is always technically perfect files. Then I go through the duplicates etc and finally end up with about 10% as final selects for edits. I typically end up editing about 5-10 images from an outing. And if I’ve one winner I count the outing as a success. Now, of course, if I take my film camera out then the process involves more steps and the final % of acceptable more or less remains the same.

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