Full LIGHTROOM Edit That Might SURPRISE The PROS

Full LIGHTROOM Edit That Might SURPRISE The PROS
In this Wildlife Photography Lightroom Tutorial I go through some unconventional edits on a very dramatic Elephant photograph which might surprise even some professional photographers.
I go deep into this edit, and really like the final, dramatic result.
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[@MarkDumbleton]

What did you think of the edit? I would love to hear your thoughts! 😊

[@chrishansen2586]

Would be interesting, yes - seems like editing for the sake of editing, it surely did not work for me.

[@georgesmiley3740]

Much too unnecessarily complicated and time-consuming.

[@roamingyak]

You are the Bob Ross of photography editing... interesting and relaxing to watch, thanks!

[@MarkDumbleton]

Thanks so much Darrin! I really appreciate that!

[@devchohan7501]

Couldn't agree more
Greetings from Kenya 🇰🇪 ❤

[@MarkDumbleton]

Thanks so much! Great to hear from someone in Kenya! What a beautiful country!

[@devchohan7501]

@@MarkDumbleton do visit the Nairobi National Park next time you're in Kenya. The pride of Kenya 🇰🇪

[@MarkDumbleton]

Would absolutely love to do that! I’ve only been to Masai Mara in Kenya, so many places I would love to visit!

[@ja-sl6vt]

Thank you for making videos like that. It is very helpful!

[@MarkDumbleton]

My pleasure, thanks so much for watching and for the comment!

[@bryanenright9727]

Thanks for sharing another brilliant video on how you edit your images.

[@MarkDumbleton]

Thanks so much Bryan. Appreciate the comment and the view! 🙏🏻

[@raylo1017]

Great edit. I appreciate what you do. It keeps me coming back for more. Keep up the great work. Thank you Mark

[@MarkDumbleton]

That means a lot to me thank you! Plenty more to come 😊

[@ryanackland9330]

Another great edit!👍👍

[@MarkDumbleton]

Thanks so much Ryan! I appreciate that a lot!

[@noelleenboyers9120]

I love your editing videos. I learn so much. Thank you.

[@MarkDumbleton]

I really appreciate that, thanks so much for the support!

[@SteveWachira]

Such tutorials are what I love. There is a way that you describe what you are doing that makes me (and hopefully others who are here to learn from you) feel included, and not "dumb" if you know what I mean. Thank you Mark! Onto the next one ...

[@MarkDumbleton]

Thanks Steve, I appreciate that a lot.

[@joejames4231]

Love these tutorials Mark!

[@MarkDumbleton]

I really appreciate that Joe! Thanks so much for the comment and continued support.

[@williamcollins5417]

My first tutorial...very thorough and explicit and the pace is great.... a go-to for me...Thank you...

[@MarkDumbleton]

Thanks so much for the comment, and for watching. I appreciate the feedback on the tutorial too 👍🏻

[@user-cd8co2cx8p]

Simply wonderful, Mark. Incredibly simple processing and so impressive.

[@MarkDumbleton]

Thanks so much for the kind words! Really appreciate it!

[@KobusTollig1]

Another great Lightroom tutorial Mark. Thank you.

[@MarkDumbleton]

Appreciate it a lot thanks Kobus!

[@medea.p]

What a nice video! Definitely my favorite wildlife photography/editing channel! Please never stop doing these 🙏🏼

[@MarkDumbleton]

That’s a huge compliment thank you! I’ll always keep sharing these full edits 😊

[@Funkybadger]

Love watching your edit videos so relaxing not to mention I learned alot

[@MarkDumbleton]

I really appreciate the view! And thanks for the comment, hope you found value in the tutorial 😊

[@barjahanshaik3161]

It was very useful, I learned something today. Thank you for taking the time and sharing. Subscribed.

[@MarkDumbleton]

Thanks so much for the subscribe! And thanks for watching and for the comment!

[@leslieballard2273]

Very well done!

[@MarkDumbleton]

Thank you! I really appreciate the comment!

[@BossTrecentodue]

When you do a second pass to "select sky" to improve the mask is very similar to Extend/Contract mask option in the Luminosity mask plug-in for PS. I think is a similar process.

[@MarkDumbleton]

Thanks for that info, I must play around with that in Photoshop.

[@fonzireyes]

Straight to the point - Easy to follow along - Thank you and Sub'd!

[@MarkDumbleton]

Thanks so much for the sub! And I appreciate the kind words! Looking forward to sharing more!

[@rachelg7371]

Thank you! Enjoyed that. I’ll have to watch again as I didn’t catch why the click on Reset after copying an adjustment.

[@MarkDumbleton]

Thanks so much for watching!

[@alexnail]

I wouldn’t quite say shocked, but definitely surprised!

[@MarkDumbleton]

Thanks Alex. If the title said “Surprised” would you still have watched?

[@markst33]

The only issues I see are that if someone wants to enter an image into a Nature competition there are usually very strict rules as to what you can and can't do with nature images. Removing elements from the image is a No no for starters. Other than that good video.

[@MarkDumbleton]

Thanks for the comment. I don’t really enter competitions but if I did, I definitely wouldn’t remove anything.

[@rocketmanab]

Wowzers

[@MarkDumbleton]

Thanks for the comment!

[@rocketmanab]

@@MarkDumbleton Thanks for the video!

[@tr3v87]

excellent

[@MarkDumbleton]

Thanks so much for watching and for leaving a comment!

[@xwhite2020]

Thanks for the demo. Very nice although it feels a little too dark at the lower right and makes it look like the light is piped onto the subjects. Be nice to see the grass all at the same light level.

[@MarkDumbleton]

Thanks for the input.

[@garys639]

Learnt more in 13:19 mins than in the last 5 weeks, thanks Mark.

[@MarkDumbleton]

I’m so happy to hear that! I really appreciate your time and the comment!

[@alanplatt888]

Quite subjective. Why not ? Interesting technique. Seemed overkill to me BUT congratulations on the final image, nice.

[@MarkDumbleton]

Thanks for the input, always good to hear the opinions of my viewers.

[@iqueque]

For what it’s worth, ‘darken down’ is a tautology, that is using two words for the same idea. Since the opposite, ‘darken up’ is meaningless, just using ‘darken’ accurately conveys the meaning intended.

[@MarkDumbleton]

Thanks for the comment.

[@musiqueetmontagne]

Nice watching your edit, attractive outcome but to be honest it's over edited for my taste. These "perfect" type edits, removing every last bird, tree etc start to look like AI images in this day and age. We are all different in our tastes but an edit producing some more contrast and drama in the sky but leaving some of the other natural features alone looks more natural to me. Thanks for uploading, you used some nice technique too, I hope you don't mind tge critique, you did ask for our thoughts. 😊

[@MarkDumbleton]

Thanks a lot for the comment. I appreciate all critique. I do agree that things can look a bit AI generated if every imperfection is removed. I do keep a lot of imperfections in but it’s the distracting ones I do take out. Perhaps my tastes will change with AI becoming more main stream and looking too perfect becomes normal. Thanks so much for watching.