Can I ask how do you go about saving your wildlife/bird images in order from the original card.
I have year folder and under that make a folder of where I have been on that day and inside three folders an Original,Edit,Social.
As I am looking to save bird images would it be better to have folders for each bird or is there an easier way that I could try. I know i could use keyword which I have not been doing but will now. Just wondering how you would do it so that your images are easy to find.
Cathy
I use Lightroom. What works for me (doesn't work for everyone, and I don't shoot a lot of wildlife), is one directory per year, and inside that, one directory per event / location and inside those, directories by date. I do this, so that if I ever move away from Lightroom, I can have a non-Lightroom basic structure that survives.
Then within Lightroom, I don't use folders like social, edit, etc. I keep everything in the original date folder. I cull the stuff I'm never going to look at again. Then post-process the best of what is left, and often keep a few other RAWs around which don't inspire me on the day, but aren't immediate losses (sometimes I go back and cull those, or find them worth processing).
I use keywords and collections to impose additional structure. So you could easily have a collection per bird species for example, or you could use keywording. Collections make it easier to export those as a single bunch if you want to use them. I use the tight link between Lightroom and Flickr to post images to Flickr, so I don't export them and upload them. This has pros and cons, so far for me, the pros outweigh the cons.
What really matters most however, is finding a consistent approach that you are comfortable with and suits your style. If you don't like it you won't sustain it, if it's not easy to do, you don't sustain it, and if it's not consistent it won't help.
Edit: Just remembered the "so that your images are easy to find" - keywords are the answer to that. If you keyword your images, you can easily search for them in Lightroom, and it'll include those keywords in any JPGs you export. Lightroom's keywording is really rich with synonyms, aliases, and hierarchies.