How to Edit REALISTIC Looking Landscape Photos in Lightroom Classic - Full Editing Walkthrough

Editing your landscape photography to look realistic can be a major challenge for landscape and nature photographers today. With the thousands of tools at your disposal in Photoshop, Lightroom, and other external softwares, it can be easy to over-edit your images.
In this video, I show you a photo that I over-edited, explaining exactly where I went wrong. Then, I show you how I would re-edit that same image, giving it a very realistic look along the way. The whole tutorial takes place in Lightroom Classic using both local and global adjustments.

[@howardholtzman1331]

Thanks for the video. I like your re-edit a lot, especially how you handled your curves.

[@AustinJamesJackson]

Thanks much Howard!

[@randyschwager2515]

Great job! Thanks for the tips!

[@AustinJamesJackson]

You bet!

[@martinsarre]

Thanks Austin, I have not had a chance to learn the new Colour adjustment features yet. I will certainly use this new function in future

[@martinsarre]

PS, Love the way you have processed this image.

[@AustinJamesJackson]

Thanks so much! I hope it helps you!

[@meridelprideaux5118]

Always fun🎃

[@AustinJamesJackson]

👍🏼👍🏼

[@nastasedr]

I like parts of both interpretations, I like the warmer trees of the first edit but I like better the sky and the cliff in the second edit.

[@AustinJamesJackson]

Thanks so much for the feedback!

[@sejalgpatelphoto]

Nice Job Austn

[@AustinJamesJackson]

Thanks!

[@dougtesta6229]

You should repeat this editing approach every 5-10 years and compare the images . Very ice presentation.

[@AustinJamesJackson]

Great idea! Thanks.