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Canon EF 70-200mm f/2.8L USM

05/15/2006 09:17:51 PM · #1

(added editing steps a few posts down!)

Recently bought the Tokina 12-24 after selling some old equipment. I'm just starting to figure it out but it looks to be a really fun and practical lens. Here's a shot from yesterday:

[Bigger size here - //www.deviantart.com/view/33346942/

Lemme know what you think! There's som compression on the image as I uploaded it here at 800pixels.

Lee

Message edited by author 2006-05-15 21:52:57.

hsteg

Fujifilm X-T20

05/15/2006 09:21:41 PM · #2

Nice lens, but those colors are truly excellent.

I Enjoy Ham

Canon EOS-30D

Canon EF 28-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM

05/15/2006 09:38:37 PM · #3

hehe.. how bout the editing steps??

:)

-Dan

05/15/2006 09:40:20 PM · #4

Originally posted by I Enjoy Ham:

hehe.. how bout the editing steps??

:)

-Dan

If there are enough requests.. maybe :)

howzit

05/15/2006 09:41:08 PM · #5

Originally posted by I Enjoy Ham:

hehe.. how bout the editing steps??

:)

-Dan

yeah yeah Lee! Share your editing steps pleeeeze!

Canon EF 28-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM

05/15/2006 09:50:48 PM · #6

Ya'll better comment then!

Here's the original.

Although I had gotten some great shots straight out of the lens, yesterday happened to be a fairly dreary day and I wanted to take the photo into my own hands, afterwards. That's something that I usually do not do but with my new CS2 I decided to give it a whirl.

I used 11 layers in total.

I'll start with the foreground (4 Layers).

I did one layer for Curves, and I added some contrast to the foreground. I then did a Selective Color layer in which I added some yellows and reds to the grass in order to "reflect" what I had in mind for the sky. I then added a layer of dodging and burning where I dodged the highlights of the rocks and some of the grass as well as burned in the shadows. I completed the foreground with a "Cleanup" layer where I made some little adjustments like USM and clone stamp, etc.

Then, the sky (7 Layers).

As with the foreground I started with Curves and added some slight contrast. I then went on to a shadows/highlights layer where I started to bring out more of the shadows then what was showing on the original. Proceeding that I used 3 separate color filters, one yellow, one red, and one Deep red at 75%, 50%, 50% opacity respectively. I applied all three of these layers using a layer masks that I made with a gradient to give it a gradND-feel. That was actually my main goal as I began working on the image. I then had a layer for burning in the bases of the clouds. I finished up with one "cleanup" layer then.

I hope this helped. If you want any more information, let me know

Lee

I Enjoy Ham

Canon EOS-30D

05/15/2006 09:54:17 PM · #7

thanks for the tutorial lee!

good job recovering the image.

-Dan

samchad

Canon EOS-5D Mark III

Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8L USM

05/15/2006 10:01:42 PM · #8

Wow - 11 layers. Don't think I've ever used more than 3 - and that was only after Bear Music explained the landscape tutorial.

howzit

05/15/2006 10:25:18 PM · #9

Excellent work Lee - thanks for the tutorial. left a comment for ya.

I am sure this has been posted before, but check out this Photoshop project - 15,000 layers, 11 months, 2000 hours - one of my PS heros.

Chicago

O love to see the amazing things you folks do with PS. Thanks again Lee.

05/16/2006 06:48:07 AM · #10

No prob and thanks for the comments!

Prof_Fate

05/16/2006 08:13:43 AM · #11

Nice pic, i like the pop it has. I'm not so keen on the urine colored sky though. Just my opinion.

The PS project - nice pic, but why? I suppose after 15,000 layers and multiple files and 2,000 hours you'd be one hell of a PS expert, but who'd want the finished product?

Canon EF 17-40mm f/4.0L USM

05/16/2006 05:52:38 PM · #12

bump

pineapple

Canon EOS-5D

Canon EF 50mm f/1.4 USM

05/16/2006 06:06:19 PM · #13

What I'd love to see on the photo page is the stats: ISO, Tv, Av etc. And location. Surely, this is "England's green and pleasant land"? (I did leave a comment...)

Ecce_Signum

Canon EOS-5D Mark II

05/16/2006 06:24:39 PM · #14

Originally posted by Prof_Fate:

Ah, but that was totally created in photoshop, its not a photograph. Mind you, its some image!