Bird Photography IMAGE EDITING - I Edit YOUR Images Ep. 1 - Jan Wegener
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- Опубліковано 29 кві 2020
- In my first bird photography image editing video, I said I wanted to start a fun new project, where I edit some of your bird images and that's what I'm gonna do today!
Thanks for everyone who sent me their bird photos already. I put them all in a big folder and will pick the most suitable bird photos to edit from time to time.
I want to use these videos to show you some of the techniques that I use to get the absolute most out of my images and show you how you can do the same.
To send me your bird images head to my Instagram and send me a bird photo you'd like me to edit in a DM.
Check out my Masterclass on Image Editing!
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Adobe Photoshop
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Thanks heaps Jan for editing my photo. I definitely learned a lot as I edited it with only one layer and was not able to draw out the details as you did. I love you final result! Cheers!
Timb_ Photography glad you do, I think it was a great way to show how much you can get out of a raw file
This is why I use DXOPhotolab2, I can make adjustments to different areas of the bird using U-point control points, reduce the blown highlights on the branch separately using the same U-point control points, I can do this to the entire image anywhere I think adjustments need to be made, it fixes all those issues swiftly, Clearview plus would also have done a fantastic job of bringing back the lost highlights with a slider adjustment from 0-100, reason I left Lightroom and Photoshop, and then I do my final touches in Affinity Photo.
Sorry but Lightroom is tedious and takes too long, I rather be out shooting than wasting time in PP.
Great work mate, you really made the image shine, I look forward to the next one. 👍
thanks mate!
Sweet Jan, Really enjoy continuously learning how you edit photos!
Great to hear. Always happy to help
Love this! Really fun to see the difference and your techniques in action.
Glad you enjoyed it!
So learnful Jan! Thank you very much!
Jan Vanmaele thanks Jan!
totally amazing
Jan Gregory thanks 😊
Great video mate. Very helpful and appreciate you sharing your knowledge with us.
glad you enjoyed it!
Amazing! This is the kind of video, I was looking for!
Glad you liked it!!
It's awesome that you were able to bring out all those details... thank you so much for doing this Jan... (Y)
thank you! :) Glad you liked it
Great advice and tips. Also the video was well presented and very watchable - thanks.
love to hear that! Thanks
Well, I'm in! Learnt so much from these edits, so looking forward to the Masterclass. Well done.
Awesome, thank you! :)
Great! Thanks! You're the best
thankssss :)
I have purchased your Editing Masterclass and have learnt so much from it. I am only part way through, and am finding it an enjoyable, but challenging experience. I still have a lot to learn. Thanks Jan for sharing your knowledge of editing.
Thanks Pauline. Once you wrap your head around the new concepts, it will become easy. Photoshop at the start is very confusing. That's why I created the masterclass, to be able to show you as much detail as I can.
Fantastic Jan
thank you!
Great!
thank you!
Thank you Jan, I learned a lot. Inspired to go and work on layers.
fantastic! :)
Awesome Jan! This was a really good tutorial!
Ashwin Satish Deshpande thank you 😊😊
Thanks Jan these really are like pulling back the curtain and seeing how the wizard creates the magic. For some reason a lot of wildlife photographers don't mention or discuss their photo editing and some tend to perpetuate the myth of the straight out of camera untouched wildlife photograph. I have been struggling for quite a long time with Lightroom to get edges that are seamless between branches and backgrounds or birds and backgrounds, but I can see with this video that photoshop just offers so much more control and precision for this. Great content, keep it coming =)
Thanks !very true words! Editing is just standard and nothing to be ashamed of. I like to push it a bit further when it comes to colours, but that's up to ervyone's taste. Yes, that's why I use Photoshop. You have ultimate control and precision and nothing I do is permanent, I could open the file right now and change everything I've done.
Great job Jan, many thanks for the tips. Learnt loads that I will take into my own photo editing. Keep the videos coming. All the best, Bob
Awesome, thank you! Much appreciated
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amazing video. great initiative.. cheers mate :)
thank you!
Like your content!❤
Thank you! 😁
This video very useful, now I know how to edit my bird photography properl. Thank you. Stay safe. Greetings from Singapore
That's great to hear! Thank you. It's nice to be able to help :)
@@jan_wegener You're welcome
Jan incredibly helpful. I'm a relatively new bird photographer (working with the Nikon D500 and 200-500 lens) so far only editing in lightroom and yeah still getting that issue with too dark backgrounds as as try to lighten them up blowing out the front feathers of the bird and losing feather detail. Think I will have to check out your seminar master class video. By the way I run online courses at university and I'm really impressed with your material. Short sharp and to the point instructional vids with learning outcomes clear. Well done!
Hi John, thanks for your great feedback. Very much appreciated!
very nice
Thanks
Thanks 🙏
Mu Li thanks 😊
Whew, that was a fair bit of work Jan, but the results were great. Good stuff. But a great reminder to try and get it "right in camera" as much as possible.
Bill Bentley that should always be the same. The more you get it wrong the harder you make it for yourself
Hello Jan, I loved this episode. It was a great guidance for us the starters. Photoshop is completely new for me , was only able to understand little. Hope I can get along well in the future. Thanks ... :-)
Yes, there's a lot to learn when it comes to editing. Glad you enjoyed this video
@@jan_wegener thanks for replying Jan😊😀
Really love this way of editing you do! Do you think you will have some basic script for the steps in your MasterClass? It is kind of to fast for me ;) I can do it myself, but if you plan to do it I would buy it from you!
thanks! In my Masterclass you will see exactly how I do this step by step, with explanations and everything you need to know along the way
Hi great vid again I do enjoy them. I'm trying out DXO photo lab 3 software for a month. To see how I get on with that. Rather than the canon DPP.
thanks! Is it any good?
@@jan_wegener it's day 3 I can see it's a lot better than the DPP a lot more features. It's all about learning how to use it.
Hi Jan, that’s a fascinating exercise. Really appreciate you posting it. The simple idea of processing the raw file twice to for highlights and the base image is really clever. I haven’t thought of that before and it is so simple yet powerful to preserve the best of what the raw file has to offer.
You mentioned also saving a feathered version of the selection. What is the purpose of that and how did you use it?
Thanks again,
Craig
Hi,
I use it so I can make changes to the bird or background individually and it doesn't show up, because I have a small feathered area that gives me a smooth transition. If you use a hard edge, all changes are immediately visible.
hi jan. nice video about editing tips. I have question regarding using flash for photographing birds. how to use it without causing any discomfort to birds? thanks for the awesome videos.
Most birds simply don't react to it and I use it at very low power settings during the day.
I made a video about it.
ua-cam.com/video/Gb7e2cfgrPg/v-deo.html
great vid as always! I would like to see you CC some of our images.
Thanks! As in critique images?
@@jan_wegener absolutely, as fans I think we would all love to have your opinion on our best photos. maybe some quick advice,and a grade?
Nicely done . I really should use photoshop more. I tend to try to do too much in the raw converter itself.
Yes, I prefer doing more in PS and less in the conversion, because it's easier to change later on as well
With LR's much-improved masking support, would you still follow this recipe (multiple files combined into layers in PS), or would you now select your subject using an LR mask, apply locally masked changes to recover blown highlights, etc, and similarly for the background? Thanks!
I still like the multiple files/layers approach.
I think the result will be more refined.
That's a really big crop! Do you have any restrictions on how much you're willing to crop in? I'd imagine this wouldn't really be usable outside of social media.
Geoffrey Brooks that was probably more than I would normally crop, too. I just stuck with the original crop for comparison. In saying this, with modern technology it shouldn’t be a problem to print this at least 40x60cm and get a decent result. It would also easily be enough to be printed in many magazines, too. When digital started out, cameras only had 4-8mpix and images were printed large etc without problems.
Generally the less you crop the better, though. To crop this much personally, it would have to be a special bird or image.
Whaoo! Overwelming for me... Great show but many of your tips are difficult to implement because I don't know how to use the tools well enough. Could you please suggest a good basic course to better master Photoshop. I understood the principles of layers but I usualy turn mad with the tool which are just not logical compared to Lightroom (I use it every day). Many thanks.
Hi Eric,
I have made my Masterclass I mentioned in the video for this specific purpose. In there I go through every tool in great detail, so it's easy to understand and saves you years of learning. I'd recommend to have a look here:
aviscapes.com/masterclass-editing/
I will also do more editing videos in the future, but the Masterclass is the ultimate resource imo.
I hope that helps.
@@jan_wegener Thanks for your prompt reply. If your tuto says what to do AND how to do it, it will be helpful. Thanks/
This is why I use DXOPhotolab2, I can make adjustments to different areas of the bird using U-point control points, reduce the blown highlights on the branch separately using the same U-point control points, I can do this to the entire image anywhere I think adjustments need to be made, it fixes all those issues swiftly, Clearview plus would also have done a fantastic job of bringing back the lost highlights with a slider adjustment from 0-100, reason I left Lightroom and Photoshop, and then I do my final touches in Affinity Photo.
Sorry but Lightroom is tedious and takes too long, I rather be out shooting than wasting time in PP.
Hey,
control points are great, but are never as accurate as a mask. You always get spill into areas you don't want to affect. That's why there's so many different softwares out there, so we all can use what works best for us. I use Photoshop, because it gives me ultimate control and I can save my files in layers, which is super important for me.
@@jan_wegener I save my files in layers also using Affinity photo.
I am new to photograph. Do people really edit every photo before they upload them.?
Yes
Hi. Why did you copy the file in the folder and then brought them together, instead of making a copy layer of the background layer?
Mainly to show that I used two different exposures. And to open both separately in camera raw
@@jan_wegener Ah I see. I edit my photos in Lightroom and open them as smart objects in Photoshop and then I make layers of the same file if needed.
Do you find it easier to open them in Camera Raw?
I love that Lightroom lets you organise files very neatly.
Sir, could i use your masterclass with Affinity Photo, or other non-adobe programs?
My workflow evolves heavily around Photoshop. I am not sure how much that would translate to Affinity Photo
Respekt, wie oder wo hast du denn das gelernt, so krass bearbeiten zu können? Viele Grüße
Das kam einfach mit der Zeit und viele Jahre Uebung
What is a feathered selection?
When you smoothen the edges of your selection so what you do is stretched out over a few pixels, so it's not as obvious
Hi Jan, that was G8 and I learned a lot, how can I send you big raw files?
Best regards from Srilanka, Dilan
send me a preview pictures first, ideally on Instagram and when I am ready to edit, you can send me the raw file with wetransfer for instance
@@jan_wegener Thank you, i will do as said. how does ur name goes on instergram
Just send 2 pic. On ur Instagram , tks for sharing your knowledge with us. - Dilan
Too much of information for me to process. Will reach there soon...! 😅
Naga Hari Krishna Rachakonda it can look a little bit overwhelming at the start, but it becomes easy over time. That’s why I want to show it and teach people 😊
Hallo Jan, würde mir ja gerne deine Masterclass - Editing Your Bird Images To Perfection bestellen. Befürchte nur das ich dir da auf Englisch nicht ganz folgen kann. Gibt es da auch etwas auf Deutsch was ich alternativ bestellen könnte ?? Gruß aus Goslar ;-) Horst
Horst Engler Im Moment leider nicht. Mal überlegen ob man das was machen könnte, aber ist eher schwierig. Schöne Grüße! Wieviel könntest du den von diesem Video verstehen? In der Masterclass mach ich alles viel langsamer
Hallo Jan, verstehe da schon recht viel. Wenn das in den Masterclass langsamer geht kann ich da sicher gut folgen. Ich werde es einfach probieren. Ich bin sicher das ich da bei der Bearbeitung noch vieles optimieren kann. Viele Grüße
Horst Engler super und ich bin ja auch immer für Fragen da 👍
Well old man you lost me at the Base File (3:53). No way can I follow you. Oh by the way did you say what program you are using? Was that stated in the Intro before this video? I didn't look at it. Maybe go back. Regardless, this program seems to me to assume that the viewer is already quite familiar with this program and so the term "base file" is not even explained!
Hey,
I am using Fast Stone Image Viewer, Camera RAW and Adobe Photoshop. There are links in the description. You are right that this video required some basic knowledge. I have my Masterclass where I take everyone step by step through my editing process and programs I use and how I set them up.
aviscapes.com/masterclass-editing/
Thanks. Just like asking 10 woodworkers to make a saw horse. You can learn new techniques or be more efficient.
Hmmm, less than 4 minutes in and I'm out. Click here, click there, click click click, this is surely aimed at beginners, but you're assuming far too much of your audience's knowledge of LR. If you're a graphic designer then this is a walk in the park, if you're not................
Another video I clicked on with high anticipation that this would be the one, only to find it's just as confusing as the rest.
Sorry.
Hey, I totally get what you are saying. This video wasn't aimed to be a super in-depth editing class, that would make the video way too long, probably over an hour. And that's not fun to watch for most. That's why I created my Masterclass, where I explain every single step in great detail. That's what I would call "the one" when it comes to bird photo editing.
@@jan_wegener Ah! I get it. Thanks to Cereal for saying so well what I tried to say above. Master Class is presumed. OK got it.
Slow down!
yes, I will change the format of these a bit going forward :D Check out my Masterclass, for super in-depth and slow :)