This tutorial is geared more toward the wildlife photographer, but the techniques I teach in it will certainly benefit all photographers. The Best Sky Images I've Seen Available -- Ocudrone - bit.ly/3uCz6U4 *Save 10% with Discount Code: Morganti10 Please help support my channel - consider purchasing my Lightroom Presets: www.anthonymorganti.com/ If you're not into presets, you can still help me help others learn photography. You can quickly offer your support here where I receive 100% of your kind gift: ko-fi.com/anthonymorganti You can change the default amount to the amount you want to donate. ** I am an affiliate for all of the other companies mentioned EXCEPT Affinity Photo. Please read my Code of Ethics Statement: onlinephotographytraining.com/code-of-ethics/ Anthony Morganti’s MUST HAVE applications: At least one Non-Destructive RAW Editor Lightroom - bit.ly/2zwQ0nW Luminar - bit.ly/2JUJxKw (Save with the Promo Code: morganti-neo) On1 Photo RAW - on1.sjv.io/EaGR2K (Save 20% with Promo Code: AM20) At least one FULL Editing App: Photoshop - bit.ly/2zwQ0nW Affinity Photo - affinity.serif.com/en-us/photo/ My MUST-HAVE Plugins: Topaz Gigapixel AI - bit.ly/3cDqa5J Topaz Sharpen AI - bit.ly/3cDqa5J Topaz Denoise AI - bit.ly/3cDqa5J *Save 15% on all Topaz Labs apps - use the Promo Code: AMDISC15 or instead of Topaz Denoise AI: On1 NoNoise AI - on1.sjv.io/EaGR2K (Save 20% with Promo Code: AM20 - May not work on sale product) ** Note that all of the promo codes listed above may not work on sale products. *** I am an affiliate for all of the companies listed EXCEPT Affinity Photo and Capture One. Please read my Code of Ethics Statement: onlinephotographytraining.com/code-of-ethics/ Please follow me on Instagram: instagram.com/anthonymorganti/ Thank you!
I have to say that the best skies I've found are the ones I've taken myself because they just fit in my region, my sun's at a different angle in the sky, my sunsets are different, I have different cloud formations, my thunder clouds aren't like the ones in Florida.............. see a sky take a photo and save it.
You are the best of all RUclips teachers in your field. Every video is great, interesting and well spoken (for people who are not English or us). Many thanks
Fake or not, it looks better and that’s what I want to achieve. If someone else doesn’t, fine, they don’t have to do it to theirs. They don’t even have to look at mine if they don’t want to. I like it and that’s all that matters….. to me! Thanks Anthony for all the tips you put out there for us!!!
very good - another option (since the Ocudrone files are simple jpgs) would be to open the sky, blur it, save as.., and add that to your sky collection.
Thank you very much Anthony for offering an effective work-around to Photoshop's Sky Replacement feature's inability to blur a sky replacement, and mentioning two of its competitors can do it. Now that you have publicly exposed this Photoshop limitation, I bet Adobe will get hard at work addressing it, if it was not doing so already,
Thank you, Tony, for this video. I have been saving some pictures of flowers for which I want to change the background. I will try your technique after reviewing your video again.
While I certainly would have gone more for a natural look for this image my opinion doesn't really matter as long as the artist is happy with their results they will find like minds. I always appreciate your videos you put out solid information that is easily followed and spikes ideas for the creative mind. Keep up the good work.
Excellent edit! Thanks so much for sharing this process. I’ve also picked up the Ocudrone Ultimate collection using your discount code. Can’t wait to try them out!
Glad to know how to do that, and I would use it if I had a horribly distracting background. However, I see so many photos where the blue sky overpowers the beautiful neutral shades in some small birds. So, I'd say, definitely use it mindfully.
This is great, thank you. One thing I can't figure out is how to reopen sky replacement if I see something I'd like to tweak. I wind up deleting and starting again. Any way to reopen?
Another great video Anthony. I find that when I want to add a vignette I use the radial filter and then invert it as I have way more control of process that way. Just an idea and once again keep up the great work and thank you!
I really appreciate this series. Like so many I have an Adobe subscription but have not really gotton much value from Photoshop. I have done some "plug in" processing using Topaz, Neo and Photoshop but so much more is possible. Thanks!
Thank you so much! I just took a very similar image with a gray sky. I tried the Sky replacement in Ps but didn't know enough about filters so my image looked Very fake until this tutorial.
I’m sure I have more than a few bird images that need this exact fix! Great tutorial, as usual! Thanks! (I bought some Ocudrone skys back when you first recommended them!)
Nice job, the hardest part is probably to make the direction of light work. Maybe in your final image the bird is a bit too bright, considering the source of light, when you look at the branches. It looks a bit like taken with a frontal flesh, in addition to the natural light. But overall very pleasing. Thanks for the great work you are doing.
Quick question: since LR can't work with layers, is there any reason not to flatten the image in PS before taking it back to LR? Thanks Anthony; I appreciate the many tips and techniques I've picked up from you.
@@rolfmoeckli769 What am I missing here? If I try to reopen the file in PS LR asks me if I want to "Edit a copy with Lightroom Adjustments" and the layers are lost or "Edit a copy" or "Edit Original". In these two cases "Lightroom adjustments will not be visible".. So I don't see a way to make changes in LR, and go back to PS while preserving the layers.
Fake?? Not really! In art do you think the Old Masters painted exactly what they saw, or do you think they altered what they saw to make the landscape or whatever the subject to make it a more interesting and appealing image. I will give you a clue, look at the lighting and composition in some of the work from the Old Masters, never a twig or a branch out of place and often very evocative lighting. A fake is not genuine, a forgery or sham. If you took a photo of yourself in a studio and replaced the background with an image of the Eiffel Tower and tried to pass it off as a vacation photo, that would be a fake, as well as sad. On the other hand, if you used that same “fake image” on the cover of a travel brochure where it could be any tourist, there would be no intention to deceive, so not fake. Photography is art, so it wouldn’t do any harm to follow the lead of the Old Masters, in my opinion at least. Thanks as ever for another great tutorial.
The "FAKE!" argument is a strange one. Everything about digital photography editing is pretty much fake. Only posting the JPG from camera could be considered as close to 'real' as you can get from a camera. We all mess with shadows and gradients and saturation and so on which has already changed the photo from what the camera saw and recorded with its limited dynamic range. I think a subtle sky replacement to mimic what our eyes saw is totally within the boundaries of replicating 'real' photography. If you put a golden sunset or a swooping eagle in there maybe it has gone too far, but we are manipulating pixels here, none of this is 100% real.
All photography is just an interpretation of the real thing. Posting a jpg does not make it any more real it is just limiting the interpretation what the manufacturer says it should be. Basic processing of a raw file as you suggested with highlights, shadows, exposure and cropping just lets the user adjust to match what they experienced. When you start editing like sky replacement, object addition and subtractions, burning and dodging, composites etc that is where the major debate begins because all of this have been going on since the physical darkroom days. When you see the correction sheets Ansel Adams you fill find images were never "real". As Anthony mentioned here the key normally is to make things look natural.
All photos are fake. After all, our eyes do not see depth of field, branches like that. We don’t see black and white either. So what? Still a better processed image…
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This tutorial is geared more toward the wildlife photographer, but the techniques I teach in it will certainly benefit all photographers.
The Best Sky Images I've Seen Available -- Ocudrone - bit.ly/3uCz6U4
*Save 10% with Discount Code: Morganti10
Please help support my channel - consider purchasing my Lightroom Presets:
www.anthonymorganti.com/
If you're not into presets, you can still help me help others learn photography. You can quickly offer your support here where I receive 100% of your kind gift:
ko-fi.com/anthonymorganti
You can change the default amount to the amount you want to donate.
** I am an affiliate for all of the other companies mentioned EXCEPT Affinity Photo.
Please read my Code of Ethics Statement:
onlinephotographytraining.com/code-of-ethics/
Anthony Morganti’s MUST HAVE applications:
At least one Non-Destructive RAW Editor
Lightroom - bit.ly/2zwQ0nW
Luminar - bit.ly/2JUJxKw (Save with the Promo Code: morganti-neo)
On1 Photo RAW - on1.sjv.io/EaGR2K (Save 20% with Promo Code: AM20)
At least one FULL Editing App:
Photoshop - bit.ly/2zwQ0nW
Affinity Photo - affinity.serif.com/en-us/photo/
My MUST-HAVE Plugins:
Topaz Gigapixel AI - bit.ly/3cDqa5J
Topaz Sharpen AI - bit.ly/3cDqa5J
Topaz Denoise AI - bit.ly/3cDqa5J
*Save 15% on all Topaz Labs apps - use the Promo Code: AMDISC15
or instead of Topaz Denoise AI:
On1 NoNoise AI - on1.sjv.io/EaGR2K (Save 20% with Promo Code: AM20 - May not work on sale product)
** Note that all of the promo codes listed above may not work on sale products.
*** I am an affiliate for all of the companies listed EXCEPT Affinity Photo and Capture One. Please read my Code of Ethics Statement:
onlinephotographytraining.com/code-of-ethics/
Please follow me on Instagram: instagram.com/anthonymorganti/
Thank you!
“ I like it, and that’s what matters”. ABSOLUTELY!
I have to say that the best skies I've found are the ones I've taken myself because they just fit in my region, my sun's at a different angle in the sky, my sunsets are different, I have different cloud formations, my thunder clouds aren't like the ones in Florida.............. see a sky take a photo and save it.
You are the best of all RUclips teachers in your field. Every video is great, interesting and well spoken (for people who are not English or us). Many thanks
One of the most compelling uses for sky replacement I’ve seen!
Fake or not, it looks better and that’s what I want to achieve. If someone else doesn’t, fine, they don’t have to do it to theirs. They don’t even have to look at mine if they don’t want to. I like it and that’s all that matters….. to me! Thanks Anthony for all the tips you put out there for us!!!
I have been thinking about getting PS & LR for ever so long,,,,, Your videos make me want to dive in.... ThankYou !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
You can reduce the size of the file you save in Photoshop by simply flattening it before you save it, no loss in image quality at all.
I learn something new from you every time! Thank you!
very good - another option (since the Ocudrone files are simple jpgs) would be to open the sky, blur it, save as.., and add that to your sky collection.
This is great, I struggle with a lack of interesting skys in so many of my photos!
Thank you very much Anthony for offering an effective work-around to Photoshop's Sky Replacement feature's inability to blur a sky replacement, and mentioning two of its competitors can do it. Now that you have publicly exposed this Photoshop limitation, I bet Adobe will get hard at work addressing it, if it was not doing so already,
Thank you, Tony, for this video. I have been saving some pictures of flowers for which I want to change the background. I will try your technique after reviewing your video again.
While I certainly would have gone more for a natural look for this image my opinion doesn't really matter as long as the artist is happy with their results they will find like minds. I always appreciate your videos you put out solid information that is easily followed and spikes ideas for the creative mind. Keep up the good work.
Excellent edit! Thanks so much for sharing this process. I’ve also picked up the Ocudrone Ultimate collection using your discount code. Can’t wait to try them out!
A terrific tutorial, Anthony.
The skies are that good Ive just bought your 501 presets as well. Most interesting an education in themselves.
Glad to know how to do that, and I would use it if I had a horribly distracting background. However, I see so many photos where the blue sky overpowers the beautiful neutral shades in some small birds. So, I'd say, definitely use it mindfully.
Thank you Anthony.. great tutorial
This is great, thank you. One thing I can't figure out is how to reopen sky replacement if I see something I'd like to tweak. I wind up deleting and starting again. Any way to reopen?
Awesome Anthony! ❤️🙏
Another great video Anthony. I find that when I want to add a vignette I use the radial filter and then invert it as I have way more control of process that way. Just an idea and once again keep up the great work and thank you!
Another great workflow and lesson, thanks!!!
Thank you Anthony , another great tutorial video
Thanks, Anthony. Well explained and helpful!
Thanks, this is going to be useful.
What a great video, can’t wait to try.
Great stuff Anthony. I haven't played around with replacing the sky but I can see where it could be helpful.
Short & sweet....thank you for the info!
Cool tutorial 💡... Nice narration 🕵️.. 👍👍😊
Very helpful. I love LR but struggle with PS. Will definitely give this a try.
I really appreciate this series. Like so many I have an Adobe subscription but have not really gotton much value from Photoshop. I have done some "plug in" processing using Topaz, Neo and Photoshop but so much more is possible. Thanks!
Interesting option, think Il'l continue to put it through Luminar Neo.
Nice tutorial and true dat
Thank you so much! I just took a very similar image with a gray sky. I tried the Sky replacement in Ps but didn't know enough about filters so my image looked Very fake until this tutorial.
Well done as always...
Phil
NYC Area
I’m sure I have more than a few bird images that need this exact fix! Great tutorial, as usual! Thanks! (I bought some Ocudrone skys back when you first recommended them!)
Nice job, the hardest part is probably to make the direction of light work. Maybe in your final image the bird is a bit too bright, considering the source of light, when you look at the branches. It looks a bit like taken with a frontal flesh, in addition to the natural light. But overall very pleasing. Thanks for the great work you are doing.
Thank you
Could you also just bring back into LR and blur the sky in the masking area-- Or is the Blur in PS better?
Very helpful, thanks .
Really nice skies from Ocudrone but when saving (Canon R5 image) Photoshop throws up an error about file size being too large.
Quick question: since LR can't work with layers, is there any reason not to flatten the image in PS before taking it back to LR? Thanks Anthony; I appreciate the many tips and techniques I've picked up from you.
Even if you cannot use layers in LR you still can go back to PS to do further edits.
@@rolfmoeckli769 What am I missing here? If I try to reopen the file in PS LR asks me if I want to "Edit a copy with Lightroom Adjustments" and the layers are lost or "Edit a copy" or "Edit Original". In these two cases "Lightroom adjustments will not be visible".. So I don't see a way to make changes in LR, and go back to PS while preserving the layers.
When it goes back into Lightroom, is it still raw?
I think it is in Tif.
Fake?? Not really! In art do you think the Old Masters painted exactly what they saw, or do you think they altered what they saw to make the landscape or whatever the subject to make it a more interesting and appealing image. I will give you a clue, look at the lighting and composition in some of the work from the Old Masters, never a twig or a branch out of place and often very evocative lighting. A fake is not genuine, a forgery or sham. If you took a photo of yourself in a studio and replaced the background with an image of the Eiffel Tower and tried to pass it off as a vacation photo, that would be a fake, as well as sad. On the other hand, if you used that same “fake image” on the cover of a travel brochure where it could be any tourist, there would be no intention to deceive, so not fake. Photography is art, so it wouldn’t do any harm to follow the lead of the Old Masters, in my opinion at least. Thanks as ever for another great tutorial.
It's not fake, it's edited !
Honestly prefer the original.
The "FAKE!" argument is a strange one. Everything about digital photography editing is pretty much fake. Only posting the JPG from camera could be considered as close to 'real' as you can get from a camera. We all mess with shadows and gradients and saturation and so on which has already changed the photo from what the camera saw and recorded with its limited dynamic range. I think a subtle sky replacement to mimic what our eyes saw is totally within the boundaries of replicating 'real' photography. If you put a golden sunset or a swooping eagle in there maybe it has gone too far, but we are manipulating pixels here, none of this is 100% real.
All photography is just an interpretation of the real thing. Posting a jpg does not make it any more real it is just limiting the interpretation what the manufacturer says it should be. Basic processing of a raw file as you suggested with highlights, shadows, exposure and cropping just lets the user adjust to match what they experienced. When you start editing like sky replacement, object addition and subtractions, burning and dodging, composites etc that is where the major debate begins because all of this have been going on since the physical darkroom days. When you see the correction sheets Ansel Adams you fill find images were never "real". As Anthony mentioned here the key normally is to make things look natural.
First!!
Fake?...Hum. Well I like it too.
All photos are fake. After all, our eyes do not see depth of field, branches like that. We don’t see black and white either. So what? Still a better processed image…