5D CLASSIC admirers, assemble! (2)

sevillafox wrote in post #7644563
Texture stuff is easy and I'm addicted to it!!!

What you do is take a photo of something with a texture and place it onto the photo you want to add it to.

Change the blend mode on the texture to whatever you like. I normally use overlay but on this one I used luminance. You can vary opacity to taste.

I then add a layer mask to the texture layer and mask off where I don't want it to show.

It still takes a fair amount of skill to do though. You're certainly way better at it than I am . Do you use a tablet to edit, Tiff?

inthedeck wrote in post #7644590
Perfect, thanks a bunch. With the layer mask, do you just use a paintbrush, to paint over? So, you add the texture, and then use a white brush to bring your subject back into the shot?

As for your suituation for a hairlight...you can use a styrofoam cup, and use black tape to make it a snoot, for a hairlight. This way, You have the B800 as the Main, and the 430 in a cup up high, pointed at your subjects' hair/bg/whatever. That should do it.

Yep. I just use the paintrush. But, on this one I did a selection....so I selected the black bg using the select by color range and then added the mask using the selection. I then used the paintbrush to refine the mask. It's pretty slick

And, that would be great on the hair light except I have a 420 which has NO manual control whatsoever.

Perry Ge wrote in post #7644639
It still takes a fair amount of skill to do though. You're certainly way better at it than I am . Do you use a tablet to edit, Tiff?

I have one but rarely use it. I keep forgetting to use it. But, when I want to be REALLY precise, I will bust it out.

sevillafox wrote in post #7644702
And, that would be great on the hair light except I have a 420 which has NO manual control whatsoever.

Being Canadian, that sentence really confused me for a second .

Geno knows what I mean.

Blah, I HATE not getting the joke.

sevillafox wrote in post #7644750
Blah, I HATE not getting the joke.

http://www.google.com/​search?q=420

inthedeck wrote in post #7644532
Helena, the 200 f2.8 is on my list of primes, to own. That, and the 135L, and I'd be done, as far as lenes go. I had a 70-200 f/4 that I sold to a friend...so, I need a replacements for that FL. I wouldn't sell the 200...just add a 300. Opens up lots of options...and the IS helps.

Lalala I'm not hearing you! *Puts fingers in ears* (or more correctly: I'm not seeing your post *puts hands before eyes*). I have decided not to get anymore lenses unless I sell one, so don't tempt me please!

The only lenses I really need are 35L, 135L, 1.4x TC, and the tiny 24/2.8 for wide shots indoors and outdoors, but the other ones are nice to have too and I do find use for them.

inthedeck wrote in post #7644532
As for the shot of the water, with the poles, I think if the mountains were burned in a little, it might make that difference...which is why I asked Geno if he could do that?

Interesting thought. Yes, that might do the trick. I still like it though.

Helena wrote in post #7644794
Lalala I'm not hearing you! *Puts fingers in ears* (or more correctly: I'm not seeing your post *puts hands before eyes*). I have decided not to get anymore lenses unless I sell one, so don't tempt me please!

The only lenses I really need are 35L, 135L, 1.4x TC, and the tiny 24/2.8 for wide shots indoors and outdoors, but the other ones are nice to have too and I do find use for them.

So, have you tried the 85L yet Helena?

Helena, sell me the 200, I'll send you the money, and you buy a 300 f4l IS. Or, the 85L, as Perry recommeded, above.

haha perry you and TaDa are the biggest sellers(pushers ) of 85Ls and 35Ls. I think canon should start giving yall a few vouchers or something.

Don't think I shared these yet (shoot me if I did...)
A few from Dale Chihuly's "Nature of Glass" exhibit at the Desert Botanical Garden in Phoenix:

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You guys are evil! LOL

No, I haven't tried the 85L and don't plan to. From what I have heard once you have tried it you're doomed...

It's a bit too heavy for me though and it's long MFD doesn't suit my type of photography (I like getting up close), so I think I'll be able to resist. The 50L on the other hand... It would be wonderful for one lens shooting, but I have decided not to buy anything new until October at the earliest (when I get the tax money) and maybe not even then.


Jay, what an interesting place! You captured it really well.

Jay, never seen the green one, but, that's pretty cool!

Helena wrote in post #7644867
Jay, what an interesting place! You captured it really well.

Thank You Helena and Manish

Full gallery is HERE

Hoping to go back and shoot at dusk ---> night.

Jay those are really cool!!!! the colors are so poppy.

Jay I have seen those before - but not the green one, as Manish said. They look really cool!

Helena wrote in post #7644867
You guys are evil! LOL

No, I haven't tried the 85L and don't plan to. From what I have heard once you have tried it you're doomed...

It's a bit too heavy for me though and it's long MFD doesn't suit my type of photography (I like getting up close), so I think I'll be able to resist. The 50L on the other hand... It would be wonderful for one lens shooting, but I have decided not to buy anything new until October at the earliest (when I get the tax money) and maybe not even then.

Oooooohhhhh 50L . Good lens . The contrast on that thing is un-frickin'-believable. Better than the 85L.