-=5D2 owners unite! Discuss and Post Photos! (Round 2)

really want to upgrade to one of these

LeeRatters wrote in post #11282234
i've the 50 1.8 but so far haven't put it on the 5D2

I took Adorama Nifty from the Where's Nifty thread to Cuba with me. I've been posting tons of photos into the thread (all taken with the 5D2) and have lots more to go. I was actually surprised at how well some of them turned out, don't be afraid to use it!

Martin.D wrote in post #11283355
But here is another pose

WAY better!

bik - Haha awesome! I love the processing, as well.

Here's a preview from my shoot yesterday with Holly... I'll be posting more later today!

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Retouch UK wrote in post #11285970
Heres some positive stuff for you. The images are posed nicely. They look like a happy lot. I like the first one best.
I do agree with the previous poster that the bottom pic is a bit red but the main problem that I see is the muddy white. This is especialy evident down at the bottom left of the bottom image.

To sort this out create a levels adjustment layer and push all sliders to the far right(nearly all the way). This will show up any dark spots on the image background. Select dodge with opacity of 3-5% set to highlight. Select the background layer and dodge away the dark spots. Once done you can bin the levels adjustment layer and you should have a nice clean background.
When using this method be careful not to go over areas on your subject that are highlights as they will dodge too. If you do this by mistake you can easily mask them back out though.

Chris

Thank you very much! the help you offered is the reason I quickly posted a couple images up real fast, that way I would have other input to work from while editing these images this week. also the reason I love this forum

I do agree with the image being red and immediately knew what it was, I left the camera on landscape mode and had my saturation set to +1. I opened the raw image and set it back and it's MUCH better.

As for the "muddy" area are you referring to the shadow area's under their knees? I wasn't sure whether to leave that or take it out, I guess out is the consensus.

Thanks again.

I really like the fall shot.

My daughter has two Dash Hounds. she wants me to take their pictures. really like the picture you got.

Thank you.

wamguy89 wrote in post #11287571
bik - Haha awesome! I love the processing, as well.

Krypty wrote in post #11288426

Single Strobe Full Power from 90 degrees right hand side aiming at a wall and roof about 4-5 meters high.

This was for final rehearsals at Spanish Dance.

this is a great image, i dig it.

You guys are fantastic. shows me just how much I have yet to learn. Here are couple of fall shots from a trip through Vermont. I have posted a couple of these elswhere.

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Some of my Daughter

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They are the biggest posers. Pretty easy to get great photos with them. Full of personality.

Lantz wrote in post #11288229
My daughter has two Dash Hounds. she wants me to take their pictures. really like the picture you got.

Here's a real one from my shoot yesterday!

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