Nope. Not cheating. Having shot on film most of my life, using Lightroom and/or Photoshop to make your photos look more like PHOTOS rather than a desktop background that is crunchy, to use your words. Funny thing is I do about 90% of this with Photoshop... thanks for the ideas for some more of it.
Enlightening video. Many of us probably use these to some extent without giving much thought to the depth you’re digging into here. Well done for the shuttle enhancements that make big differences to an image. Thank you!!! I’ll see you in a couple of weeks in Forks!
I'm 50/50 with this. The techniques are brilliant so thanks for the tutorial. However I actually like the original more than the edited image. It's so subjective though as one isn't better or worse than the other, it's just personal preference?
Excellent video Mark! I’ll use some of these tips for some photos this year, when you made the minor adjustments on the tone curve, I immediately could see how much more pleasing your photo looked.
Mark please explain, the video background..how you made the dark and pink and the water stand out with all the dark tone ? Basically your tutorial on the video page background itself, page it's beautiful
Cool video. I use most of these techniques myself. Except, I prefer to go to Photoshop to add an Orton Layer to get that impressionistic effect. Sometimes I mask out some of the Orton Layer in foreground areas, and that adds a sense of depth.
I could really use your help! This seems like a good candidate to use a short exposure to keep the leaves sharp and then a longer exposure to get the desired effect for the water. Then in post-processing, you use a technique that saves the short exposure and then 'paint' in the slow shutter speed for the water. I can't remember the way you can get this done. Please help!
I'm going to disagree with you on what Clarity Texture does. Technically you're right about what Texture does, it looks at the small details, but what it actually does is look at areas of the photo with the highest frequency (or change from one color to the next) while ignoring the lowest frequency (things that tend to be one color) from one pixel to the next. It's much like sharpening in this case but targeting areas with lots of color variations, which is often small detailed areas (not always). Texture can make gravel look crisp while ignoring the clear blue sky. But if there is noise in the sky that we can't clearly see on a large image, then texture would affect the sky. Clarity is much like contrast, except it focuses on the midtone of the color spectrum and either pushes the midtones towards the light and dark or pulls the light and dark towards the center. It doesn't focus on major details. It's why Dehaze is so good to use with Clarity, that if you decrease clarity to reduce midtone contrast (good for skin softening), it can create a glow effect that Dehaze can offset. Basically, lowering Clarity creates a haze, which is why when you decreased both in this image, it worked really well together. I hate to be that guy (I guess I am) to tell you that you're wrong as I respect so many of your videos, but Clarity has nothing to do with larger or small details. Just what do you do with midtones.
Thanks Mark for these editing techniques. I haven’t used Lightroom or Photoshop. I purchased Capture One Pro last year and wonder if you have used it and will the techniques you’ve explained apply to it? Thank you for all you do!
The edits are fantastic in making the photo look more ethereal and painterly. However, in my opinion with the dehaze effect it makes the photograph look a little too desaturated and flat. Obviously a quick fix, but just something to note. Great video as always.
No I wouldn't call these type of "enhancements" cheating. I've picked up and use many of these techniques that you have shown quite regularly. As you said it brings things closer to what I saw and also takes my photos to a different level. Something more enjoyable and perhaps a bit more dramatic to view. And as a side note working on my photos implementing many of these tips is a great way to spend my time and bringing that photo to the next level gives me a "warm fuzzy" and a sense of accomplishment.
Random off topic comment: a while a go you did a video about packing camera gear for flight travel. I will be going to Iceland this summer for a good week and those tips greately helped me in figuring out how i pack my gear ( i have a shimoda action X30) for the trip ! Wanted to post this for a while but you know how life goes! While in nation air-travel is basically not a thing in europe (i live in switzerland) i just dont have the expirience for such things. Just wanted to say that :)
I got into photography a few years ago and have been following the channel for a while. It’s genuinely, a really cool and reaffirming feeling in being able to correctly guess how you’re going to edit your photos in the video based on the name you give them. All of them are great tips too!
Excellent techniques can be applied in incremental ways depending on the viewer. Eyes of the beholder and all that. Very informative. Not what to do but how to do it. Thank you.
I'd like to see more examples on how to use the negative dehaze. And what do you mean when you say it looks "flat" near the end? I had someone say that about one of my photos yesterday, and I think they meant that the colors looked flat, but then I was thinking maybe it had to do with things looking pushed together like when you use a telephoto. But in my case, I think they meant what I first understood. I'd like to know more about what looks flat and how to fix it.
Hi Mark, many LR techniques which you use and demonstrate I have been using almost unconsciously. Your presentations on LR "show" me that I have "discovered" something new. This is interesting. I find the curve tool quite dangerous and touchy and hence I use it only in specific images, but as subtly as possible. I am still in the process of understanding it. By the way, few shots are posted in my #esspiefotografie. I know, you never comment, but at least you can have a look.
Thanks for the great tips Mark! Though the video is a tad on the long side, it's really useful for you to show all these tips, on the same image. I can definitely use these to improve my landscape photos!
Another excellent video Mark - I continue to learn so much from you and your channel. No, I do not consider it cheating, this is art and for me, it is about creating best image possible.
Thank you, Mark, for sharing your tricks and tips. To het an impressionistic look, would you in some cases still go to PS for the Orton effect? And if so, which video of yours would you recommend to watch in order to learn how to do it? Thanks in advance for your reply, Jacqueline
Hi Mark! Thank you for talking about these important editing tricks. I've been discussing and learning them with my teacher just a couple of weeks ago. What I like is that you can achieve the same results in many different ways and everyone has its own personal taste. Lightroom has gone through a lot of changes and they added a lot of new features in the past few years so everything's easier now. You can also mix lightroom and photoshop or use the camera raw filter. My personal thought is that every change should be very soft and subtle, the real challenge is not to overdo. Nice video! Keep up the good work. Cheers from Italy!👍🏻
Mark, good video as always. I have started using a lot more of your techniques to edit my photos. I hope Adobe doesn't keep adding too many "improvements" to LR. I think it has the power to do everything I could possible want now. I have seen too many programs "improved" past the point of being beneficial! With the growing controversy over AI I hope they don't go overboard in this area. John
Great Video Mark thanks again. Really noticed the intro gradual colour change, did you keyframe that? Just interested how you did it? Rest of the Video was great as usual but just had me interested to know :-)
@@MarkDenneyPhoto really lovely detail, haven’t seen anyone else do that ! So nice you take the time to make the viewing so cool (or warm!) thanks Mark
🤐QUICK POLL: Would you consider this “cheating”?
Not since you showed me how do them in your excellent tutorial😉
@@liverpoolpictorial Love that answer🙌
Nope. Not cheating. Having shot on film most of my life, using Lightroom and/or Photoshop to make your photos look more like PHOTOS rather than a desktop background that is crunchy, to use your words. Funny thing is I do about 90% of this with Photoshop... thanks for the ideas for some more of it.
Absolutely not! It's about improving the image in order to transmit some mood. It's like giving some kind of soul to the scene.
@@jamesvooghtphotography Thanks a million for the comment James!
Love the opening. Very creative
I liked the original image, but nice job explaining the techniques
Mark, thank you for another set of great editing tips. I always enjoy your presentations!😃
Enlightening video. Many of us probably use these to some extent without giving much thought to the depth you’re digging into here. Well done for the shuttle enhancements that make big differences to an image. Thank you!!!
I’ll see you in a couple of weeks in Forks!
Very help video; we’ll done.
Thanks
A fantastic scene and image to use to show all of these great points Pal
Thanks Darren! Hope you're well friend!
I use Dehaze frequently. I live in a very humid area and sometimes like you've shown I need to accentuate that and sometimes I need to 'remove' it
Great video putting all these techniques together into it. I already knew some of them and learn them on other videos from you. Thanks!
Thanks for checking out the video!
Thank you
Another great video with really helpful content. Thanks for spending time sharing your expertise.
Glad you enjoyed it!
I'm 50/50 with this. The techniques are brilliant so thanks for the tutorial. However I actually like the original more than the edited image. It's so subjective though as one isn't better or worse than the other, it's just personal preference?
Great video as usual, we learn a lot from you, thank you for sharing
Thanks so much Omar!
Excellent video Mark! I’ll use some of these tips for some photos this year, when you made the minor adjustments on the tone curve, I immediately could see how much more pleasing your photo looked.
Thanks David! Glad to hear it was helpful.
I use dehaze a LOT!
Thank you. Very helpful.
Glad to hear it thank you!
Mark please explain, the video background..how you made the dark and pink and the water stand out with all the dark tone ? Basically your tutorial on the video page background itself,
page it's beautiful
Cool video. I use most of these techniques myself. Except, I prefer to go to Photoshop to add an Orton Layer to get that impressionistic effect. Sometimes I mask out some of the Orton Layer in foreground areas, and that adds a sense of depth.
Thanks a million John! Yes, Orton in PS is a more powerful solution for sure
I could really use your help! This seems like a good candidate to use a short exposure to keep the leaves sharp and then a longer exposure to get the desired effect for the water. Then in post-processing, you use a technique that saves the short exposure and then 'paint' in the slow shutter speed for the water. I can't remember the way you can get this done. Please help!
Use photoshop and different layers with masks.
I'm going to disagree with you on what Clarity Texture does. Technically you're right about what Texture does, it looks at the small details, but what it actually does is look at areas of the photo with the highest frequency (or change from one color to the next) while ignoring the lowest frequency (things that tend to be one color) from one pixel to the next. It's much like sharpening in this case but targeting areas with lots of color variations, which is often small detailed areas (not always). Texture can make gravel look crisp while ignoring the clear blue sky. But if there is noise in the sky that we can't clearly see on a large image, then texture would affect the sky.
Clarity is much like contrast, except it focuses on the midtone of the color spectrum and either pushes the midtones towards the light and dark or pulls the light and dark towards the center. It doesn't focus on major details. It's why Dehaze is so good to use with Clarity, that if you decrease clarity to reduce midtone contrast (good for skin softening), it can create a glow effect that Dehaze can offset. Basically, lowering Clarity creates a haze, which is why when you decreased both in this image, it worked really well together.
I hate to be that guy (I guess I am) to tell you that you're wrong as I respect so many of your videos, but Clarity has nothing to do with larger or small details. Just what do you do with midtones.
Thanks Mark for these editing techniques. I haven’t used Lightroom or Photoshop. I purchased Capture One Pro last year and wonder if you have used it and will the techniques you’ve explained apply to it? Thank you for all you do!
I sure do Tom - love Capture One and the same principals in this video translate to C1 as well.
@@MarkDenneyPhoto Thanks Mark for letting me know. Editing brings a high learning curve but is obviously worth it -:)
I'm going to pass the first picture looked the best
The edits are fantastic in making the photo look more ethereal and painterly. However, in my opinion with the dehaze effect it makes the photograph look a little too desaturated and flat. Obviously a quick fix, but just something to note. Great video as always.
Thanks so much! I usually add some targeted contrast to the mid-tones to pump it up a bit.
Good lord this was eye opening. And made me realize just how terrible I am at editing. 😂
😁
Cool! Thanks much!
Not cheating. Did Adams or Weston or Steichen cheat? Nope
😀
No I wouldn't call these type of "enhancements" cheating. I've picked up and use many of these techniques that you have shown quite regularly. As you said it brings things closer to what I saw and also takes my photos to a different level. Something more enjoyable and perhaps a bit more dramatic to view. And as a side note working on my photos implementing many of these tips is a great way to spend my time and bringing that photo to the next level gives me a "warm fuzzy" and a sense of accomplishment.
That's not what a "use case" is. I enjoy your videos, otherwise.
Always very helpful, thank you. One thing I’d like to see a video is how to use LrC to rate and catalog photos. Thanks again for your work.
Glad to do it Keith!
Random off topic comment: a while a go you did a video about packing camera gear for flight travel. I will be going to Iceland this summer for a good week and those tips greately helped me in figuring out how i pack my gear ( i have a shimoda action X30) for the trip ! Wanted to post this for a while but you know how life goes!
While in nation air-travel is basically not a thing in europe (i live in switzerland) i just dont have the expirience for such things. Just wanted to say that :)
Thanks again for a very informative video. Keep up the good work!
Another great video that expands possibilities for great edits. Well done.
Cheating no way. Developing images wet or digital is just simply developing your photos.
Great tips. I’m going to Bali soon and will def shoot some landscapes. Now I’ve got some inspiration.
Completely off topic.Where did you get your bracelet from?
Love the content, keep it coming. Looking forward to meeting you in Menorca in a few weeks!
Very very very original introduction 👏👏👏😉
Thank you ! your video , 고맙습니다. ^^
I'm so thanked, you´re cool 👍. it´s not cheating
Thank you for a really helpful and well explained video.
Nicely done intro 😊👍🏻
I got into photography a few years ago and have been following the channel for a while. It’s genuinely, a really cool and reaffirming feeling in being able to correctly guess how you’re going to edit your photos in the video based on the name you give them. All of them are great tips too!
Thanks so much for following along Alex!
I use all of these so frequently great quick lr tutorial
Some great tips here. Cheers.
Fantastic lesson!
Great tips Mark!!
Best LR/landscape photography guides on youtube! Thanks for all the videos. I have learned a ton.
Means so much - thank yoU!
Thanks!
What is the pad in front of your keyboard?
It's a trackpad
This video really blew my mind! Thank you for sharing your amazing skills! I definitely need to practice more after watching this video! :)
Thank you for this!
My pleasure!
Excellent techniques can be applied in incremental ways depending on the viewer. Eyes of the beholder and all that. Very informative. Not what to do but how to do it. Thank you.
Probably the best color tutorial ever. You've just upped my game. Many thanks.
Always packed with useful/actionable information.
I'd like to see more examples on how to use the negative dehaze. And what do you mean when you say it looks "flat" near the end? I had someone say that about one of my photos yesterday, and I think they meant that the colors looked flat, but then I was thinking maybe it had to do with things looking pushed together like when you use a telephoto. But in my case, I think they meant what I first understood. I'd like to know more about what looks flat and how to fix it.
Hi Mark, many LR techniques which you use and demonstrate I have been using almost unconsciously. Your presentations on LR "show" me that I have "discovered" something new. This is interesting.
I find the curve tool quite dangerous and touchy and hence I use it only in specific images, but as subtly as possible. I am still in the process of understanding it. By the way, few shots are posted in my #esspiefotografie. I know, you never comment, but at least you can have a look.
Using Dehaze with fog is also key. Nice tips again. Thank you.
Thanks for the great tips Mark! Though the video is a tad on the long side, it's really useful for you to show all these tips, on the same image. I can definitely use these to improve my landscape photos!
Another excellent video Mark - I continue to learn so much from you and your channel. No, I do not consider it cheating, this is art and for me, it is about creating best image possible.
You’re the Bob Ross of editing.
Thank you, Mark, for sharing your tricks and tips. To het an impressionistic look, would you in some cases still go to PS for the Orton effect? And if so, which video of yours would you recommend to watch in order to learn how to do it? Thanks in advance for your reply,
Jacqueline
Hi Mark,
I hope you will be able to ask my question too. ☺️
Kind regards!
Jacqueline
Hi Mark! Thank you for talking about these important editing tricks. I've been discussing and learning them with my teacher just a couple of weeks ago. What I like is that you can achieve the same results in many different ways and everyone has its own personal taste.
Lightroom has gone through a lot of changes and they added a lot of new features in the past few years so everything's easier now.
You can also mix lightroom and photoshop or use the camera raw filter.
My personal thought is that every change should be very soft and subtle, the real challenge is not to overdo.
Nice video! Keep up the good work.
Cheers from Italy!👍🏻
Thanks so much my friend!
Mark, good video as always. I have started using a lot more of your techniques to edit my photos. I hope Adobe doesn't keep adding too many "improvements" to LR. I think it has the power to do everything I could possible want now. I have seen too many programs "improved" past the point of being beneficial! With the growing controversy over AI I hope they don't go overboard in this area. John
Thanks a million John!
Most people I know would refuse to even admit they occasionally use Lr xD
Somehow Ps is so much more popular in my network.
Call it Adobe Camera RAW then😉
Excellent video Mark! Nice job demonstrating these techniques while talking about when and where to use them. Thank you!😊
Great to hear you enjoyed it Mark!
Thanks Mark. Although I'm familiar with these techniques it is great seeing a pro using them with a good explanation.
Thanks Reno!
So glad you put early in the video the comment about painting the wall!
:)
Thank you very much, Mark. Always learn something new or a new use for things I use all the time.
Thanks so much Hali!
Just a fantastic video! I love all these techniques and look forward to using them.
Thanks Donald!
Great show again. Ever learning and sharing. Thank you!
Love hearing this - thanks Jennifer!
Thanks for the info on these useful techniques Mark!
Thanks for checking it out Chris!
Great Video Mark thanks again. Really noticed the intro gradual colour change, did you keyframe that? Just interested how you did it? Rest of the Video was great as usual but just had me interested to know :-)
Thanks so much Paul! Yes, key framed the saturation of the opening scene.
@@MarkDenneyPhoto really lovely detail, haven’t seen anyone else do that ! So nice you take the time to make the viewing so cool (or warm!) thanks Mark
Great tips!
Thank you!