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AndyB
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Ideally - none. Realistically as little as necessary. Don't use it just because you have it.
But it depends on the kind of photography you are doing - each is going to need a different amount of work so perhaps you could be more specific about the style you have in mind.
But it depends on the kind of photography you are doing - each is going to need a different amount of work so perhaps you could be more specific about the style you have in mind.
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Depends what I'm shooting - if it's my usual portraits against a black background normally a bit of PP to make the blackground pure black as it's only a small room so I have some problems with light spill, then it's a matter of retouching the models skin/eyes etc... followed by sharpening. If it's a landscape I try to spend less time in front of the PC and more time in camera although minor tweaks are always necessary!
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As little as possible on my normal shots, normally a touch of contrast, maybe a boost of vibrancy, and a small sharpen. If it's an Astro stacked image, a whole heap load using curves and some custom Astro processing tools, for removing light pollution, colour gradients etc.
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For me it all depends on what I'm shooting. I use Photoshop all the time to output my images off the CF card and at the very least, apply sharpening, a bit of contrast etc - just minor, 'essential' tweaks that most people do.
As for actual processing then that's down to what look I'm after. I like high contrast, gritty images so I do tend to use some action sets I've made in PS to process shots to a certain style. Most of my landscape stuff is tweaked levels/contrast wise but i also do a lot of layer masking using different exposures to bring certain parts of the image out. A very subtle retouch but essential in my book.
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After:
Excuse the fact they look like they're out of focus - have had to save them on JPEG setting 9 to get them below the daft 200kb limit on TP. Anyway, the original is flat a hell. The finished pic is several layers, the background layer sharpened and saturated with the curves upped to bring out the black and then copied, the copied layer set to Luminosity to increase the highlight and then colour adjusted to make the roof look more like it's lit with flourescent lights.
Original exposure was something like 1/30th at f/4 with a single camera-mounted 550EX. That setting was used to freeze the shot on the whole, but still allow a bit of movement of the boarder.
I like it - in fact, it's one of my favourite shots
As for actual processing then that's down to what look I'm after. I like high contrast, gritty images so I do tend to use some action sets I've made in PS to process shots to a certain style. Most of my landscape stuff is tweaked levels/contrast wise but i also do a lot of layer masking using different exposures to bring certain parts of the image out. A very subtle retouch but essential in my book.
Before:
After:
Excuse the fact they look like they're out of focus - have had to save them on JPEG setting 9 to get them below the daft 200kb limit on TP. Anyway, the original is flat a hell. The finished pic is several layers, the background layer sharpened and saturated with the curves upped to bring out the black and then copied, the copied layer set to Luminosity to increase the highlight and then colour adjusted to make the roof look more like it's lit with flourescent lights.
Original exposure was something like 1/30th at f/4 with a single camera-mounted 550EX. That setting was used to freeze the shot on the whole, but still allow a bit of movement of the boarder.
I like it - in fact, it's one of my favourite shots
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I quite enjoy using photoshop and seeing the different versions I can make from the same image
Here's one that I did recently, this is just cropped and resized for the forum:
And this is the photoshopped version, I like it better. I can't remember all I did for this one, but levels, contrast, vibrancy, sharpening, saturation were all in there, definitely! I've just started using photoshop so there's a huge element of experimenting involved
Here's one that I did recently, this is just cropped and resized for the forum:
And this is the photoshopped version, I like it better. I can't remember all I did for this one, but levels, contrast, vibrancy, sharpening, saturation were all in there, definitely! I've just started using photoshop so there's a huge element of experimenting involved
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Thank guys for your replies.
What I meant sometime if I went and took a landscape picture in the day time I tend to do a bit of edit to get the image nice.
I am just wondering what your guys do, be nice to see a before and after image of a landscape with normal tweaks
Cheers
What I meant sometime if I went and took a landscape picture in the day time I tend to do a bit of edit to get the image nice.
I am just wondering what your guys do, be nice to see a before and after image of a landscape with normal tweaks
Cheers
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There is no normal really for me. One job may be pretty much as in camera, another may take hours of PP, removing things, burning/dodging, replacing skys etc etc. It's all down to what you can get.
A wedding for example, will have a minimum first edit, thats just for viewing, then a second edit for album (the chosen images) this is a lot more in depth, cloning marks on floor etc, taking things out of the background. A lot depends on who does the shoot and the venue, plus the effects ones, the sepia or spot colour (people do still like them) sometimes we'll get asked to take somone out of the group shots, just about anything really. Wayne
A wedding for example, will have a minimum first edit, thats just for viewing, then a second edit for album (the chosen images) this is a lot more in depth, cloning marks on floor etc, taking things out of the background. A lot depends on who does the shoot and the venue, plus the effects ones, the sepia or spot colour (people do still like them) sometimes we'll get asked to take somone out of the group shots, just about anything really. Wayne