This image is makes you want to relax Nigel. I also liked the soft colours that made the picture more soft and relax this picture would look perfect near a fire place that would be a lovely gift. Big well done Nigel
Dude I started getting serious with my photography 3 months ago and you've helped so much! I live in Japan, and although you haven't necessarily done neon tutorials, just listening to what you expect from an image and how you talk about what each element in Lightroom does has improved my photos greatly! Thanks man!
One of the very best "tutorials" I've seen on YT. What made it great for me was your clear and simple sharing of the emotion you were attempting to inject into the end product. You made me stop and think hard about everything I've been doing front to back. Thanks for that...
Brilliant tutorial Nigel. When I first saw it I didn't really understand the development process using Lightroom. It's taken a good while to get there and I feel I have a better understanding. I'm a slow learner because each aspect of the process needs to make sense to me before I move on. This is one of your tutorials I'll be visiting again and again. My two favourites - the snow in the Peal District and the trees in Madeira. Thanks Nigel.
Nigel thank you again. I just learned some very important things for my images that even through different classes not one teacher has shared. I think this will dramatically help my images along with getting the great visualization to begin with.
Nigel I think this is the best lightroom video I have ever watched. Its not a push this slider and achieve this effect tutorial but you showed very clearly and explained clearly just how the processing is part of the image. It made me realise just how much I have fallen into a routine when processing and I think I need to stop just rushing through it. Thank you so much for uploading this
Thanks, Nigel, this was a wonderful video! I really learned a great deal from your LR tutorial, particularly your extensive use of gradient filters to adjust colors. Also, how you used the tone curve quite significantly to subtly adjust tones in the image. Your insights into visualization are very helpful. Taking the time to visual what you want in an image before you press the shutter button will certainly result in quality compositions. Also, visualizing what you want an image to look like before you begin LR processing is also significant. In the end, you created a stunningly beautiful image from an outstanding composition. Thanks for sharing all of this. Cheers, Bob
Jesus! What a great video. I just want to say that your content both vlog and images just keeps on improving massively. I now look forward to watching your newly released content nearly as much as T.Heaton (its hard to beat Tom’s content). In photography everyone (including yourself) talks about the main ingredients for a great image but this also applies to vlogs I think and ensuring that people keep watching. Quality content, great images, awesome drone footage 😜, lessons and tips to take away to improve your photography and there are probably more but just want to tell you that you are nailing them all in my opinion. Keep it up cause your subscribers keeps growing for one reason and it’s cause your nailing producing quality vlogs. Great work Nigel!
Enjoyable and instructive thank you. I watch all your videos Nigel but this is the first comment. The presentation you have is very calming that reflects what I believe is perfect for landscape photography, no stress no panic and no compulsory targets just a hopeful target for one's self. Best wishes.
+Dave Vowles thanks and perfectly put! No targets at all - just pure enjoyment in being outdoors and having the opportunity to share the beautiful world around us!
I have recently started watching your vlogs I work in a gaming industry and have a hobby of photography, seeing you going out and teaching,explaining and your ideas helps a lot to us, i really appreciate what you are doing and that's what made me subscribed.
Hats of to you, have watched quite a few of your tutorials and vlogs lately. Just wanted to say your knowledge on all things photography is phenomenal! Concisely and clearly explained, I feel that I learn something every time 😊 top man, thanks for sharing. 👍
I've commented on another one of your videos as I've just discovered your work after getting back into photography. Close to 10k subscribers in this vid, amazing to see the channel grow so much! Credit to you and the quality of what you do. I now have a lot of catching up to do with your content; inspiring stuff. I fell out of love with photography years ago because I had to stop (unforeseen circumstances) but I'm rekindling it now and your stuff makes a real positive difference. Cheers :)
Thank you so much for sharing this Nigel. The final processed image is beautiful. This is so helpful as I've just invested in an iMac (2 days old!!) after years as a PC user. Viewing my images on the iMac is like light light and shade so I'm now going to purchase Adobe CC to take my images to the next level. The workflow and processes you've shown here are just what I need, so a massive thanks from me. P.S. Yours is the first VLOG I've watched on the 27" screen - amazing ! P.P.S. The card tip is excellent.
Liked both photos you and Matt both. Both convey a different feel looking at both in mood though from same area. As well both seem to also be different style as well, liked them both. I’ve watched your videos like an addiction since I found your channel for the last 12+ hours. Needless to say, I haven’t gotten any sleep and it’s Christmas 🎄 Day. Your photography and vlog is so damn amazing, I might have feared I got FOMO if I actually went to sleep. I have to now and its almost 6 AM.
Great video! One thing I'd highly recommend when making adjustments to specific areas, for example the trees, is using the range mask tool. Extremely powerful and massively increases precision and flexibility
I don't know if anyone else will ever see this comment, but Ansell Adams talked about visualization of the final image at the time of exposure. One other great things about his prints and remember he was working only in b&w, is that nothing is purely black or purely white but both the extreme whites and extreme blacks still have detail. What a master.
Totally agree on waiting a day before publishing an image. I tend to publish to social media the second I'm done, and then when I look at my feed the next day, I often dislike my edit...
Just discovered your channel. Nice video and beautiful picture. Thanks for showing us how you processed the image...I picked up a few pointers. looking forward to watching some of your previous videos and new ones as well.
Very interesting video. It was really nice to see the different results you got. I think the major different between Matt's photo and yours is that you decided to cool down the foregroun and the water, which creates kind of a split toning in the image. Matt on the other hand kept the overall warmish tone, which I guess is a bit more natural, because you'd expect the warm tones to also be reflected in the water. But both images look really beautiful! I hope I can visit the Lake District sometime in the future, seems to be a beautiful area.
I feel like landscape photography is becoming more editing art, rather than about photography itself.. i may be wrong, just saying. I feel like street photography is the true raw art, no edit, no filters... but i still want to thank you Nigel for your videos and experience sharing :)
I really enjoyed this Nigel. It's always interesting to see how other photographers process their images. I picked up a few tips myself. Stunning image to boot as well. Nice one. :-)
Great vlog! It really is interesting how 2 people can go about tackling the same landscape and see / get 2 different yet similar results. Awesome LR thoughts / tips. Got a lot from this. :)
Stonking video Nigel! thanks so much it's the most helpful Lightroom tutorial that I have seen , I will be referring to it frequently to start getting my images to where I want them. I've always been reluctant to use too much processing but I think I have been heavy handed at times due to my desire to see the result I wanted. Your multi-pass technique is a great way to stay subtle and get the best result.
Loved this tutorial, I'm new to photography and I'm realizing the importance of knowing how to operate all the LR features and how you can improve an already great image and making it even better thanks enjoyed it :) another sub cheers
Nice image I really like the composition and I think the color looks great, however as i think about it the orange sky should reflect equally on the water.
What can I say in just a few short words? First of all, I loved your processing and visualization. I liked the way you went into the very fine detail and how you showed your thought processes. I genuinely learnt something there. Continued success with your vlogging and drone work. I follow several people by their vlogs in landscape and always learn something and the great thing is everyone is different but good in their own way. Regards, Allan Davies.
Excellent video Nigel. I use different video processing software but the principles are the same. I also appreciate the insights of visualizing the final image. That's an area I have problems with and need to work on. I feel like I pass on a lot of good images because I can't see the final result in my mind...
Really enjoyed that Vlog Nigel. Find that I am maybe trying to hard in Lightroom and over processing my images slightly. Needing to try and be more subtle with how I use it.
Fantastic video as always Nigel. The color wheel that popped up would make for a super useful Lightroom plugin. Was it a plugin or app? If so what is it please?
Thanks for another well produced video with great content. Its always great to get insight into someone else's post-processing approach. Who is the artist performing the soundtrack in these vlogs?? The voice is amazing...
Thanks. Photography these days seems like just a digital coloring book. I do it, too, but it’s a little sad that it’s so hard to find pics of what a place truly looks like. I can look at 100 landscape pics online & I know the majority of them don’t represent what the moment truly looked like. But I enjoy processing & making creative edits, too! Anyway, tho, thanks for the tutorial. Enjoyed it!
Hello, Nigel - thanks for a very useful video and sharing your treatment of this lovely image. I was one of many who were very impressed by your photos and drone footage from your vlog of 5th November; I have been struggling to get good footage from my drone (DJI P4P) and wondered if you might have some suggestions for settings to optimise the video quality from the drone? Perhaps another vlog episode, right there...Thanks.
+Christopher thanks for the comment. I shot in 4k, d-cinelike and make sure you don’t do quick movements. Then edit / colour process in premier pro. This takes trial and error but lots of good tutorials online
Thanks very much for that, Nigel. I have looked at every tutorial I can find (and tried and erred may times) but, interestingly, none of the footage they show (or I achieve) seems as smooth and cinematic as yours, so I wondered if I (and they) were missing something. I use Premiere Pro 2018, too - could I press you for recording format and frame rate and output video format, please? Thanks, it's much appreciated.
Christopher sorry to jump in Christopher, this is also a problem I had/still have at times with mine, as Nigel said, D-cinelike is what I use now too, the reason I chipped in was to ask what shutter speed you had while filming? After watched a lot of vlogs I learned that the reasons my videos weren’t ‘smooth’ (other than ham fisted controlling) was the shutter speed, from what I’ve read (happy to be corrected if someone knows different) is that for best results the shutter speed should be double the frame rate. So if you’re shooting 4k @60fps for best results the shutter speed should be 1/120. I too have the p4p
Hi, Billy; yes, I always use a shutter speed of twice the frame rate, thanks - it helps, but I am not getting near Nigel's video quality (content notwithstanding!).
A really terrific video. I'm guilty of snapping away. This has made me stop and think about what I want from an image, which can only improve my photography. Thanks for sharing some great tips. One final question please what is the song at the start and end of the video (a request from my OH !)
wonderful tutorial. thank you so much. i do not do post but i am curious to know what you print it on please. i have lightroom and photoshop - need to learn it. keep up the great work :)
preamble is a bit repetitive regarding visualising the scene but good to see the actual lightroom procedure. I am learning to use Lightroom at the moment. I would like to see videos using crop sensor camera too
Hello Nigel, One year later and I just had to watch this vlog again. In my opinion, this is the best image that you have ever taken out of your thousands of captures. This October 2018 I stayed at Grasmere and visited your location just to see it. I never had the conditions that you had, so, I never got an image of this location. But I shall go back later next year (hopefully) living in Northern Ireland it can be expensive getting there. But I do have a question for you? And I have often chastised myself for being lazy and (not) doing Luminosity Masks which I have never done. Do you ever use them? And should we be using them for (all) images? For as yet, I have not seen you use them. Best regards, Allan Davies.
Thanks Nigel for a lovely video in so many ways. It must have taken a good bit of planning. I lost you a bit in the complex Lightroom adjustments so I've saved it to play again. With pen and paper I'll try and analyse the main adjustments i.e. decrease highlights, increase whites, selectively sharpen areas of interest etc.etc.etc. Interesting that you liked Matt's photo more than yours. There seems to be a dichotomy between editing to express what one personally felt at the time and editing to produce the most pleasing photo. I imagine it would be all to easy to slide towards the latter under the influence of that darstedly word, 'comercial'. Thanks again for a down to earth video. Keep up the great work! P.S. With some birthday money I'm thinking of changing my Apple laptop for a desktop iMac for photo editing. Would you recommend the 27 or 21 inch? Is there a minimum spec for fast Lightroom processing? Many thanks, Christian.
+Christian Petersen Thanks Christian - really appreciate the comment. In terms of desktop - get what you can afford. Bigger screen and more memory is good for lightroom! But any new iMac would be fine
Hey Nigel, excellent video as always, thank you! Quick question: everyone seems to recommend setting one’s monitor/tablet to slightly below 50% brightness while editing, but wouldn’t ambient room light affect where we should set that? Do you always use 5 bars in spite of the time of day, etc, or is it that your editing space has approximately the same brightness all day? Thx again, these vids have not only helped my landscapes but have helped so much as I make the transition from Affinity Photo to LR at the front end of my workflow.
Why using paper frame (it's more bulky to carry also paper non?). We are the viewfinder on our camera no ? Why it's better with paper frame ? I'm sorry for this question, but I really don't undestand why paper frame is good ! Thanks you very much for every video. I'm wathing all the video from beginnig. I love your pastel pictures and compositing. There is something clear and quiet!!
Hi, thanks for showing some of your workflow in Lightroom. I was wondering if you use extra sharpening when you create prints? Do you create different edits, depending on how the image is going to be viewed. Great images!
Ah couldn’t sleep after having been up so long watching so many your videos, just learning and studying. Even rewatched this video. Using Lightroom is a bit over my head for right now. This photo edit was one also seen from last video I had watched and the cropped portrait edit is on your website the “First Autumn Frost” which is damn stunning. I’m just going to really ask, is there any way to get the same Lightroom edited full landscape view of the photo as it is @ 6:54? I’d like to possibly buy that one.
You post process so well. I love the soft images best. They calm me down.
This image is makes you want to relax Nigel. I also liked the soft colours that made the picture more soft and relax this picture would look perfect near a fire place that would be a lovely gift. Big well done Nigel
Rewatching these is so making a difference in my landscapes. Thank you - again, Nigel.
Dude I started getting serious with my photography 3 months ago and you've helped so much! I live in Japan, and although you haven't necessarily done neon tutorials, just listening to what you expect from an image and how you talk about what each element in Lightroom does has improved my photos greatly! Thanks man!
One of the very best "tutorials" I've seen on YT. What made it great for me was your clear and simple sharing of the emotion you were attempting to inject into the end product. You made me stop and think hard about everything I've been doing front to back. Thanks for that...
I love you Nigel. You always put so much effort into your videos, one can really see that. Amazing.
Thanks 🤗
I really enjoyed your video with my Sunday morning coffee. And that print is absolutely beautiful. Thanks Nigel.
+Andrew Chattaway thanks Andrew - appreciate that
Beautifully composed, beautifully cropped and beautifully processed.
+Khajak Kodjian many thanks Khajak
Nigel, the idea with the cardboard is a really good one, thanks. Love the images. Your videos are thoughtful and informative. I really enjoy them!
+Adrian R that is good to hear thAnks for the feedback! 👍
no need for cardboard, just create a frame with your fingers. Just bring nearer or farther from you eye to change the focal length.
Brilliant tutorial Nigel. When I first saw it I didn't really understand the development process using Lightroom. It's taken a good while to get there and I feel I have a better understanding. I'm a slow learner because each aspect of the process needs to make sense to me before I move on. This is one of your tutorials I'll be visiting again and again. My two favourites - the snow in the Peal District and the trees in Madeira. Thanks Nigel.
Nigel thank you again. I just learned some very important things for my images that even through different classes not one teacher has shared. I think this will dramatically help my images along with getting the great visualization to begin with.
Brilliant!!!
Nigel I think this is the best lightroom video I have ever watched. Its not a push this slider and achieve this effect tutorial but you showed very clearly and explained clearly just how the processing is part of the image. It made me realise just how much I have fallen into a routine when processing and I think I need to stop just rushing through it. Thank you so much for uploading this
+Peter Biggin wow! Thanks for that - I am so pleased people have seen it as more than a lightroom tutorial! 👍
Every video you watched is so inspirational but this is the number one, thank you for sharing. Just keep doing this because you really do it well :).
+MilanV. Thanks so kind
Thanks, Nigel, this was a wonderful video! I really learned a great deal from your LR tutorial, particularly your extensive use of gradient filters to adjust colors. Also, how you used the tone curve quite significantly to subtly adjust tones in the image. Your insights into visualization are very helpful. Taking the time to visual what you want in an image before you press the shutter button will certainly result in quality compositions. Also, visualizing what you want an image to look like before you begin LR processing is also significant. In the end, you created a stunningly beautiful image from an outstanding composition. Thanks for sharing all of this. Cheers, Bob
you are becoming one of my favourite youtubber. You are so simple and still create amazing videos
Thanks Daniel - very kind of you to say!
You are a true master. So right. I love portraying what I’ve seen through editing. Thanks to you, I’m getting better at it. So helpful, thank you 🙏
Interesting video! I prefer your photos to the two other photographers - not kiddin' ;) I really like how you processed it too. Makes it more eerie.
+Mads Peter Iversen cheers. Personal style I suppose and it reflected the feeling.
Great video Nigel - some good ideas and inspiration. Your passion for photography is clear. Well done!
+Steph Ball many thanks Steph - appreciate the kind words 👍
Superb work. That was the best use and explanation of a gradient filter I have seen. Thank you.
+John Callery many thanks! Glad you enjoyed it! 👍
Another top video Nigel. Brilliant
+Billy Redden many thanks Billy!
Another great how to do it video, this is the second time I have seen it and slowly but surely I am taking it all in.......thank you...
Jesus! What a great video. I just want to say that your content both vlog and images just keeps on improving massively. I now look forward to watching your newly released content nearly as much as T.Heaton (its hard to beat Tom’s content). In photography everyone (including yourself) talks about the main ingredients for a great image but this also applies to vlogs I think and ensuring that people keep watching. Quality content, great images, awesome drone footage 😜, lessons and tips to take away to improve your photography and there are probably more but just want to tell you that you are nailing them all in my opinion. Keep it up cause your subscribers keeps growing for one reason and it’s cause your nailing producing quality vlogs. Great work Nigel!
+Jeff Freestone many many thanks for the awesome feedback Jeff. I really appreciate it!
Enjoyable and instructive thank you. I watch all your videos Nigel but this is the first comment. The presentation you have is very calming that reflects what I believe is perfect for landscape photography, no stress no panic and no compulsory targets just a hopeful target for one's self. Best wishes.
+Dave Vowles thanks and perfectly put! No targets at all - just pure enjoyment in being outdoors and having the opportunity to share the beautiful world around us!
Thank you for this instructional video. I’m sure it has helped many photographers.
Excellent work on the image.
I have recently started watching your vlogs I work in a gaming industry and have a hobby of photography, seeing you going out and teaching,explaining and your ideas helps a lot to us, i really appreciate what you are doing and that's what made me subscribed.
I really enjoy your thought process on your pictures and I go back to your RUclips vids often. Thanks
the opening aerial shot is just so stunning! fantastic! please keep doing what you do!
Great video Nigel. The main image is beautiful.
+Chris Smith that is really kind of you to say. Many thanks 👍
Superb vid mate. And excellent shots. Great idea about the card as well 👏
+Ian Livermore thanks Ian
Thanks Nigel for sharing some great insights! Really love the landscape photos that you've taken :)
+Kinji Low that is kind - thanks!
+Kinji Low that is kind - thanks!
Visualization is everything! And not just in photography...
Stunning photo and fantastic video as always thanks for the tips and inspiration can’t wait to get out again!
+Chris Stark cool! Thanks for the comment and enjoy shooting
really great video - much appreciate seeing your post workflow; so much of the final result comes from that
+david wilkinson yep - although this image is probably more ‘processed’ than many others
Hats of to you, have watched quite a few of your tutorials and vlogs lately. Just wanted to say your knowledge on all things photography is phenomenal! Concisely and clearly explained, I feel that I learn something every time 😊 top man, thanks for sharing. 👍
Nice video something you don't think about that much the different ways people look at the same scene. Good job.
+Rob Verduyn many thanks Rob! Appreciate that
Thanx Nigel for lesson , you a truly talented and I love your channel. I will suport your channel buying your Mastering art of Landscape.
I've commented on another one of your videos as I've just discovered your work after getting back into photography. Close to 10k subscribers in this vid, amazing to see the channel grow so much! Credit to you and the quality of what you do. I now have a lot of catching up to do with your content; inspiring stuff. I fell out of love with photography years ago because I had to stop (unforeseen circumstances) but I'm rekindling it now and your stuff makes a real positive difference. Cheers :)
Great and informative Video Nigel. fantastic image as always. I can't believe you are not at 100 thousand subs. keep up the good work.
+Graeme Cave me neither! 😂
Thank you so much for sharing this Nigel. The final processed image is beautiful. This is so helpful as I've just invested in an iMac (2 days old!!) after years as a PC user. Viewing my images on the iMac is like light light and shade so I'm now going to purchase Adobe CC to take my images to the next level. The workflow and processes you've shown here are just what I need, so a massive thanks from me. P.S. Yours is the first VLOG I've watched on the 27" screen - amazing ! P.P.S. The card tip is excellent.
+tim scanlan thanks Tim! Nothing better than a 27” iMac - I share your joy! 👊
Liked both photos you and Matt both. Both convey a different feel looking at both in mood though from same area. As well both seem to also be different style as well, liked them both. I’ve watched your videos like an addiction since I found your channel for the last 12+ hours. Needless to say, I haven’t gotten any sleep and it’s Christmas 🎄 Day. Your photography and vlog is so damn amazing, I might have feared I got FOMO if I actually went to sleep. I have to now and its almost 6 AM.
Great video! One thing I'd highly recommend when making adjustments to specific areas, for example the trees, is using the range mask tool. Extremely powerful and massively increases precision and flexibility
+Mo Lunat yep - it is awesome tool! Snapseed has had something similar for a while. Love that it is in LR classic now
Nigel Danson Didn't realise Snapseed had it too! Cheers!
Great job nigel love your thinking process from start to finish👍🏻
+PhotoNinja cheers
thank you for making me thinking deeper on how to edit my photos in LR
I don't know if anyone else will ever see this comment, but Ansell Adams talked about visualization of the final image at the time of exposure. One other great things about his prints and remember he was working only in b&w, is that nothing is purely black or purely white but both the extreme whites and extreme blacks still have detail. What a master.
Totally agree on waiting a day before publishing an image. I tend to publish to social media the second I'm done, and then when I look at my feed the next day, I often dislike my edit...
+Andre Audet yep - makes a big difference
Just discovered your channel. Nice video and beautiful picture. Thanks for showing us how you processed the image...I picked up a few pointers. looking forward to watching some of your previous videos and new ones as well.
+james flames thanks James - appreciate the kind words
Fantastic work. Loved the video and your workflow methodology. Inspired by your work. Thanks
Beautiful images again, Nigel and really informative. Thank you.
+Trevor Hughes many thanks Trevor
Your images are quite awesome Nigel.
I love that I watched this today-when you're at 418K subscribers-and you mentioned you were "getting close to 10K" in this video. 🙂
Hi Nigel, great tutorial - if you right click any tool header and select Solo, only one menu is open at a time - saves lots of scrolling!
+Mark Williams great tip! Thanks
+Mark Williams great tip! Thanks
Beautifully explained
Brilliant vlog Nigel.
+David Nichol thanks David!
Nice one Nigel! Absolutely killer drone shot at the start there too!
+Richard Lefroy yeah! Pleased with that! I was very excited taking it!
Very interesting video. It was really nice to see the different results you got. I think the major different between Matt's photo and yours is that you decided to cool down the foregroun and the water, which creates kind of a split toning in the image. Matt on the other hand kept the overall warmish tone, which I guess is a bit more natural, because you'd expect the warm tones to also be reflected in the water. But both images look really beautiful! I hope I can visit the Lake District sometime in the future, seems to be a beautiful area.
+Michael Breitung many thanks!
I feel like landscape photography is becoming more editing art, rather than about photography itself.. i may be wrong, just saying. I feel like street photography is the true raw art, no edit, no filters... but i still want to thank you Nigel for your videos and experience sharing :)
I really enjoyed this Nigel. It's always interesting to see how other photographers process their images. I picked up a few tips myself. Stunning image to boot as well. Nice one. :-)
+Julian Baird - Landscape Photography cheers Julian!
Very useful video Nigel, thanks.
Wonderful Lr edit Nigel. Loved it. Much thanks for sharing :)
THANK YOU. U r Marvellous. Keep going.
Wow!!! Great work! Keep it up😍😍
+Deep Modi thanks a lot
Great vlog! It really is interesting how 2 people can go about tackling the same landscape and see / get 2 different yet similar results. Awesome LR thoughts / tips. Got a lot from this. :)
+Overseer 13 great to hear!
Stonking video Nigel! thanks so much it's the most helpful Lightroom tutorial that I have seen , I will be referring to it frequently to start getting my images to where I want them. I've always been reluctant to use too much processing but I think I have been heavy handed at times due to my desire to see the result I wanted. Your multi-pass technique is a great way to stay subtle and get the best result.
Thanks derek - good luck!
really beautiful image Nigel and a very informative overview of your processing
+scotty4418 many thanks
Loved this tutorial, I'm new to photography and I'm realizing the importance of knowing how to operate all the LR features and how you can improve an already great image and making it even better thanks enjoyed it :) another sub cheers
Great insight on the editing of this wonderful image! Thanks for sharing Nigel.
+Diego McCartney cheers Diego! Appreciate it!
This is one of my favorite photos ever! Thanks for showing us how it was done. Great work.
One - such great praise thanks so much 😳
Nice image I really like the composition and I think the color looks great, however as i think about it the orange sky should reflect equally on the water.
There’s that catchphrase again at the end! 😂 really interesting to see how differently the same compositions were presented
+Ciara Jennings ha ha ! Yep! thanks!
Wow you really did do some work on that image. I get very lazy lesson learnt. Thanks for insight
+Paul Compton ha ha! Worth the effort though and even though I did do a lot I didn’t over process or produce an unreal image
no i agree, its spot on...
What can I say in just a few short words? First of all, I loved your processing and visualization. I liked the way you went into the very fine detail and how you showed your thought processes. I genuinely learnt something there. Continued success with your vlogging and drone work. I follow several people by their vlogs in landscape and always learn something and the great thing is everyone is different but good in their own way. Regards, Allan Davies.
+Allan Davies wow! Thanks Allan! Appreciate that
Greatly enjoyed this video
I really enjoyed the video. Thanks.
Excellent video Nigel. I use different video processing software but the principles are the same. I also appreciate the insights of visualizing the final image. That's an area I have problems with and need to work on. I feel like I pass on a lot of good images because I can't see the final result in my mind...
Really enjoyed that Vlog Nigel. Find that I am maybe trying to hard in Lightroom and over processing my images slightly. Needing to try and be more subtle with how I use it.
+Renegade Scot it is easy to over process - key thing is to have a style that you like. Thanks for comment
Love your channel, you have some great content, thank you Sir.
Fantastic video as always Nigel. The color wheel that popped up would make for a super useful Lightroom plugin. Was it a plugin or app? If so what is it please?
+Jonathan Robson no just an image! Easy enough to get online and I leave it on my desktop
Thanks for another well produced video with great content. Its always great to get insight into someone else's post-processing approach. Who is the artist performing the soundtrack in these vlogs?? The voice is amazing...
+Chris Meder lots of different artists - all from epidemic sound
Thanks. Photography these days seems like just a digital coloring book. I do it, too, but it’s a little sad that it’s so hard to find pics of what a place truly looks like. I can look at 100 landscape pics online & I know the majority of them don’t represent what the moment truly looked like. But I enjoy processing & making creative edits, too! Anyway, tho, thanks for the tutorial. Enjoyed it!
Hello, Nigel - thanks for a very useful video and sharing your treatment of this lovely image. I was one of many who were very impressed by your photos and drone footage from your vlog of 5th November; I have been struggling to get good footage from my drone (DJI P4P) and wondered if you might have some suggestions for settings to optimise the video quality from the drone? Perhaps another vlog episode, right there...Thanks.
+Christopher thanks for the comment. I shot in 4k, d-cinelike and make sure you don’t do quick movements. Then edit / colour process in premier pro. This takes trial and error but lots of good tutorials online
Thanks very much for that, Nigel. I have looked at every tutorial I can find (and tried and erred may times) but, interestingly, none of the footage they show (or I achieve) seems as smooth and cinematic as yours, so I wondered if I (and they) were missing something. I use Premiere Pro 2018, too - could I press you for recording format and frame rate and output video format, please? Thanks, it's much appreciated.
Christopher sorry to jump in Christopher, this is also a problem I had/still have at times with mine, as Nigel said, D-cinelike is what I use now too, the reason I chipped in was to ask what shutter speed you had while filming? After watched a lot of vlogs I learned that the reasons my videos weren’t ‘smooth’ (other than ham fisted controlling) was the shutter speed, from what I’ve read (happy to be corrected if someone knows different) is that for best results the shutter speed should be double the frame rate. So if you’re shooting 4k @60fps for best results the shutter speed should be 1/120. I too have the p4p
Hi, Billy; yes, I always use a shutter speed of twice the frame rate, thanks - it helps, but I am not getting near Nigel's video quality (content notwithstanding!).
Christopher no neither am I 😂 but practice makes ‘better’ I guess doesn’t it
Great video and very informative. :)
+mark pursglove many thanks
A really terrific video. I'm guilty of snapping away. This has made me stop and think about what I want from an image, which can only improve my photography. Thanks for sharing some great tips.
One final question please what is the song at the start and end of the video (a request from my OH !)
Me too liked the song and want to know it
Great session !!
love your videos
wonderful tutorial. thank you so much. i do not do post but i am curious to know what you print it on please. i have lightroom and photoshop - need to learn it. keep up the great work :)
+R F i print from lightroom - I did a video on printing - take a look 👍
Enjoyed the vlog, but may I suggest an old slide frame may be easier to carry around!
+Steve Healy good idea... I find this fits easily in my rucksack. But not best for everyone
Great video. Might have to cut up a corn flakes packet
+Mark Burton ha ha!
I an interesting video. Thank! Nigel...,
preamble is a bit repetitive regarding visualising the scene but good to see the actual lightroom procedure. I am learning to use Lightroom at the moment. I would like to see videos using crop sensor camera too
Half of my videos are with xt2 - crop sensor. Makes no difference to photography or visualization. I will try and be more concise next time ;)
Hello Nigel, One year later and I just had to watch this vlog again. In my opinion, this is the best image that you have ever taken out of your thousands of captures. This October 2018 I stayed at Grasmere and visited your location just to see it. I never had the conditions that you had, so, I never got an image of this location. But I shall go back later next year (hopefully) living in Northern Ireland it can be expensive getting there. But I do have a question for you? And I have often chastised myself for being lazy and (not) doing Luminosity Masks which I have never done. Do you ever use them? And should we be using them for (all) images? For as yet, I have not seen you use them. Best regards, Allan Davies.
I use them a lot in LR
@@NigelDanson, I see another Vlog coming on! lol
Thanks Nigel for a lovely video in so many ways. It must have taken a good bit of planning.
I lost you a bit in the complex Lightroom adjustments so I've saved it to play again. With pen and paper I'll try and analyse the main adjustments i.e. decrease highlights, increase whites, selectively sharpen areas of interest etc.etc.etc.
Interesting that you liked Matt's photo more than yours. There seems to be a dichotomy between editing to express what one personally felt at the time and editing to produce the most pleasing photo. I imagine it would be all to easy to slide towards the latter under the influence of that darstedly word, 'comercial'. Thanks again for a down to earth video. Keep up the great work!
P.S. With some birthday money I'm thinking of changing my Apple laptop for a desktop iMac for photo editing. Would you recommend the 27 or 21 inch? Is there a minimum spec for fast Lightroom processing? Many thanks, Christian.
+Christian Petersen Thanks Christian - really appreciate the comment. In terms of desktop - get what you can afford. Bigger screen and more memory is good for lightroom! But any new iMac would be fine
For years I have taken an empty slide mount instead of a matte card. It is malle and easier to fit in my bag. It has the 3:2 ratio as your sensor
Hey Nigel, excellent video as always, thank you! Quick question: everyone seems to recommend setting one’s monitor/tablet to slightly below 50% brightness while editing, but wouldn’t ambient room light affect where we should set that? Do you always use 5 bars in spite of the time of day, etc, or is it that your editing space has approximately the same brightness all day? Thx again, these vids have not only helped my landscapes but have helped so much as I make the transition from Affinity Photo to LR at the front end of my workflow.
Why using paper frame (it's more bulky to carry also paper non?). We are the viewfinder on our camera no ?
Why it's better with paper frame ? I'm sorry for this question, but I really don't undestand why paper frame is good !
Thanks you very much for every video. I'm wathing all the video from beginnig. I love your pastel pictures and compositing. There is something clear and quiet!!
Really good. Question..did you free crop there and how does that affect your printing? (and then framing)
+Rich N cheers Rich. I always free crop and fit the frame to the print. I never let the frame size dictate the final image size.
Hi, thanks for showing some of your workflow in Lightroom. I was wondering if you use extra sharpening when you create prints? Do you create different edits, depending
on how the image is going to be viewed.
Great images!
Ah couldn’t sleep after having been up so long watching so many your videos, just learning and studying. Even rewatched this video. Using Lightroom is a bit over my head for right now. This photo edit was one also seen from last video I had watched and the cropped portrait edit is on your website the “First Autumn Frost” which is damn stunning. I’m just going to really ask, is there any way to get the same Lightroom edited full landscape view of the photo as it is @ 6:54? I’d like to possibly buy that one.
Thanks for the video. Curious as to how you are backing things up to the cloud. You mentioned it, but not *how*. Thanks.
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Are you using S3 buckets or something else?
thanks for sharing