Geroldsee Landscape Photography, Germany [Basic and EASY luminosity mask photo editing]
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 15 ม.ค. 2018
- Geroldsee is one of the most idyllic landscape photography locations in Germany. In this video, I'll present this beautiful location and show how I blend and edit multiple exposures using some basic luminosity masks in Photoshop. This landscape photography tutorial takes you from start to finish and is full of tips and tricks.
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Mads, having enjoyed viewing your images for so long it is great to have the opportunity to get a glimpse of your post processing methodology. Hope to see more!
And for me the drone footage stole the show with its ascent through the fog!
Thank you very much, Garry! Yeah that shot was really great :)
Your VLOG is just amazing! The rythm particularly is slow enough to give the feeling of a quiet morning but not too slow. Post processing it very interesting as well. I can't wait to see the next one!
Thanks a lot Luke :) Very happy to hear that!
Great idea with post-processing part, Mads. I like how you are trying to add new value to TH-cam landscape photography community. I feel like you are already goin it with your “Photographing a country” series. There are few other, great photography on location vloggers, some of them you mention from time to time and I really did enjoy that you are not doing the same, and putting your videos in a context of a trip to a given country. Now you’re doing the same. Instead of teaching post-processing only you are putting it in the context of the shoot. It adds extra value of connecting on location photography (finding composition, proper settings for given conditions etc.) with the post-processing. The only person I’ve seen doing it is Elia Locardi. Great job!
Thank you very much, Wojciech! Yeah, I think it's a very strong educational format and something I enjoy watching myself :)
A very informative video on luminosity masks and other post processing tips. Thanks very much!
Thanks a lot Robert! :)
Editing part feels a bit like Bob Ross 😋
Amazing content as always 👍👍📸
Thomas Schlüter I'll take that as a compliment 😁
Mads Peter Iversen And it was definitely ment to be one!
Mads Peter Iversen and the joy of editing 😂
Thank you for making beautiful photos of my country!❤️
Thanks for sharing Mads! The apply image for blending and dodge and burning is such a great tip.
Thank you very much, Mark! :)
Luminosity masks made simple, thanks for the video. Great job!
You're welcome! Happy you liked it :)
Enjoying your series. Looking forward to you adventures.
Thank you for including post processing techniques
You are very welcome Mike :)
Awesome video Mads! What an amazing sunrise! Thank you for sharing your post processing techniques and I’ll make sure to listen to Nick Page podcast when it comes out! Cheers!
Thank you very much! It's already out - link is in the description :)
The tutorial gave me several answers to the questions that I had about the LM you teach in your PS class 😊👌
I have really enjoyed all your videos of Germany...just moved there and am looking forward to finding some of these places!
I love all your work Mads. I'm new to landscape photography and your channel. Your passion for the art of photography is inspiring to me.
Thanks a lot, Greg! I am very happy to hear that :)
Hi Mads, many thanks for sharing your post processing tips and advice. As always a great source of inspiration. Cheers. Rob
Thank you very much! Happy you liked it :)
That luminosity mask tip is invaluable. I went all the way back to 2007 to a bracketed photo I took in Zion National Park which had always given me trouble, and I got a good result using the luminosity mask. Many thanks!
Oh I'm SO happy to hear that Mike! You're very welcome :)
Mike, Sean Bagshaw’s website is a gold mine for all this. He’s from Oregon.
Awesome drone footage and amazing images once again. Also nice to see the little tutorial, very helpful.
Great work as usual Mads!
Thank you very much, Dave! :)
Yet again a great blog, thanks for sharing your adventures
Thank you very much and you're welcome :)
Great work again, lovely area. Enjoyed the production aspect to. Look forward to the next vlog & inspiring images.
Thank you very much, Michael! :)
Such a pretty area, so nice we can share some of the experience through your videos. Can’t wait to see your videos from the Dolomites.
Thank you very much, Nina! They'll be great ;)
Love the music in this one ! And I Learned a lot from the tutorial thank you
I'm very happy to hear that Matt! :)
Another one bites the dust. Nice images, and an informative pp session. Hope to be following in your footsteps this Spring and Summer. Doing an epic tour around Europe.
Thanks a lot Fred! I hope you'll have a fantastic journey! I bet you will ;)
Always The best ..........you hit the Nail on the head with your tutorial in Photoshop it is Exactly what i was looking for
Thank you very much, George! I'm SO happy to hear that! :)
That is Great Thanks ..... I just created an Action of it ....super easy.... Now I will Never forget it
Great channel! Found your vlogs about Scotland, going there soon. Thanks for the useful info. I subbed.
Thank you very much Vladimir and welcome aboard! Have a great trip :)
So glad You are doing post processing tutorials. For me your photos are on the perfect balance of fantasy and real life. Hope to see some daytime-nightsky blends in the future :)
I'm very happy to hear that :) I'll make a payable tutorial for that. I hope I can have it out mid-april :)
Idyllic landscapes of my childhood..
Great stuff as always. And the post processing part just makes it complete👌👍
Thank you very much, Lukas :)
Great images as always and nice to see your post processing workflow
Thank you very much, Phill :)
Thank you Mads for this video ..... i've learned a lot from your editing part. Also a great location !
You're very welcome Mario! :)
this help me alot. thanks for upload this great video!!
Great video again Mads. Beautiful Place this :-) Love the treeshot. Looking forward to the Next video. Have a great evening. Greetings from Norway.
Thank you very much Bente! You too :)
Or wow.....fantastic location and images...i always like to see a little edit 😁
Thank you very much, Steven! Good to hear :)
Hey Mads, thanks for sharing this with us! waiting eager for the next photoshop sorcery lesson ;)
Thank you very much, Daniel! :)
Nice video. Looking forward to the Dolomites, I spent a lot of time climbing around there over the years!
Thank you very much, Mark - yeah that's going to be a few good videos :)
I really enjoyed the post process part, keep it up! 👍
Very nice to hear! I will :)
Thank you for this video. This gives me more motivation for my next journey to the alps is not far away from my place. Thank you for the post-processing, I will try in my next editing.
You're very welcome Claudia! Good luck! :)
Great video and I really enjoyed the workflow.
Thank you very much, James! Happy to hear that :)
Amazing....Speechless really, which is a first for me :)
Another enjoyable video Mads, thank you.
Thank you very much, Trevor!
Mads, this was sooooo useful!!! Thanks! Can't wait to visit Geroldsee in 2 weeks and try out some of the tricks in post afterwards! :)
Perfect photo and tutorial...not too long, just right...
Thank you very much, Mike - I'm happy to hear that :)
Great video Mads, very captivating
Thank you very much, Bill :)
It's interesting to see your take on this location. Seems it has become quite popular over the years since my first visit :-) Great video as usual
Thanks a lot! Yeah my understanding is it's very popular!
Great video - keep em coming Mads
Thank you very much, Simon! :)
Epic Mads this is quality content, really pleased I found your channel, you strike a great balance between the videography and commentary.
Thank you so much, Si! :)
Nice video, Mads! I picked up a couple of little tips that will help my general process, thanks!
I'm very happy to hear that Steven! Thanks a lot :)
Another fantastic video Mads! I’m a Raya Pro user as well and love it. 3.0 comes out at the end of February!! Again great video. I always look forward to your videos and images on IG
Thanks a lot Mike! :)
Sometimes you just don't appreciate the beauty this world offers until you see it through another's eyes. Mads another great episode and enjoyed the PS session as well as this is an area I would consider i need to learn more about. Cant help but feel inspired to do better when you post a vlog
Been watching Dave Morrow's vlogs as well as he also shares some good tutorials from his landscape photography adventures so between you both I plan to go back and revisit some old images to see what further difference I can make.
He has some great tuts too! And going through old photos with new editing skills is always fun :)
Good range of composition differences, with each strong in their own right
Thank you very much, Nicholas :)
Fantastic Vlog from a stunning location well done!, :-D
Thank you very much, John, happy to hear that :)
Great vlog mads. Amazing images and thanks for sharing the editing part aswell (l, m still learning )
Thank you Jim! Very happy to hear that and you're welcome :)
Yet another great video mate and nice simple post processing. Like ++ :)
Thank you very much, Christopher! :)
Mads, beyond epic photos, as always! Love them! So looking forward your video/photos of the Dolomites. I'm hoping to visit there later this year!
Thank you very much, Adrian! :)
Great tutorial, thanks!
You're very welcome Brent :)
When I recently worked on the preparation and location research for my visit to Dubai, I bring to mind your helpful advice how important research is in the overall process of creating a good photo. Great video as always Mads!
I'm very happy to hear that Rasica! :)
Great editing.
Great stuff as always Mads. The photography is excellent but of particular note is how next level the drone work is in this video. The movement in, out, through, and around the clouds was mesmerizing. Throw in the pro tips for post processing and you have once again topped yourself. I think this is now my favorite videos on your channel. The bar has been raised again! :)
Thank you very much! That means a lot! Very happy you like the editing part too! :)
Thanks for another great vlog Mads. Found the editing part very interesting.
Thank you very much, Jim! :)
Don't you hate it when another tog jumps into your frame, without looking around to see if they are in the way! Ah.(1 min) Mads you have sold me on Germany as a photo local. Can't wait for next vid.
Haha Paul I'm happy to hear that. Yeah, Germany is actually very beautiful! Statistically it has to be since it's so large ;) And with that other photographer it's nothing a bit of Photoshop can't handle ;)
Quicker with a 50 cal Barrett, hehe.
HAHA! xD
Depends if he / she was there first :)
is amazing Mads !!!
Thank you very much Ariel! :)
Quality video as always Mads. I thought you captured some fantastic images. Really enjoyed the post processing bit as well. Some top tips there and I really must take a bit more time to learn PS. And thanks for the podcast recommendation...i'll check it out.
Thank you as always Julian! Yeah PS is a fantastic tool and you're welcome on the podcast :)
That second picture is so DANG GOOD! I really love your minimalistic shots!
Editing was still fairly simple, quick and effective. Curious to see some more advanced editing.
Thank you very much, Yann! :)
Another great video! Thanks so much for walking us through your editing methods at the end, and thanks for the inspiration. I am more excited than ever for my next Europe trip this spring. Cheers from Texas. Be sure to check out Big Bend National Park if you are ever in Texas. It's breathtaking day and night. It has a gold-tier certification from the International Dark Sky Association.
You're welcome Danielle! And thank you for the tip! Looks like an amazing place! :)
Really informative PS section Mads ,thanks for sharing that. I really need to learn PS properly as most of my post processing is in LR. Beautiful images as always
Thank you very much, Jamie! :) Yes PS is a fantastic tool!
Great Shots !
Thank you very much :)
Hi Mads, Thanks again for this great video. I love the editing part as it gives me some ideas for my own pics editing. Very useful for my upcoming trip to Isle of Skye :)
You are very welcome Louis! :) Good luck!
Stunning drone footage Mads - when you flew above that fog, it was magical! I’ve seen you post drone photos before, and I wonder if you might have overlooked a possible still shot there from the drone - perhaps you can pull a still frame from your video? I don’t have a drone, and have been weary of getting one, but some of your footage makes me feel like I’m missing out. As for the editing side, I really liked how you showed a basic luminosity masking technique that works without relying on some of the complex plugins for this that exist for Photoshop. That makes the technique useful for people like me who aren’t using Photoshop, but another program where those plugins aren’t available. I also liked your dodging technique - I haven’t seen it done that way before. I usually mask in a curves adjustment with a low flow brush for that, but your technique seems more precise because of the apply image mask that also affects the dodging. Some great techniques and beautiful imagery! Thanks for sharing! As for Nick Page, congratulations for being featured on his channel! I look forward to watching it. Nick seems like a super nice and down-to-earth guy, and I’ve enjoyed a number of his videos in the past.
Yeah there ar SO many techniques to get the same result :) And yes, Nick is such a nice guy! It's true I actually didn't take any photos with the drone at this location. Could probably have been great :)
WOW this was a nice drone flight. I have been there twice (sunrise & sunset) and twice I was lucky with the weather.
Although I know place, it was a very special moment, to see another perspective given by the drone - that was simply speaking, great! It gave me a nice laugh when I see those people standing at the most common spot. Yes, at Geroldsee you are never alone, regardless the time. :-)
Thank you very much, Stephan! Nope, never alone! But those people didn't really want to talk at all :P
Another beautiful location Mads - you must be clocking up the air miles. Julian Baird told me about a podcast that you did with Nick Page and I found it fascinating to hear who you put your videos together and how you have developed your unique style. "Sunsire you moron" - I'm glad even you make mistakes; I'm forever getting east and west mixed up.
Haha yeah! I make mistakes all the time and forgetting what to say... I just don't show it ;)
air miles aren't too bad... but car! Jesus... I've spend a lot of time in a car the past year :D
I really look forward to your videos. I didn’t like to hear about clipping the red channel on a sunrise... The way you blended the sunrise reminded me of Albert Bierstadt and others in the Hudson River School of painters.
Good to hear Stuart - you say you "didn't like to hear about"? I showed how not to do it? :)
Well, I may owe you an apology. What I remember was you talking about using the rgb histograms so you didn't clip the red channel on a sunrise or sunset. I thought I also heard you say that the red was a bit clipped but that was ok. However, I just skimmed through most of your video and couldn't find any of that. Was I confused? As you know, whatever hue is there goes toward white as channels get clipped. These days it is popular to have an actual sun's disk which is yellow. I need to go back to a museum, but I recall that oil paintings from the Hudson River School often showed an area of dead white where the sun would be, bounded by the sharp edges of clouds. The deeper reds and oranges would be a bit further away. Your images with the fog and the cabins seemed to have such an area, at least on TH-cam, and I found it pleasing. I will also hypothesize that since camera dynamic ranges seem to have gone in a few years from 12 stops or less up to 15, perhaps it is no longer necessary to take 5 bracketing shots. Still, I haven't done all my homework on that issue. Again, awesome video overall.
One little tip when dealing with the mask is to use the dodge and burn tools on the mask. Just set it to midtones and you can either dodge or burn the midtones to either remove or add to the mask without effecting the highlights or shadows. Another tip is to create a copy of your smart object. You can use the copy to push things to be able to create a better mask. Like if you just want to deal with the sky just push the sky till its white or almost white and try to push the landscape till its almost black. Use that to create the mask and then move that mask to your actual working layer.
Yup. those are great tips David! I tried to keep it simple in this one - but you're absolutely right those are some useful techniques :)
My home! Learned to swim there :D and in the lake eibsee
So nice! You're lucky to live in that area! :D
Where did you parked the car and how may time to walk ? best time is sunset or sunrise ? thanks for sharing
Really enjoy your channel. Actually heard you on Nick Page’s podcast and discovered you that way. Any plans for Australia?
Very nice to hear that Rob! I'd love to visit Australia and NZ, but so far I don't have any plans. It'll be a very expensive trip and I pay most of my tours myself.
Great video Mads. I noticed that you have Raya Pro panel for doing luminosity masking as part of your PS, how often do you use it as opposed to making your own luminosity masks as you do in this video? Keep up the great work mate, loving the post-processing section at the end of your videos.
Thank you very much, Darren. I actually only use Instamask, which I normally use. I just showed this method to give people an easy entrance to luminosity masking :)
I quite like this different aspect of your videos.. the location is less epic than in the Britain series, and the content is more educational... good to see the whole process of creating photos from location to post processing as you do it, I'm sure it will inspire even more people to get their creativity flowing :) I enjoyed the podcast as well, very fun to listen to :)
Very happy to hear that Nina! And I agree it's less epic - that'll change in the next episode ;)
Thank You Sir!
You are very welcome Brian :)
Great video 😉
Thank you very much Jiri :)
Great video Mads, Couldn't have come out in a better time than this. I am in Germany right now until April and planning to visit and photograph these places. Would you think it would be worth a visit in this weather or should I wait at least until mid of March?
Very good to hear - honestly I don't know. I think you should check for the suns position and make your decision based on that :)
Thank you for this, what a great video! Hope i can get some time to see all the new videos. I have recently discovered due to a trip to Iceland that most part of the "new" photographers use to much photoshop, and make fake photos using skies from other shots, especially with the northern lights. Its good to see that there are still some professional photographers who see the photography as I do. Keep the good work!!!
Pd: If you ever need someone to carry your equipment just let me know 😂😂😂
Hey Luis, I'm sorry to disappoint you but I often composite my photos. Personally I don't care, because it's not about documenting for me, but about creating ;) To me photography is not a treasure hunt for the "best" photo, it's how I can express myself through the landscapes :)
Anyway, I hope you'll still enjoy the videos :)
Mads Peter Iversen I agree that it's creation and i love some of them but I mean the ones that want to make profit from faking people like, come to my workshop to Iceland and you will get this pictures (the composite ones) when they are imposible without doing post processing, like a milkyway in a city full of light. I think it's okey as long as you say how they were made if you are asked, just my opinion. 😀
Great video, Mads. Loved the drone footage but would not have wanted to have spend so much time on post processing. To ask an expert like yourself, could this time have been shortened with similar results by using ND grad filters? Love your channel.
Thank you very much, Tony. It was actually a very short PP. I can easily spend hours on a single photo. I'd argue no in regard to the ND grad. I wouldn't have been able to do the same with a grad. The line between the foreground and sky is not straight so the ND would overlap parts of the foreground, which would be even more annoying to deal with in PP ;)
Mads Peter Iversen thank you Mads, point taken.
Thanks
You are very welcome sir! :)
Solid video as always! Would love to see more stuff from Denmark, I personally find our Nordic landscapes, excluding the northern-beyond-the-wall-mountains, to be much more creatively challenging than mountains (which we love to shoot for obvious reasons), but when we get it right - it’s really worth it! I’m saying this in a mutually challenging spirit as I too would do well to look at my backyard! Maybe we could do a “best backyard photo vlog challenge” and let the viewers decide who did it best? Maximum 50k from our houses for location? Two weeks deadline for delivery? All in good fun spirit, of course! Challenge accepted?!
I'll surely make more from Denmark at some point. For now, I'm pretty busy with other projects, but maybe I'll make it a summer project to get around Denmark :) As much as I'd like the challenge I simply don't have the time these days. I'm in a run to get a lot of videos done before I'll go to Iceland for a couple of months. But maybe some time in the future!
Denmark would be great, then I know where to shoot on our summer holidays! ;)
Iceland for a couple of months sounds like a dream. Enjoy it and good luck with creating new vlogs!
Great video! Can anyone tell me why he chose to merge two images rather than using a ND grad filter in this situation?
Well you can ask me ;)
Because I don't own one and because the area between the sky and ground isn't straight. The ND would either overlap the ground or not be very effective in the entire sky making an uneven photo which I'd have to fix in post afterward. I'd prefer to use some very precise techniques such as luminosity masks instead :)
Your creativity has outgrown your video equipment, you need the backing of the BBC or another Corp with the money to back you. Great drone work :)
Thank you very much! Wouldn't that be nice hehe! :D
Great job as always. Unfortunately for me I don't know one mask from another. So far photoshop is beyond my ability; But i appreciate your efforts in trying to help us who are tech illiterate. :D
I think it comes with some practice :)
Can you please make a post processing tutorial on the Kirkjufell with Northern lights photo
I'm working on a payable tutorial for making those day/night blends. It'll probably be out mid-april :)
Mads Peter Iversen nice! Looking forward to it! :)
Those are fun to do. Really the hardest part is finding balance so it doesnt look like a composite.
Fantastic Mads, I will be following this series very closely since I'am already based in Germany! Just 658 km North of Geroldsee :( - Enjoyed the drone footage at the start, great scenery above the mist and again thank you for your tutorial. P.S @ th-cam.com/video/x3yIR18gCWU/w-d-xo.html it should be "of course" ;)
Hehe I missed an "r" there - no gramma correction in Premiere Pro! Very happy you enjoy this series :)
In this video was too much post-processing, only 5 minutes on location. but the pictures look great
Thank you, Andreas - well I could cut it all together, but considered this technique is a bit more advanced than last weeks episode I think 15min is pretty good :) I didn't have much to show at the location and I'd rather not waste peoples time putting in useless fill :)
There are so many videos for "on location" photography but there is a lack of videos for the post processing side of things. Its easy for someone to just post videos of them taking the photo and then show what it looks like at the end. Someone that doesnt really know what happens behind the scenes might get frustrated when they realize that without learning the post processing side of things they will never get those portfolio shots.
Great video as always... IMHO, too much editing. Not to be critical, but I prefer your video style before you were showing editing techniques. Some editing is always good, but the balance this time seems too heavy. This is less a "location" video and more of a "technique" video.
Thank you very much for the feedback Tim :) Well I'd rather not waste peoples time and just put in filler material from the field to make a better balance ;)
Sorry, but this one isn't really good. It shows that you're not really skilled in the place and the landscape (I'm from Germany and know a lot of really good pics from this place). If you want to be a second Thomas Heaton, you have to address yourself more with the places..... Wrong time, wrong place...
I'm not sure it's intended but that comment comes off as both ignorant and arrogant? On several occasions, I've said I don't want to be a second Thomas Heaton - I even say it in the podcast I refer to in the end. He inspires me, but I don't want to copy him. And of course, I'm not skilled in this location. I literally said in the past video I wasn't prepared for this part of the journey. My videos are intended to inspire and inform - not lay out everything the location. That's also why I show so much of the environment and location as to prepare people and give them an idea of what to expect. They do have to think for themselves on location and adjust to the environment as I did.
Where did you parked the car and how many time to walk ? best time is sunset or sunrise ? thanks for sharing