Bird Photography IMAGE EDITING - Edit Your Images! - Here's Why - Jan Wegener
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- Опубликовано: 12 июл 2024
- Why should we edit our bird images? Well, the answer is simple. Our cameras have severely limited sensors and thus all bird photography RAW files (Jpegs) we capture are just a compromise and we use image editing to bring back all the details and colours missed, so that the birdphotography images look like what we saw with our eyes in the field. But where can you get started? What are the right tools? Which programs to use? How do I edit my bird images?
Don't dismiss editing or fall into the " straight out of camera" trap. Editing is needed and I want to show you why and how you can do it.
Let's find out!
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I am half way through Jan's Masterclass, for me it has changed my approach and also filled in the blanks that other experts leave out. It's these 'blank filling moments' that puts this Masterclass above the rest !!
Totally recommend Jan's Masterclass, and remember, I'm only halfway through. . . .
Bruce Terrill glad it helps you a lot !
Aha! I’ve seen some of your latest posts and i am convinced you’ve improved greatly. No wonder. Now, i have to get that Masterclass😊
Can’t wait to watch the Masterclass! 😁
I know you will like it!
Such a good video Jan. You inspired me to make my RUclips channel and step up my photography game. Can't wait to watch the masterclass! I love the idea of editing people's pictures, I can't wait to see it in future. Thanks for the great vids man.🤙😊
Thanks Tim
Yay! I'm so glad you've used this time to make editing videos! I wanted a sneak peak at your process before buying the class and this was perfect. Looking forward to the rest of the series!
Kimberly Roberts great! I hope this gave you a little insight. In the Masterclass I am doing things a lot more details and slower, something I can’t really do in RUclips cause it would take too long
Excellent summary - always good to see other peoples workflow. Great idea to process others RAW files - provides a powerful learning experience!
cumuluskeith thanks! I hope so
Thanks for sharing mate, the Masterclass is a wonderful resource for all photographers. Cheers, Duade
Thanks mate, much appreciated!
Excellent video, that was so helpful! Thanks!
Elly Elzinga thanks 😊
Hey Jan, great video, really excited for you to edit our photos!
Nice! So send me one :D
@@jan_wegener I sure have
Amazing video Jan! I absolutely agree with your entire philosophy regarding editing and Photoshop in general. Not to mention your absolutely stunning portfolio on Instagram! ❤️❤️
Thanks so much Will, glad you enjoy my work!
This is excellent Jan, one day . I like the concept of you working on other peoples' images in the future too. Great opportunity! Thankyou.
Thanks! I hope so, I think it would be good fun
Jan, I just found your channel and am SO happy I did. Landscape photography is my primary passion but during these crazy COVID19 times with very limited travel, I find myself looking for new ways to express myself while still being able to enjoy photography. Your channel and your passion for bird photography is contagious and now you've got me very interested in learning more. Thank you very much for the time you put into creating this content! Best to you and stay safe. Signed, a new fan/subscriber in Minnesota U.S.A.
Thanks for your kind words Michael!
Kudos on your statement about using images “straight out of the camera”. I think that was an idea started early as digital was gaining favor, and many had no idea what Photoshop was or how to use it. The legend Ansel Adams would develop his negatives by inspection an sometimes blow on certain areas to affect the development of that area! 🤩
hehe, nothing is ever the way we think it is
Very interesting video. In case of editing I agree with you totally. Not changing but optimizing, thats the way! Stay safe, best Greetings, Rolf
Video Natur thanks, you too!
Terrific video Jan. And a well argued point of view. Compelling. But I'm not one to spend time at a computer. Love the engagement with birds in their environment and happy to accept that my images will not achieve post-processing perfection.
Keith James thanks! and that’s totally fine. We don’t all have to aim for the same thing. It would be boring if we did
Que belleza 💕
thanks!
Very useful Jan
Thanks Amanda
That was great. WoW! Your so quick lol
Chris Martin that comes naturally over time! 😊
Hello Jan,
I appreciate all the work you do to make these vids. Please do some more editing content.
Thanks
Bill
Hey,
yes will do more of everything, just working through all the lens content I had made :)
Loved it from india assam 🥰🥰
awesome!
Great video as always Jan! So glad you are starting some editing videos, and I'm looking forward to watching the masterclass. Do 'keyword' or label species in your workflow? That's the main reason I'm hesitant on moving away entirely from Lightroom. Thanks!
Bernard Gandy you can still use Lightroom for your raw conversion and catalogue and then just do more editing in PS like I do. It’s kinda similar to ACR and then you get the best of both worlds. I just find Lightroom a bit bloated and use a slightly faster workflow
Thank you for your videos, always enjoy their content. Interested in the brand of your monitor with its shield.
Hey, Thanks! I am using an Eizo CG277
Jan - another excellent video. If you use FastStone for initial review/sorting of files , and then PS for Raw conversion and editing - - how do you ultimately catalogue your photos (if you're not using LR) and what file formats do you end up storing. Thanks and take care
peter hawrylyshyn I have my own folder system I find more practical. I store PSD edited files and RAW files
Thank you Jan ,can you make a video what focus point on different scenario?
Great suggestion! I will keep that in mind
Hi Jan,
Wondering if the masterclass videos are downloadable to watch later, I need something I can take away with me and only have limited internet.
Keep up the great work!
Stream and download, whatever suits, so it will play on all devices
Thank you very much! Sending you a Pic very soon
Danilo Maciel great!
Is your masterclass only for photoshop or it's usable in every system like capture 1?
if you use capture one to edit everything it might not help you that much, but if you just use it for RAW conversion and then use Photoshop it will be of great help.
Hey Jan, your Videos are absolutely stunning and you give us great insights to see how you work. But can you tell me, how you set the White Balance in your Cam? And how you set your picture profile ? That would be interesting for me also. Hope to hear from you and keep on rocking such great stuff :-) Greetings from Germany, LG Alex
Hi, sure I can. I am usually on AWB, because I can adjust the white balance of any RAW file during the raw conversion, so it doesn't really matter. And I prefer not to change the WB in the field all the time. Picture style also only matter if you are shooting Jpegs or video. When you are shooting RAW, the picture style is not applied. (unless you are using Canon's software, but you can still change it after the fact). So I just have it on neutral.
@@jan_wegener Thanky for the fast answer Jan. I prefer to shoot in neutral too. And yes, i´m using DPP4 to edit RAW if i shoote them. I will give it a try with auto WB. Keepo on rocking. You´re great an i hope to see some nice videos soon :-)
Interesting video Jan, I use Photoshop for editing, but maybe I don't know all of the secrets of photoshop. I send you a picture that I did edited, but it is still dark, maybe you can do better. Hope you choose my photo : ) Great idea for you to edited our photos. 👍🏻
Aline Beauchemin I will check it out. What i learned about photoshop is that everyone does it differently. Whenever I watch someone who is experienced with it, I learn some new stuff, no matter how much I know already
I use lightroom and photoshop. You went through the photoshop process very quickly and I was unable to understand everything that you did. Will your Masterclass go into it step by step for an amateur such as myself?
absolutely. Every single step is explained in full detail. Something I can't really do on RUclips.
Hi Jan. I really enjoy your videos. I love your down to earth approach. I am trying to put into practice what I learn on your channel. I took a shot recently which I thought would have turned out perfectly but alas, it did not. Unfortunately, I shot in JPEG so not a lot of editing I can do but I would love to know where I went wrong with exposure .... in the end of the day, it might be that the sun was too harsh. Is it possible to send the photo to you for critique? Regards Gail
Hi Gail, sure, you could message me on instagram or send me an email :)
Hello Jan !! excellent tutorial
I am using Photoshop but they are not activated in the Adobe Color profile or the other profiles. my file is DNG what am I doing wrong
I use ViewNX-i "Nikon User", to see what images I want to keep, delete the ones I don't, then save them to a folder and use DXOPhotoLab2 "in DXO I clone the original NEF file and do all my PP on the cloned NEF file, then export it as a TIFF to Affinity Photo to finish my PP. In regards to cleaning up the noise, DXO does a great job up to 1000-2000 ISO, if the image has an ISO higher than 1K I clean it up with DXO Prime noise reduction, and clean it up some more in Affinity Photo $30 on sale as I type this" which also has a fantastic ISO cleaning filter. I also have the Nik filters, haven't used them in a while.
interesting!
Hi Jan, I hope you are starting to feel better. I’m interested in your workflow and in one of your great videos you mention software you use to select the images you want to import to Lightroom choosing from a large number of images on your camera. I have looked back at your videos but I can’t find the clip where you name this program. Can you just remind me what this software is and who makes it? Thanks, and please keep the content coming, it’s so helpful 🙏
I forgot to say, I use an Apple Mac computer so I’m looking for a photo selection software that is compatible with the Mac OS. Thanks.
Could you please suggest what version of Adobe Photoshop I should get.
You will have to subscribe and then you always have the latest one
Hello Jan. Have you used any other editing programs like Exposure X5 wich is a lot cheaper to use? Lightroom is quite expensive for the little I do.
I was really looking faward to doing your editing course but I'm not sure it's worth paying $170 per year for Lightroom. But if you think it's better for editing bird photoes than other programs than I will go with it. What are your thorts?
Hi,
it has always been Photoshop for me. I don't use Lightroom much either. Mainly FastStone Image Viewer (free) to view files and then Adobe Camera Raw and Photoshop. (Acr is essentially the same RAW processing engine as Lightroom).
I never dabbled much in free software, cause Photoshop could do what I needed an then some. In all free programs I always discovered some sort of limitations that I don't have in Photoshop. So if you can afford it, I would recommend the Adobe PS/LR bundle.
In my Masterclass I use the process I mentioned above on ACR and Photoshop, because it's fast and the best way I have found to make my images look great. I hope that helps.
Thankyou that was verry helpfull. I just love watching your vidioes. They are so inspiring. Thankyou for your help. Cheers Mark.
@@markpriebbenow8866 awesome, thanks :)
Thank you for another excellent video. However you move at lightning pace and I find it difficult to follow what you are doing. (Because I am an OLD fart probably) Do you move at the same pace in your Image editing Masterclass?👌
Colin Huon absolutely not. I keep it fast on RUclips for the viewing experience and go into great detail in my Masterclass and explain all the tools.
No it's not you Colin Huon it's a marketing ploy, not an educational video. Buy his training products.
Your images look very painterly in the style of Asian (Chinese, Japanese etc ) painters.
I do like it without shadow, nice backgrounds and vibrant colours, I think that's what creates this style
I just have the canon software which came with the camera. I think I must upgrade.
Chris Martin DPP is pretty good for raw conversion, but limited beyond that
@@jan_wegener but not at the same standard as yours. Yours is?
Where is the link to the masterclass? Please.
here it is :)
aviscapes.com/masterclass-editing/
Are your edited images same for posting, printing and competitions ?
very nice video!
one thing: corona didn't force you into the studio. your government did. you have 0 chance of contacting corona in the open air, and even less when you are in the outback, taking photos by yourself.
correct
You make really great Videos. Just bad I don't understand all you say because I'm not native speaking English... Can you Photoshop one picture for me? :)
Pixler1337 if you send me one on Instagram I will consider it
@@jan_wegener I just sent one via my girlfriends Account. Thank you
Can Lightroom also allow you to work in layers? Why don't you work in Lightroom?
No, you can't really work with layers and layer masks and save them the same way maintaining editability
Why can’t I get anyone to help me choose the correct computer specs for Lightroom and photoshop!!!
To keep my computer running good when I editing me photos ??
Love your videos
Do you wanna build a new computer? There are a few things like scratch disks that can speed up PS alot
@@jan_wegener
I purchase a computer but when I use the clone tool in Lightroom
It is slow !!! It buff
@@dellcomputeification That can be your graphics card as well. Many reason. It's hard to tell from a distance
Hello Jan
I have watched a few of your videos and I like them a lot. I do mostly bird photography and want to learn more about editing in photoshop. I pay monthly subscription for adobe and have lightroom and photoshop. I don't understand the concept of layers . I primarily want to clean my image get rid of background clutters. Does your class help me learn editing process step by step in photoshop. Do you offer promotional discount for your Course I am very much interest in taking a course. Please let me know the process to register for your classes. Thanks
Hi Richard,
What you want is exactly what I cover in my Masterclass. You can stream it online or download it.
This is the link.
aviscapes.com/masterclass-editing/
And if you have questions, you can always send an email as well.
@@jan_wegener : I have decided to register. I didn’t understand part where you say that I can either stream it or down load it. Do I need select between these two options?
Photoshop is new to me and do you think your master class will help me to be conversant.
Thank you
@@richardedwards8641 No, you can do whatever you like. You can download it and/or watch it online. Most people prefer to download it
@@richardedwards8641 I know the class will help you to understand and use it
When will you make “ editing your images” episode
Can I send a photo?
all ok. Great videos and tutorials but with your camera you can take extremely good pictures.You make any picture different from the natural one.
Puh, extrem interessant aber deutlich zu schnell :-))))))
LG Michael
ja, hab noch ein paar wo ich es etweas langsamer mache und meine Masterclass wo ich alles gnaz genau Schritff fuer Schritt durchgehe.
@@jan_wegener Masterclass?
@@michaelp9574 aviscapes.com/masterclass-editing/ :)
I really really appreciate your work and style and love your images dont get me wrong. But this is the only thing I disagree personally of course... That Nature is beautiful as is. Compositing over nature and wildlife has no sense for me... Like faking that beak to be perfect and adding feathers and so on.
that's why is say I show people the extreme ends of what they can do, so they and decide for themselves how far they wanna take things, but at least they know what can be done
You do this very quickly. I wish you did it a little slower.
Yes, I will change the format a little bit going forward. I have made a few video where it's a little bit slower.
And I have my Masterclass where I show you everything step by step so it's very easy to follow along and learn tons!
aviscapes.com/masterclass-editing/
It's too fast.... can't catch a thing
I see what you are saying. I am working on making it easier to follow, without making it too long. If you want to see a slow and step by step editing process, I'd recommend my Masterclass. That's over 2.5 hrs, something too long for YT
@@jan_wegener Thank you, how do i go for Masterclass ?
Discourages me totally to buy the masterclass. Much too fast ...
I have made a few other videos since then. In the class everything is slow and step by step.
I guess I was too focused on making this video not too long
You work too fast without explaining steps. I am unable to follow with your actions.