Hi Everyone!

[Marko]

Welcome BzdegaPhotography! If our forum can help distract you, it's our pleasure.

I must disagree with you though on the no such thing as a perfect photo. I have seen many many photographs that I would call perfect (that meet my criteria for perfection). That said for me, I personally feel that I have very few perfect photos. I am confident enough in my skills that I can easily say that some of my photos are of high high quality, but perfect....not really even after 2 plus decades of shooting. I constantly find flaws in my own work (because I am hypercritical) even though many people including photographers won't notice them. At the end of the day, for me, it's the teeny details (according to the way that I personally evaluate my photographs) that keep photographs from perfection. This is total guesswork, but I might suggest a 1000-2000:1 ratio against perfection. Meaning for every 1-2 thousand shots I take I "might" get one that I am 100% satisfied with.

Hope that helps - Marko

[Iguanasan]

Interesting, that's about my ratio. I shot 10,000 frames last year and I have probably about 8 to 12 (I've never actually counted these) with which I am very satisfied.

[BzdegaPhotography]

ahhhhh, but you see perfection in other's work? but ever critical of your own.
This is what I mean, always learning, always changing and ever critical of our own work.
I didn;t know that I was the only photographer with a ratio like that LOL, seems I take so many photo's but only a few are noteworthy.
glad I'm not the only one.

[Bambi]

welcome Bzdegaphography! I look forward to seeing your work.