-=5D CLASSIC admirers, assemble! (3)

Geno DM wrote in post #9568629
You need a wide prime as well.

Ask yourself what do you like to shoot.

The 50mm is wide enough for me right now.. I don't really use my UWA as much as I'd think I would.
Maybe after the fisheye/85mm I will get a 35mm f/1.4L or just the 35mm f/2.0 version.

Geno DM wrote in post #9568635
Some dude.

No doubt a Canadian too...

Menelaus wrote in post #9568562
I can post it..I didn't because you don't have Image Editing approval turned on. Similar in so much in that I fixed the few flaws she has, but overall, I would say yours is a bit "smoother". I just prefer as little processing as possible.

You can post it if you like.

Hmmm....did I oversmooth?

I didn't get the eyes to pop quite like you did, but I don't have PS here at work. This was all brush work in Lightroom. Amazing how many ways there are to get to similar places! Sorry about the tinypic awful quality.

Hmmm....my guess is that everyone will no be popping in saying how much better they like your edit.

I'm a post processing noob, I wouldn't be too worried.

I do love my Lightroom brushes though. They make me feel justified in calling photography "art"

I wish I knew more about LR brushes and such...bit it just kicks my ass so I stick with what I know.

Ace reporter on scene with the 5d 70-200. Think i might be too long!

Geno DM wrote in post #9567808

Beautiful.

Nick VanGorder wrote in post #9567847
Do you guys get pounded with snow at all? In Ohio we are getting pounded...

And about to get a bunch more tomorrow and Wednesday. Dammit.

Menelaus wrote in post #9568730
I didn't get the eyes to pop quite like you did, but I don't have PS here at work. This was all brush work in Lightroom. Amazing how many ways there are to get to similar places! Sorry about the tinypic awful quality.

Nothing against your post work (I suck at it), but I think this is a good example of how good Tiffany's ninja post skills are. I think my normal workflow would have turned out about like yours. I knew that girl's skin couldn't be that perfect!

I used to be an all actions man. Honestly, I got a pretty firm handle on brushes in about a day of practicing, and can say that I use actions on <5% of my keepers now. Downside is that you spend more time doing hand edits, but overall, I think the quality is better since you're applying edits only to the areas you want.

If you ever want some guidance in that area, let me know, I'm more than happy to help you learn. Also, over in the RAW processing thread, there's a bunch of us that could help!

Brett wrote in post #9568780
Nothing against your post work (I suck at it), but I think this is a good example of how good Tiffany's ninja post skills are. I think my normal workflow would have turned out about like yours. I knew that girl's skin couldn't be that perfect!

Dude....it was pretty dang perfect! *giggles at ninja post skills*

Geno DM wrote in post #9568778
Ace reporter on scene with the 5d 70-200. Think i might be too long!

bring two lenses with you dude!

Menelaus wrote in post #9568787
I used to be an all actions man. Honestly, I got a pretty firm handle on brushes in about a day of practicing, and can say that I use actions on <5% of my keepers now. Downside is that you spend more time doing hand edits, but overall, I think the quality is better since you're applying edits only to the areas you want.

If you ever want some guidance in that area, let me know, I'm more than happy to help you learn. Also, over in the RAW processing thread, there's a bunch of us that could help!

I may take you up on that for my prom gigs....but for now I'm happy with what I do. I do use some actions but I go through each image one by one and use a ton of layer masks. That's the hardest thing for me with LR...I love my layers!

Geno DM wrote in post #9568778
Think i might be too long!

!

sevillafox wrote in post #9568796
I may take you up on that for my prom gigs....but for now I'm happy with what I do. I do use some actions but I go through each image one by one and use a ton of layer masks. That's the hardest thing for me with LR...I love my layers!

Exactly. I hate actions that just perform the action on the "background" layer (I know I should duplicate it first, but I often forget). I love actions that do everything in separate layers, then bundle everything in a layer folder, so I can change opacities, blending modes, mask at will, etc.

Plus, I've learned a lot from using actions. If I like the effect, I'll play the action step-by-step to see what they're doing to achieve the effects. I've been able to ditch some actions because they do things I don't like, and add the parts of them I do like to my workflow.

I still suck, though.