I appreciate you take the time to explain your thought process on processing your image. With all your experience so much of that has likely become automatic and to slow it down and to deconstruct it must be a real challenge. "Stop and think about it" great advice.
Hello Steve, great video again even if different from others. I like the one with white balance making the photo with a bit of blue. Feel like it's done during the night , even if done early in the morning. Making this photo looking like if taken at night doesn't seem weird as owls are also sometines night species... Thanks again and looking foward to seeing more videos!
Hi Steve- all stunning images. I personally like the first one that shows ice and frost. Would have been a long cold night waiting on that perch for the sun to rise. Love your work. Scott
Hi Steve,another great video,while I think the b/w version is great I like the blue version it gives off a feel that the photo was taken at midnight giving the mood of a cold late evening .I think it’s a good idea to look outside the box with your photos making them look how you want them too not worrying too much what others may think cheers on a good video John
I like the blueish one that looks like a moon shot that's my favorite one. This one seems more believable. Regardless your prospective is expectable no matter. Your vlogs are inspirational and fun. Thank You. I look forward to what ever you post.
IMO all three versions could be wall hangers, but I like the b&w version best as it gives a "nighttime" feel. I'm wondering how the b&w version would look with a slight selenium tone applied? Good video, thanks.
Warm although I like the fact images can provide different responses by changing color. Its also satisfying, that your image, can illicit??? a strong response.
I nod towards the first edit especially if I were to go for a print.I think the illumination on the branches which seems to add more depth is more prominent than in the B&W or it appears that way on my laptop. I think another factor is the brown tones which other than sepia you don't see a lot of in photography.
Love the image Steve just had a similar problem with a snow leopard cub the overall image was rubbish apart from the head so i had to mask out the head turn it into b&w turn the white balance up and whites and use white vigerneting just to get rid of the rest of the picture transforming what was a rubbish image into something more provoking 👍📸
Steve, great shot, no matter the color. I was there in December. Yes, it was cold. Had several frozen fog mornings. Beautiful! I prefer the original warm version. I like the contradiction. The warmth of the rising sun will warm that poor little owl.
Great video, I loved hearing your thoughts on each version of the picture. I like #2, the straight up bw, I think it allows someone more room to let their impression of the picture to roam, while #1 and 3 leads them more in one direction or the other.
Agree, the b&w see it as more of a viewers choice, would expect more slanted to night/moon.. the cool definitely gives the night time/colder feeling.. Long exposures can at night can do the reverse. Example from a shot in Hawaii of a full moon setting out from the beach (with just over a 4min exposure) gives the water blur/softness and the clouds are blur/streaked, but is lit up where you could think it was daylight :)
The blue looks even more like a night time shot to me than the B&W for some reason. All good interpretations, but I prefer the original. The original version tells the true story (probably) of a very cold owl allowing itself to be warmed up to get ready to hunt. In any case, this video is a nice reminder that most pros take editing very seriously as opposed to the seemingly ever increasing number of people that post terrible images online and then proudly proclaim "unedited" in the description.
Great video Steve. I do the same thing when editing my photos. It is funny but I tend to edit photos to the blue side when I am felling down and to the yellow side when I am feeling good. Funny how that works. I will be in the Tetons for two weeks in May photographing. Hope to see you in the field. Keep up the great work.
Really cool - pun intended - treatment. Did you try playing with color grading (say deep blue background, gold highlights) or photoshop filters? I’ve been playing with these, mostly for landscapes, with good results. I did some color grading on the bull that you and I shot in the heavy fog in September, mostly to evoke the “glow” of the coming sunrise in the fog, while keeping the foreground cool - together with a radial gradient to lighten the direction the sun was rising. Much less contrast in those ones but still an obvious candidate for B&W with warm/cool toning. Love those images.
Hey, Steve! Great image and great explanation of your thought process with it. I often take the same approach with shots I love but I'm not sure where I want to end up. For me, this is all art and the creative process. I know there are purists that say things should look like they do in real life, but I say, they're missing out on their full potential. It's your image and you captured it and you should totally make it something that makes you feel good. It's your art and your craft, have fun! Thank you for this vid, dude!
Always love your videos and images Steve, I’m split between 2 I love the 1st image as you can just image the suns warmth in your face and you are out there in the cold and it in turn is warming up the owl before it goes for a hunt. Then again I like the B&W as it looks like a star night sky, kinda like a bedtime story and the owl is watching over you haha either way love your work x
Strangely for me, as I love B/W, I prefer the first image with all the gold rim lighting. It still has a cold day feel, but with the promise (or hope) of warmth to come. I would probably liked a vertical crop, keeping most of the left side branch. I fully agree with the idea that as the artist it is totally your vision and the final image is whatever you want it to be.
Steve, great video. I agree I like the b/w image, but reality the image can't be an image of the moon. The moon doesn't emit light so there would be no flare around the moon. So back to your point on B/W photos, it great.
It can't be stars either because they would all either be in focus or out of focus, not some sharp and some blurry. But at first glance? Could be. Maybe. 😂
When you first posted the black and White I thought I did not like it. Probably because I am tired of winter. After you explained how cold it was, I liked the B & W better because of your story. My emotions changed because of your explanation. Those emotions sure can be pesky!
Great photo. I prefer the original and I think the contradiction you talk about make it a even better photo. To me it’s more interesting. All three work extremely well though.
Interesting video!! I tend to favor warmer, golden hour tones. Image number 1 has it has a near sunrise / sunset warmth to me. The cool blue version has a night time feel to me. As you said, the B&W felt like it's about the silhouette with the time of day being left open to the viewers imagination initially. The longer I look at it the more I feel like it was taken at night.
Sorry Steve but I rather like the first image, with the Sun on the side, than the one straight at it and the reason is that the ragged edges particularly of the vertical branch beside the Owl and its tail which looks like a bad composite image... Loosing the Sun's "halo" took the "magic" out for me, if the plant branches were solid...
This is by noway a put down of the image but I like for viewers of my photos to know what they are seeing. For example that could very well be a piece of foam rubber with a couple of popsicle sticks shoved into it. A viewer has no context of what they are seeing. Again that's just my style.
Each has its own merit, but the first marries the warm and the cool in a pleasing fashion, and it evokes hope on different levels.
Thanks for the feedback 👍
Love the blue edit. Great video, Steve. Hope your Africa trip was great.
Thanks!
tfs really love the 3 different images from 1 photo . . beautiful 👍❤️🙋♀️
Thanks!
I definitely love that last cooler edit. That's a money shot.
Thanks Jamin👍
Hey Steve, great tutorial on the art of photography! Love the blue!
Thanks so much Jim👍
I appreciate you take the time to explain your thought process on processing your image. With all your experience so much of that has likely become automatic and to slow it down and to deconstruct it must be a real challenge. "Stop and think about it" great advice.
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Great job steve
I like the warmer image, not sure why I’m just drawn more to the colors of a sunrise.
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B&W is my favourite.
Cool video Steve, the middle image is my favorite also 👍
Glad you enjoyed it
Thanks again Steve, brilliant. Love the coolest White Balance image best. Keep doin what you do👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
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Absolutely love love the B&W!
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Hello Steve, great video again even if different from others. I like the one with white balance making the photo with a bit of blue. Feel like it's done during the night , even if done early in the morning. Making this photo looking like if taken at night doesn't seem weird as owls are also sometines night species...
Thanks again and looking foward to seeing more videos!
Thanks for the feedback 👍
Hi Steve- all stunning images. I personally like the first one that shows ice and frost. Would have been a long cold night waiting on that perch for the sun to rise. Love your work.
Scott
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Hi Steve,another great video,while I think the b/w version is great I like the blue version it gives off a feel that the photo was taken at midnight giving the mood of a cold late evening .I think it’s a good idea to look outside the box with your photos making them look how you want them too not worrying too much what others may think cheers on a good video John
Glad you enjoyed it 👍
I like the blueish one that looks like a moon shot that's my favorite one. This one seems more believable. Regardless your prospective is expectable no matter. Your vlogs are inspirational and fun. Thank You. I look forward to what ever you post.
I appreciate it!
IMO all three versions could be wall hangers, but I like the b&w version best as it gives a "nighttime" feel. I'm wondering how the b&w version would look with a slight selenium tone applied?
Good video, thanks.
Fun video! I liked that it was 3 different images from one photo. I liked the cool or black and white.
Thanks buddy!
@@SteveMattheis you’re welcome! ☺️ thank you for sharing!!
Warm although I like the fact images can provide different responses by changing color. Its also satisfying, that your image, can illicit??? a strong response.
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Love the blue! Looks chilly with a moon background?! Very cool photo!
Thank you! Cheers!
I really love all 3 versions, however, the blue version is my favorite. I’d really love to take some courses on editing! Amazing work as usual!!!
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I nod towards the first edit especially if I were to go for a print.I think the illumination on the branches which seems to add more depth is more prominent than in the B&W or it appears that way on my laptop. I think another factor is the brown tones which other than sepia you don't see a lot of in photography.
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I really like both, but if I had to choose, it would be the color version. Great photo!
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Love the image Steve just had a similar problem with a snow leopard cub the overall image was rubbish apart from the head so i had to mask out the head turn it into b&w turn the white balance up and whites and use white vigerneting just to get rid of the rest of the picture transforming what was a rubbish image into something more provoking 👍📸
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Blue is my favorite. I'm usually a fan of warmer photos. Least fave here is th BW. They are all nice edits though.
Steve, great shot, no matter the color. I was there in December. Yes, it was cold. Had several frozen fog mornings. Beautiful! I prefer the original warm version. I like the contradiction. The warmth of the rising sun will warm that poor little owl.
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Very cool. I hope you are going to do some Africa stuff too!
I will👍
The B+W version was my favorite until you introduced the blue version. The blue one has a cyanotype feel that I love.
Great video, I loved hearing your thoughts on each version of the picture. I like #2, the straight up bw, I think it allows someone more room to let their impression of the picture to roam, while #1 and 3 leads them more in one direction or the other.
Thanks for the feedback 👍
Agree, the b&w see it as more of a viewers choice, would expect more slanted to night/moon.. the cool definitely gives the night time/colder feeling.. Long exposures can at night can do the reverse. Example from a shot in Hawaii of a full moon setting out from the beach (with just over a 4min exposure) gives the water blur/softness and the clouds are blur/streaked, but is lit up where you could think it was daylight :)
Thanks for the feedback 👍
The blue looks even more like a night time shot to me than the B&W for some reason. All good interpretations, but I prefer the original. The original version tells the true story (probably) of a very cold owl allowing itself to be warmed up to get ready to hunt. In any case, this video is a nice reminder that most pros take editing very seriously as opposed to the seemingly ever increasing number of people that post terrible images online and then proudly proclaim "unedited" in the description.
Thanks for the feedback 👍
Great video Steve. I do the same thing when editing my photos. It is funny but I tend to edit photos to the blue side when I am felling down and to the yellow side when I am feeling good. Funny how that works. I will be in the Tetons for two weeks in May photographing. Hope to see you in the field. Keep up the great work.
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Really cool - pun intended - treatment. Did you try playing with color grading (say deep blue background, gold highlights) or photoshop filters? I’ve been playing with these, mostly for landscapes, with good results. I did some color grading on the bull that you and I shot in the heavy fog in September, mostly to evoke the “glow” of the coming sunrise in the fog, while keeping the foreground cool - together with a radial gradient to lighten the direction the sun was rising.
Much less contrast in those ones but still an obvious candidate for B&W with warm/cool toning.
Love those images.
I didn’t try that but would love to see the bull photo you mention. Email me?
Hey, Steve! Great image and great explanation of your thought process with it. I often take the same approach with shots I love but I'm not sure where I want to end up. For me, this is all art and the creative process. I know there are purists that say things should look like they do in real life, but I say, they're missing out on their full potential. It's your image and you captured it and you should totally make it something that makes you feel good. It's your art and your craft, have fun! Thank you for this vid, dude!
Yep, thanks for the feedback 👍
Steve, am a rookie photographer. Am looking at getting a proper laptop for editing. Any recommendations?
Always love your videos and images Steve, I’m split between 2 I love the 1st image as you can just image the suns warmth in your face and you are out there in the cold and it in turn is warming up the owl before it goes for a hunt. Then again I like the B&W as it looks like a star night sky, kinda like a bedtime story and the owl is watching over you haha either way love your work x
I appreciate the feedback 👍
I'm still afraid of pointing a mirrlorless camera with a long lens into the sun...
Ha!
Strangely for me, as I love B/W, I prefer the first image with all the gold rim lighting. It still has a cold day feel, but with the promise (or hope) of warmth to come. I would probably liked a vertical crop, keeping most of the left side branch. I fully agree with the idea that as the artist it is totally your vision and the final image is whatever you want it to be.
Thanks for the feedback 👍
Steve, great video. I agree I like the b/w image, but reality the image can't be an image of the moon. The moon doesn't emit light so there would be no flare around the moon. So back to your point on B/W photos, it great.
It can't be stars either because they would all either be in focus or out of focus, not some sharp and some blurry. But at first glance? Could be. Maybe. 😂
And as a friendly challenge to your comment... how does a lens know the difference between emitted light and reflected light?
When you first posted the black and White I thought I did not like it. Probably because I am tired of winter. After you explained how cold it was, I liked the B & W better because of your story. My emotions changed because of your explanation. Those emotions sure can be pesky!
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Great photo. I prefer the original and I think the contradiction you talk about make it a even better photo. To me it’s more interesting. All three work extremely well though.
Thanks for the feedback 👍
Interesting video!! I tend to favor warmer, golden hour tones. Image number 1 has it has a near sunrise / sunset warmth to me. The cool blue version has a night time feel to me. As you said, the B&W felt like it's about the silhouette with the time of day being left open to the viewers imagination initially. The longer I look at it the more I feel like it was taken at night.
Thanks for the feedback 👍
Sorry Steve but I rather like the first image, with the Sun on the side, than the one straight at it and the reason is that the ragged edges particularly of the vertical branch beside the Owl and its tail which looks like a bad composite image... Loosing the Sun's "halo" took the "magic" out for me, if the plant branches were solid...
No need to be sorry...
This is by noway a put down of the image but I like for viewers of my photos to know what they are seeing. For example that could very well be a piece of foam rubber with a couple of popsicle sticks shoved into it. A viewer has no context of what they are seeing. Again that's just my style.
Fair enough