Hi Derek! I've been wondering how come I haven't been seeing you in my feed. Turns out I haven't followed you yet! You've posted a lot since your introductory post, and they're all very beautiful shots!
This one was no exception! My favorite here has to be the sky! How long does it usually take you to post-process or edit your photos?
Hehe, yes, I've been trying to stay as active as possible on here - and I've followed you back now.
Thank you so much! That's an excellent question - and like any excellent question doesn't have a perfect answer: it varies, of course. With some photos there's really nothing that needs to be done, just a few slider adjustments in Lightroom, and others (like startrails, focus stacking, etc) are complex composites that combine many frames, but lately I've been averaging about an hour per photo - one reason I haven't processed more of my Canada images yet! I spend more and more time on my photos as I become a better photographer and editor and I pay more attention to the details.
Awesome! I think post-processing is an entirely different thing to learn as well, aside from photography itself. I've been trying out Lightroom with some old photographs, and I think I still have a lot to discover aside from just changing the brightness, contrast, and vibrance!
Yep, it's definitely a completely different thing! It's fun to go and play with all the sliders and see what happens.
Hey, if you want to practice on RAWs file, we have a contest going on right now: https://steemit.com/photogames/@derekkind/fix-it-friday-by-derekkind-photo-games-week-1-day-5
Thanks for the link, I'll go ahead and try it out maybe next week! :)
We also have a new central @photogames account - you might enjoy playing! :)
Nice, I'll definitely check it out!