blaydese said:Okay, processing is done... ???
THESE ARE LOW QUALITY RESIZED COPIES
IT WAS A BRIGHT SUNNY DAY, LITTLE SHADE AND HOT AS HELL,
I DID MY BEST TO GET THEM DONE AND BACK IN THE A/C AS SOON AS
POSSIBLE. I HAVE A CRAPPY CRAPPY KIT LENS EF 18-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS
.... AND THEY WANTED HDR LOOKING SHOTS, BLACK AND WHITE, ETC.
I'M POSTING SOME RANDOM GOOD (NOT GREAT) AND SOME BAD ONES SO YOU
CAN SEE MY RANGE,.... PLEASE BE KIND !
8) :-[ :-X :-\ :'(
It was a good day, so here are the results / outcome:
1) I took too much gear, flashes, tripods, etc.
2) I took a desk fan and extension cord SO WORTH IT ! It was freaking HOT!
3) Laptop worked great, while I ate, moved pics from SD card to laptop.
4) My son helped out, that was good, two people is way better than one.
5) I took 1,547 pictures, about 350 came out okay, 10-15 were good, none were excellent.
6) I made a CD of the pictures, a photo story DVD and two printed albums for them.
7) Getting $500.00 and investing in this: http://www.amazon.com/Canon-70-300mm-USM-Telephoto-Cameras/dp/B0040X4PQI/ref=wl_it_dp_o_pC_S_nC?ie=UTF8&colid=BXUXWWTANG66&coliid=I2JEP8WCBHXD6
PLEASE BE KIND ! MY FIRST (PROBABLY LAST *cry* ) WEDDING SHOOT !
Before you reply, watch this.... ;D w w w . y o u t u b e . c o m / w a t c h ? v = 3 i 6 T 8 Y t B X m A
PEACE! 8)
blaydese said:wickidwombat,
Thank you very much and I agree my
post processing skills need A LOT of
work, I've only started doing "processing"
in the last year'ish.
I've added to my list of "gear" to buy for this
hobby of mine, Adobe Lightroom. Just not now,
I'm strapped for cash and a new lens is at the top
of the list.
I also agree photomatix ONLY works in JPEG and
well I know I'm loosing LOTS of sharpness when I
use DPP to convert from CR2 to JPEG. Does Adobe
LR work in RAW? Can you process HDR in Adobe LR?
Thanks for taking the time to work on this, it's one
thing to be a critic, it's another and more admirable
to actually help a guy and check his actual product
and work with that product to help INVESTIGATE the
root cause.
+100 to wickidwombat !
Peace! 8)
Hey, nice to see the results. You must be happy to havet the first one done. The other guys are better skilled to give advice. I have one comment though. The picture where he holds her from behind, they are in the centre of the frame. Try to change a little bit in the composition and it will pop out more. Google portrait tips, three are tons of great articles on the subject. Ive learned alot from it.blaydese said:Thanks for the tips, both of you.
I bought LR... got a discount at checkout, so not too bad... BUT. :-[ :-\ not impressed.
ACDSee 15 http://www.acdsee.com/en/products/acdsee-15
...has more features IMO, yeah there are a few things (Only an hour of
playing around with LR) that LR can do more than ACDSee, but it's about
the same, I mean, it's manipulating an image, if the image is already crappy
(in my case because I have a F&^%ing kit lens 18-135mm S) then there is ONLY
so much ACDSee and LR are going to fix.
*Le sigh* I think I need to focus more on my actions while taking pictures,
learning my camera more and ... LEARNING HOW TO SHOOT.
Manual mode is just so damn hard, either I overexpose, get noise, no depth,
get blurry shots, etc. etc.
Peace! :-\ 8)
blaydese said:Thanks for the tips, both of you.
I bought LR... got a discount at checkout, so not too bad... BUT. :-[ :-\ not impressed.
ACDSee 15 http://www.acdsee.com/en/products/acdsee-15
...has more features IMO, yeah there are a few things (Only an hour of
playing around with LR) that LR can do more than ACDSee, but it's about
the same, I mean, it's manipulating an image, if the image is already crappy
(in my case because I have a F&^%ing kit lens 18-135mm S) then there is ONLY
so much ACDSee and LR are going to fix.
*Le sigh* I think I need to focus more on my actions while taking pictures,
learning my camera more and ... LEARNING HOW TO SHOOT.
Manual mode is just so damn hard, either I overexpose, get noise, no depth,
get blurry shots, etc. etc.
Peace! :-\ 8)
blaydese said:Thanks for the tips, both of you.
I bought LR... got a discount at checkout, so not too bad... BUT. :-[ :-\ not impressed.
ACDSee 15 http://www.acdsee.com/en/products/acdsee-15
...has more features IMO, yeah there are a few things (Only an hour of
playing around with LR) that LR can do more than ACDSee, but it's about
the same, I mean, it's manipulating an image, if the image is already crappy
(in my case because I have a F&^%ing kit lens 18-135mm S) then there is ONLY
so much ACDSee and LR are going to fix.
*Le sigh* I think I need to focus more on my actions while taking pictures,
learning my camera more and ... LEARNING HOW TO SHOOT.
Manual mode is just so damn hard, either I overexpose, get noise, no depth,
get blurry shots, etc. etc.
Peace! :-\ 8)
blaydese said:I know I'm loosing LOTS of sharpness when I
use DPP to convert from CR2 to JPEG.
danski0224 said:blaydese said:I know I'm loosing LOTS of sharpness when I
use DPP to convert from CR2 to JPEG.
This caught my eye.
Is there truth to this?
wickidwombat said:I really think the issue is using photomatix it's softening the images considerably and gives the skin tones a sickly look