/me thinks

I finally broke down and bought a nice digital camera (the new Digital Rebel XTi) but I’m quickly discovering that having good equipment only goes so far. On a backpacking trip a few weekends ago I took almost 500 photos and about 50 of them were decent. Of those only 12 were worth putting on my Flickr account. I’m not sure if that’s a normal success rate or not, but I’m glad that I don’t have to waste a lot of money buying film for all of the crappy pictures I keep taking!

However, I’m starting to realize that the initial investment of $800 for the camera and $300 for the lens was only the beginning. I’m told that most photographers never seem to have the lenses that they really want (I found myself wishing I had a zoom lens on my trip) and apparently those can be even more expensive than the cameras! I’m already about to make another purchase for digital photo workflow software (thank goodness Bibble Labs has love for Linux).

The photos from my trip are here: Lightning Ridge (I realize that most of them really suck)

Here’s my best shot:

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