35mm's Snapshots

  • Thread starter 35mm
  • 1,929 comments
  • 129,528 views
@Cale Just part of a normal mountain road (very steep and windy), on our way to Serra da Estrela.

It just took us double the normal time to get up there because I decided to hum... stop the car a lot. :D
 
Can you teach me Lightroom? :lol:

The mood present in your landscape and scenery photos is pure pleasure. Post #968 is just phenomenal. Really makes me want to invest in some proper glass, but sadly Belgium is a country less interesting in terms of landscapes and scenery.

Both yours and Azuremen's work is just something I can only envy. Keep them coming! :cheers:
 
@Bram Turismo Thank you very much, first of all. ;) 👍

It's interesting that you bring up post-processing, because I quite enjoyed (and envied, too) your shots on the Stelvio Pass. And one of the things that caught my eye was the mood that you put into those shots - especially the bw's, which I thought were a big step-up from your previous posts.

All of this is to say that this - meaning photography and post-processing - is all a very slow and evolutive process, based mainly on experience, but also based on watching the others. I'm sure that, slowly, you'll get where you want.

Having said this, let me know if you have any question in particular about Lr and I'll do my best to help you.

Just to finish, I agree that you should invest in some glass, but that doesn't mean you have to spend a lot of money - that shot in particular that you mention was taken with a lens from 1979, which cost me 160€. 👍
 
Having said this, let me know if you have any question in particular about Lr and I'll do my best to help you.

Well, how do you decide what kind of colours and tones you are after? For example post #968, which I can't stop drooling over, did you have an original goal as to how you wanted it to look when importing into Lr? Or does a quality lens add a lot to the overall tones from the get-go?

It's difficult phrasing it correctly enough, but when I import my images into Lr they just look really flat and unsharp. I guess it's to be expected since it's only a kit lens, but when processing an image I'm not sure where I want to go with it. That's why I usually do B&W photos, I feel I can sort of dodge the difficulty that is colouring and tones/levels. I guess most of this is by experience as you mentioned.
 
Where are you from 35mm? You have amazing landscapes.
Good ol' Portugal. ;)
Man, you had me confused for a while. I thought this '35mm' person was new to the site. Good snaps.
Apparently a bad move on my end but yep, that's me. :D
Well, how do you decide what kind of colours and tones you are after? For example post #968, which I can't stop drooling over, did you have an original goal as to how you wanted it to look when importing into Lr? Or does a quality lens add a lot to the overall tones from the get-go?

It's difficult phrasing it correctly enough, but when I import my images into Lr they just look really flat and unsharp. I guess it's to be expected since it's only a kit lens, but when processing an image I'm not sure where I want to go with it. That's why I usually do B&W photos, I feel I can sort of dodge the difficulty that is colouring and tones/levels. I guess most of this is by experience as you mentioned.
I'll start from the back. When you open your RAWs in Lr it's normal that they look like that. It's the nature of the RAW file: it's what the sensor captures before anything (or at least little) is applied to the image. It happens to everyone, whatever the camera or lens.

About deciding where to go with an image, I normally have a vague idea of what I want - or at least what I can do with it. But there's almost always a bit of trial and error envolved. I have a bunch of presets from which to choose (that I already used/tweaked before, normally based on VSCO presets) and will further adjust the one that I chose for that particular image.

Anyway, don't hesitate messing around in Lr. Particularly with the curves (both the general curve and each RGB channel individually), but also with split toning and camera calibration. Also, try looking for packs of presets already available on the web. Try them, see what you like and try to learn how they were done.

And one more thing: you mention that you very much like that particular post, but all the color landscapes starting with post #956 all have the same post-processing done to them - except for a few extra adjustments on exposure, shadows and highlights. The rest was literally "copy/paste". The same is true for the bw landscapes.
 
Back