Thank you very much indeed, glad yo enjoyed it!
Thank you very much Reza, much appreciated!
beautiful. just curious, how much post time does a shot like that take?
Thank you very much indeed jc, glad you liked it!
Post-processing - as many, I prefer to spend my time out in the field shooting, and therefore to keep my post-processing to the minimum necessary. During the years, I developed (and teach) a very time-effective workflow to bring all my images from starting point to, say, 80% of their potential (good enough for FB, quick social posting, and so on). Finishing them up takes an additional time which differs from one image to the next.
To do so, I use physical glass filters in the field, rather than multiple exposures and the like, which immediately cuts post-processing time a great deal. Because I need perfectly clean files ready to print, keeping sensor, lenses and filters clean also saves me a lot of time, since cleaning files is probably the most time consuming (and tedious) part of my post-processing work. Coming to the post-processing work proper, I do most of my work in Camera Raw, mostly with brushes, and keep Photoshop for my finishing touches only. I don't keep tabs for each image, and I process my images in batches and by phases (such as, first pass of post on all images / second pass on all images / and so on, rather than doing one from start to finish and then move to the next), so I can't really be sure; however, generally I spend an average of 20-30 minutes per photo, I think, with some more time-consuming than others.
Since post-processing can be very intimidating for many photographers, during my Workshops I always do an exercise where me and all participants have to choose an image and work on it for 10 minutes only - we then compare results, and I explain how I got to where I got. This seems to be very useful, so I might suggest you to do the same on your own, and try and speed things up as you progress - of course, to do so the first thing you need to have clear in mind is what you want your photograph to look like, and that is not always evident or easy to decide upfront, causing people to loose a lot of time in trial and error.
Hope this helps!
Best regards,
Vieri
