Sorry folks as I made a mistake. If you do work on the layers after you have focus stacked the layers you will need to get rid of the top layer otherwise the work that you do on the layers will not show up.
Talking of masks, I was wondering why the bottom layer needs a mask at all. All the work is being done by the layer (s) above isn’t it In fact with a bottom layer mask you might end up with blank areas in the final image if you tinker with the top layer.
I teach Photography and have been shooting professionally now for about three years in the landscape area and I definitely agree with a lot of what's in this video. In fact, I agreed with most of it keeping things simple. I go through a step-by-step process. And if you follow that pattern, then you will get great results, but what I have noticed is the particular camera that I use now involves a lot less editing and that is Fujifilm I could never get the greens and blues right in Nikon cameras I just couldn't. Having switch to the Fujifilm GFX camera I barely need to edit any photos straight out of camera. Almost sometimes they are amazing. I don't have a fancy TH-cam channel. TH-cam is something that I'm thinking about, but maybe down the track but it will definitely be more mental health Photography related not so much about Photography technique. Thank you for your video Adam always enjoy your work. My biggest tip actually and this might surprise people is straightened the picture first and then hit auto. Yes hit auto edit. You would be surprised how many good images you get by just hitting the auto button and this will take care of exposure and highlights pretty close to what you need and will save you a lot of time.
Split-toning in landscape is king… the first image… making the foreground rocks a warm tone, and the remainder a cool tone, would look amazing and natural
Good video Adam, in particular the tip about going over the masks and removing areas that shouldn't be masked - not something I'd thought of doing before.
Thanks Adam, even though you think your editing is kept minimal it's very helpful to us beginners and totally agree with how much it is to get right in Camera out in the field.
Great video as usual. A big reason the shots won’t align even if you’re fastidious with your tripod is focus breathing. Most GF lenses have some, except the 30/3.5 is quite minimal.
My early nightscape images suffered from it really badly and i couldn't work out why, luckily about a yr after taking up photography(only been 5 yrs total) and into learning how to do nightscapes i came across a video from the local guy i was inspired by and went from focusing on stars and then on the foreground subject to just stopping down instead and leaving it focused on stars. Different for landscape photography obviously, but canon dpp4 which is all i use to edit images has a built in focus stacking feature and it does a good job
Thanks for the video, always great to see how you process. You may have done this and not shown it, but I believe you need to delete the merged layer from the blend to be able to see the changes you made to the masks on the other pixel layers. Love the composition!
The part where the masked areas were brushed in with each black and white appraoches was new to me. I usually flatten the image after align and blend, I suppose this is what you meant with *get rid of the top layer...." Anyway as usual good tips and advice - thanks for sharing.
Your edit maintains the attention on the foreground yet the subject is really the unique rock formation of an arch. It may be better to darken those foreground rocks.
Nice video, thanks. Personally I find the arch ten times more interesting than the foreground rocks. Did you try 35mm and did you have a longer lens to try? Maybe you were just trying to make a different shot from Phil perhaps? Great location. These videos are very helpful, thank you.
I’ve tried painting the mask back in where there are anomalies in focus stacking, but all I seem to get is blank pixels. I’ll have to try it again and rewatch this video to see why I’m screwing it up. 😊 Thanks Adam!!
Totally off subject Adam but I have a question nagging me. With the Fuji medium format camera, what three lenses would you buy and why? This is just what you would buy for your landscape photography, not what others should buy! 🙂 This may be a subject for another video.
Sorry folks as I made a mistake. If you do work on the layers after you have focus stacked the layers you will need to get rid of the top layer otherwise the work that you do on the layers will not show up.
I saw that and I wondered how that works. 😊. Still good advice.
Talking of masks, I was wondering why the bottom layer needs a mask at all. All the work is being done by the layer (s) above isn’t it In fact with a bottom layer mask you might end up with blank areas in the final image if you tinker with the top layer.
I teach Photography and have been shooting professionally now for about three years in the landscape area and I definitely agree with a lot of what's in this video. In fact, I agreed with most of it keeping things simple. I go through a step-by-step process. And if you follow that pattern, then you will get great results, but what I have noticed is the particular camera that I use now involves a lot less editing and that is Fujifilm I could never get the greens and blues right in Nikon cameras I just couldn't. Having switch to the Fujifilm GFX camera I barely need to edit any photos straight out of camera. Almost sometimes they are amazing. I don't have a fancy TH-cam channel. TH-cam is something that I'm thinking about, but maybe down the track but it will definitely be more mental health Photography related not so much about Photography technique. Thank you for your video Adam always enjoy your work. My biggest tip actually and this might surprise people is straightened the picture first and then hit auto. Yes hit auto edit. You would be surprised how many good images you get by just hitting the auto button and this will take care of exposure and highlights pretty close to what you need and will save you a lot of time.
Great image Adam. Love your processing too!
Thanks Alex!
Thank you!
You bet!
Helpful and concise video, thank you.
You're welcome!
Thanks Adam…very good point about looking at the masks after the focus stacking to see if any alterations need to be made.
Split-toning in landscape is king… the first image… making the foreground rocks a warm tone, and the remainder a cool tone, would look amazing and natural
Was great to watch this being made - always inspiring ❤
Glad you enjoyed it!
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Good video Adam, in particular the tip about going over the masks and removing areas that shouldn't be masked - not something I'd thought of doing before.
Thanks Adam, even though you think your editing is kept minimal it's very helpful to us beginners and totally agree with how much it is to get right in Camera out in the field.
You may not do these often. But you do them very well.
Great video as usual. A big reason the shots won’t align even if you’re fastidious with your tripod is focus breathing. Most GF lenses have some, except the 30/3.5 is quite minimal.
My early nightscape images suffered from it really badly and i couldn't work out why, luckily about a yr after taking up photography(only been 5 yrs total) and into learning how to do nightscapes i came across a video from the local guy i was inspired by and went from focusing on stars and then on the foreground subject to just stopping down instead and leaving it focused on stars. Different for landscape photography obviously, but canon dpp4 which is all i use to edit images has a built in focus stacking feature and it does a good job
Hi Adam, I appreciate seeing your processing techniques. I use Capture One, and it is a little different, but same tools to use.
Cool, thanks
Thanks for the video, always great to see how you process. You may have done this and not shown it, but I believe you need to delete the merged layer from the blend to be able to see the changes you made to the masks on the other pixel layers. Love the composition!
I was going to say the same thing, you beat me to it!
You're right thanks for clarifying
The part where the masked areas were brushed in with each black and white appraoches was new to me. I usually flatten the image after align and blend, I suppose this is what you meant with *get rid of the top layer...." Anyway as usual good tips and advice - thanks for sharing.
Your edit maintains the attention on the foreground yet the subject is really the unique rock formation of an arch. It may be better to darken those foreground rocks.
Helpful......Thanks!
Nice video, thanks. Personally I find the arch ten times more interesting than the foreground rocks. Did you try 35mm and did you have a longer lens to try? Maybe you were just trying to make a different shot from Phil perhaps? Great location. These videos are very helpful, thank you.
I’ve tried painting the mask back in where there are anomalies in focus stacking, but all I seem to get is blank pixels.
I’ll have to try it again and rewatch this video to see why I’m screwing it up. 😊
Thanks Adam!!
Koolio! Thank you. I wonder what Nick Page would have done with that one ;-)
Good question!
Totally off subject Adam but I have a question nagging me. With the Fuji medium format camera, what three lenses would you buy and why? This is just what you would buy for your landscape photography, not what others should buy! 🙂 This may be a subject for another video.
Im happy with the lenses that I have. 20-35 f/4, 45-100 f/4, 100-200 f/5.6,
First in and first comment today... all in the timing luck 😂 Thanks for the mask clean up in PS... 🙂
Any time!
I like the option of removing the mask from an area you know it is not needed.