This is so helpful for me , can’t thank you enough and loving your style of presenting , laid back, no ego and not selling me anything but just sharing knowledge . Greatly appreciated
Thank you for posting that. I tend to spend too much time fiddling with the adjustments but I am streamlining my process. Thanks for showing your workflow. I'm going to try your techniques.
One of the most encouraging videos on lightroom editing. Made it look so easy and within one's reach without mentioning Photoshop etc. And the results were pretty darn good! Thank you!
You know Josh, I think that's why i love photography more than videography. Both have their purpose and place, and as video tech seems to be outpacing photo tech, it sometimes is easy to disregard the art of photography especially in this smart phone generation, but there is something unique with a camera in hand, coming home and making art, creating something using our creative minds and exploring endless possibilities in editing like canvas, creating something and then making it tangible through print is a major stress reliever. Its good to create something for our mental heath. Great edits, btw.
Josh, 7:15, next hint, if you add catch light to the iris, it’s always 180° the opposite direction of a point light source like the sun. In this case, the lower part of the iris, not the upper one. 😊
Love your simply editing and I'm finally to that stage after shooting for the past 14 years... and heaven forbid sometimes I even just post the Fuji jpegs
As always, I love the authentic approach in your videos. Photography has kept me grounded and helped reinforce the art of patience. Getting out and enjoying nature is a big part of this hobby and one we should not lose sight of.
Thank you, I am sorta in the same boat, For the last month I did not pick up my camera, discouraged on how my bird photos were coming out. Then I came across you, what a blessing. I love the hobby but can be a perfectionist. Thank you for your time and your effort, I am very blessed.
Your great Josh! I'm a self learner and have developed my own style of editing over the past few years. I like your approach to Lightroom. I just might be trying out a couple of techniques of yours. Thanks for the video!
Thank you for this. Picked up a few things to be honest, So nice videos you make on a viritey of topics. Looking foreward to your next one! Cheers from Sweden
Thank you Bayou Josh. Indeed there are hundreds ways to edit your photographs. It gives your image a personal touch. Remember there is a difference between taking pictures and seeing pictures. In real life I seldom see those hotlights in the air. Maybe it's because I often tale panoramas of only the clouds and the sky, I call them cloudscapes. Problems with deep dark shadows in trees an forest I solve with a layer in shadow highlight correction ( never use that in cloudscapes, it makes them unnatural) in Photoshop elements. Beware a little bit of prefab solutions. Good photographers like Jan Wegener are often spoiling good photographs in my opinion. As said, in my opinion for I respect in some way othermans solutions. It's easy for me, I am an Illustrator. The only thing I wanna say is, be your original self. But please be subtle, see the lovely light you got in times you were taking your photographs and paint your respect with a subtle touch. I'm not God. All I want is people to feel the moment of seeing the real beauty, that lovely Wow.. It's in you. Thousands solutions, please don't make it a customized habit. Josh and Kathe, I really love your work, its in your experience proffesional. Just remember, seeing is a process, not a standard solution to solve things. And as the years pass by it may grow like a brilliant. And brilliant you are. Thanks and love you both.
Thanks so much for the tips Josh. I've used some of them to improve my fish pics and insect close-up shots. Simple, but hard not if you don't know how to do it!
Thank you for that tutorial. Completely different work flow than what I currently use. But I think I will give it try to see how it feels for me. The statement you made about getting 10 different responses from 10 different folks is so true. There really isn't a right or wrong way. However someone solves their editing, it has to feel natural and efficient for them. I am a cloud data developer by profession and see the same thing in my work area. I am always interested to see how someone else approached a given situation.
1st. I'll stick around even if you did switch to Sony 😉. Love the "keep it simple" approach. My approach is very similar except I use a Samsung tablet. Downloading and selecting the images in Samsung's Gallery before moving them to Lightroom is very simple and fast. With the tablet, I can do it from my favorite chair as well.
I've been using LR a long time, and have shot birds for a long time, although not in as dedicated a fashion as you. But as you suggested might be the case, I picked up a couple of tips from your video that I thought were excellent... 1) using the radial filter to enhance/exaggerate the direction of the light source--what you do is fantastic, and 2) inverting the select subject so you can reduce clarity and noise in the background. The new select subject tool makes that such a snap to do and I haven't really taken advantage of that--so great tip. One thing I'd like to share back with you, and it's something I noticed when you were in the culling mode. And my suggestion might be something you do, but just didn't show... As you were going through the images in the Loupe view (of the Library Module) trying to pick out the best of similar images, I like to display the Loupe Info, and in particular the shutter speed, aperture, and ISO. Sometimes these are different across similar images, and help me determine which of very similar images might be better to keep (lower ISO, faster shutter speed for example). The second thing is when you were showing your grid view... again, I definitely (and always) have the Expanded Cells information on in the grid view (as opposed to sequence number which you were displaying). And for the same reason as above, i can quickly see in the grid view how basic shooting data might differ between images which can assist in my culling process. The data elements I've found to be most useful are: upper left File Base Name, below that Exposure and ISO, upper right File Extension, below that Capture Date/Time. Thank you for your videos and your sharing! Jon
That’s great advice. I used to have the expanded view on And one day I mysteriously press the button which made it disappear. I need to investigate on how to turn that back on again.
@@BayouJosh View>View Options: Check box for Show Grid Extras...and choose Expanded Cells. Then refer back to my recommendation for which info to display (at least for a starting point).
Great video and YES I did pick up some great tips not just for Bird photography editing but general photo editing in LR which I will be using ! Thank you!
Josh, no need to apologize for being a regular guy. Your style is refreshing and I look forward for your next video. I realize that there are 100 ways of doing things, but if I can suggest you may want to look into using Linear profiles as a baseline.
I have some linear profiles built into my base lines that I’ve built over the years. I haven’t seen that they do much more than what I do with the sliders. It just seems like an extra step that doesn’t really take things to the next level. Maybe important if I were printing. But, for RUclips in Instagram I keep it pretty simple
I found your workflow interesting. I have been working a lot harder than that on my images and I see several things you do that can make my workflow simpler, especially the masking at sharpen. Missed that somewhere along the way. Thanks. Have a blessed day!
Josh, great video. I liked the use of the radial filter for the directional light effect, and you also reminded me I should pay more attention to the white balance (and try using the eyedropper).
fantastic video Josh, love it being a improved beginner in bird photography this video will definitely help me to produce better images. Thanks you for sharing
The consequence of high FPS cameras is lots of pics to sort through: I can only summon 14 FPS at the moment and my tallies sometimes are still frightening. Last Sunday, shortly before a family dinner, my friend texted me that two Barred Owlets we’re aware of, close to my house, were fledging. I begged for a 45 min pass from my family, grabbed my D6/300mmPF and literally ran to the local woodland. With a broad grin on my face I was firing away on the two with several bursts when suddenly a third (unknown to us) owlet emerged from the hollow. 45 mins later I had just over a 1000 images. I’m still culling and sorting through that shoot. What I’ve found fascinating about editing the last few years is how my workflow keeps evolving, in no small part because of the advent of new tools and refined software. The upgrade to LR masking last year and the adoption of Topaz tools two years ago has made a huge impact. Your use of radial filters to highlight the light source was intriguing. I will bear that technique in mind. Thanks as always.
I’m certain I get a lot more keepers with the high frame rates. However I’ve become a lot more picky about what stays and goes. I still delete 95% of my images. I just think I delete images that I wouldn’t have deleted in the past.
Nice Video Josh. I appreciate your LR videos more now. I broke down and started paying for LR mobile on my IPAD and love editing now. I do hate taking too many pictures and then have to go through them all. That’s my least favorite part of this hobby. But I feel a little artistic when I edit the photos in LR. I used just crop and brighten them but now with LR there are lot more options to play with. Thanks for another great video…
I agree. I stop and watch Lightroom edit videos all the time just to see if I can get some new tips. I feel like I’m doing the same thing over and over again. Any new little tricks I can help my workflow is much appreciated.
Great video Josh. I really appreciate where you're coming from in terms of your motivation. I've literally just started posting on my channel, and it's for the same reasons as you... a love of the game, and wanting to share in the fun. Last week I included a bit about a Western Tanager that surprised me in my backyard (I've never seen one before), and then your video serendipitously appeared at the top of my 'recently uploaded'! Meant to be! Thanks for the inspiration Josh!
Loved this video(and all your videos) Josh! I’ve shot mostly landscapes over my past 15 years of photography and have only in the past year gotten into birds and wildlife. I can’t tell you how much this has helped me! Keep up the great work! Also, don’t let us Nikon fanboys get you down! I’ve shot Nikon my whole life and have been waiting on a Z9 and Z400 f2.8 going on 6 months now…so I get the switch! Best wishes.
I wish I could trade all of my photoshop knowledge for Lightroom knowledge. Photoshop is just like the 8-track tape player in my truck.... I think its time to move up to something better. I really liked this video.
Both tools have their place. What I like to encourage people that only, or primarily use Photoshop (and probably because PS preceeded LR) is that once you make the effort to use LR, you will wonder how you ever got along with out it. Many people find (like Josh indicates) is that the vast majority of edits can be accomplished just in LR, and the huge advantage of that is that they are 100% non-destructive. in addition, LR in an incredibly powerful organizer, and many people also utilize the Map, Book, and Print modules (along with the Publishing capability to Smugmug, Flickr, or other online sites). PS can't do this. That said, that are many, many things that PS can do that LR can't, and some things LR does, PS does much better (clone stamping is probably one of the more cited examples). Of course the capabilities in PS for layering, compositing, layer-masks, etc make for a uniquely powerful tool that LR just can't compete with. So bottom line, you really should be using both tools, and once you dig into to LR, again, you will find yourself wondering how you ever got along with out it, and you may also find that 90% of your images are completely edited in LR without the need to go to PS.
Nice to know Sony and Nikon users delete the same proportion of images when editing in Lightroom! This is the first video I’ve seen where someone admits their keeper rate!
When it comes to bird photography it’s sinful how many pictures I take. I should know better by now. I just can’t help myself. I delete so many images.
Agree, we all have to be honest. Remembering the film area when we couldn’t “fire” as crazy like today; we had to be more careful about everything. Now I have the filling we can buy new tech tools, go to the Wilde and shoot shoot shoot and then we have to deal with too many files expecting one is the picture of a life. Thanks Josh to share with us your reality.
Great video Josh, the only thing that I would improve is the selection of “the keepers “. I select 5 to 8 pictures and use the Library Survey view (N shortcut) there you can zoom in for check the focus also, for me is faster than go one by one. Cheers from Argentina 🇦🇷!
hey, I'm new (relatively) to wildlife photography and very new to editing using lightroom. i have no interest in heavy edits utilizing photoshop, so this was right up my alley. thanks for the tips and insight into your process! really enjoying your content! I'm on IG too, easy to find my name if you're interested in following there.
Hi Josh , love your videos …I am new to wildlife photography and have just subscribed to Lightroom and would love an idiots guide to workflow …and I mean idiots guide ! From taking card out camera to storage etc …like you mention in other comments everyone has their own way but I’ve watched some videos and how confusing !!! You seem to keep things simple so would love a quick run through of your work flow …please . Kindest Regards Paul
Hey Josh, this is part of the love of nature photography that I don't like. Ha if all of my shots came right out of my camera perfectly. For me... I love the feel of the camera the sounds of nature around me as well as the wonder of what nature will share with me during the time I am out. I just started with LR so great timing of this video. Greg
Yeah, editing is not my favorite. I’m just getting back from Alaska and I’m getting Anxiety about going through the images. Nearly 2000 images every day for eight days. +2 hours of video every day.
Simple is better! Great tips! I don't always remember to do the white/gray balance and it does make a big difference. I also took the plunge and will be getting my Sony A1 with the 200-600 on Monday. I'm still keeping my Z6II for macro and focus stacking.
Something I've learned, starting to seriously edit for the first time, is to only look at focus and composition in the first culling of images. I received a refurbished lens with a smudge on an internal element and when I was evaluating how that artifact would affect image quality I took a backlit shot of a flower and, among other things, it was really washed out. Normally I would have culled it but since I was interested only in looking at the flare artifacts I edited it anyway and was blown away by how effectively I was able to recover the colors and make it pop. This image wasn't a keeper in the end due to the nasty flare artifacts from that smudge, but it taught me to ignore color and exposure in the first pass of culling. P.s. immediately reject a lens with smudges on an internal element. In my case the flare wasn't round, it was the shape of the smudge, and the subject was rendered onto the smudge and was visible in the flare artifacts sort of like a splotchy infinity mirror. I also felt the lens was a bit ”soft" but I'm not sure if it was due to the smudge or if my expectations were just too high. P.p.s. The lens was the RF 24-70 f2.8, ordered directly from the Canon refurb store 😖
Hi Josh, thanks to share with other hobbyists your tips (for free😉) because that he beauty of being part of a community. I was a LR user for a while but I switched to DxO as it gives much better outputs (for me). The DeepPrime denoising is now included and I promise you it’s stunning. The only thing missing is the subject detection.
Nice and simple approach Josh and it works great for sure. May I beg you for a similar tutorial on video editing? I love the colors you have been getting in the last couple videos and I really struggle myself - what settings do you use, what software do you use, what process etc…?
I would love to do a video like that but I am still struggling with it myself. Complete amateur figuring it out as I go. I’m learning more and more that it helps to get it right in the field. Everything underexposed a little bit helps. I use adobe premiere pro.
Since you like using the radial filters across the images, Lightroom can now intersect that radial filter And other filters with a luminous mask that you can adjust so that the radial filter is only affecting certain parts of the area that it lies across instead of the entire image underneath. There's a couple of videos about it and it's pretty interesting. You also have the best audio in the business! I'm not sure what you're using but it always sounds really good and full of dynamic range it's that's the correct term for audio lol. Thanks for the information and videos and best of luck to you!
Great info Forrest. I need to check that intersect tool out. Thanks about the Audio. that really means a lot. Year one on RUclips I really fumbled trough the Audio. I committed to really dialing the audio in this year and it has been a real learning experience.
Great video as always! My workflow is also very similar to yours. One thing I noticed when you copied the settings from one image to another was you deleted the subject mask and then redid it. Not sure if you knew that on the 2nd image you can click on the mask and then "subject1" right below it. There will be a box that opens up to update the mask. It will reselect the subject and apply the settings from the original. Saves a little time and adds consistency from one image to the next.
Thanks for the video. The best thing to me was you knew when to stop editing. Keep it simple. So many people go way overboard. One question though, have you or any of your followers tried Adobe Bridge to sort photos? I use a MacBook and can’t use FastStone Image Viewer which I hear is very good as Lightroom is slow for sorting. I’m just starting out with bird photography and editing so still trying things. And yes I need to cull heavily. Enjoy your videos particularly as I have the Sony a7iv and 100-400GM lens often with a 2x TC.
Thanks Tony. I appreciate it. I don't use Adobe bridge. I am sure it has it's benefits but I am stuck in my current method. I need to try new things every now and then.
Outstanding technique Josh. love your ideas. By the way, after waiting 5 months for a Nikon Z9, I decided like you and gave up on Nikon and purchased a Sony alpha 1 with the 200-600 lense. So far my birding keepers are fantastic. Compared to my Nikon D500 with the 200-500, there is no comparison. My first impression is, this is cheating. lol. It has made my birding experience loads of fun.
That’s so funny. I handed my Sony A1 to a Nikon user yesterday and he played with it for a few minutes. He gave it back to me and said he’s mad now. He’s angry that he’s had to work so hard for all of his images throughout the day. He texted me later and said he’s got one in the cart wrestling with the idea of buying it.
Great video - as always. I used to use Lightroom (5 years) but switched to Capture One about 18 months ago. (bit like you switching from Nikon to Sony!!!!!). I just prefer the results I get from C1 just seem to be able to get more subtle renders, otherwise they are very similar in many aspects.
@@BayouJosh Josh, I highly recommend watching a few Paul Reiffer sessions on RUclips and/or David Grover at Capture One who produces some great tutorials.
Hi Bayou, thanks for this excellent tutorial. Do you have one for Ph. Ligthroom version 6.5 that I bougth recently and have many differences and I would like learn from your experience.
I like the way you handle your images in post. People say that is not photography if you Lightroom or Photoshop an image, but I totally disagree. Taking an image and adjusting it to what you want is still creative process thinking, and if Ansel Adams can do it in the darkroom, whom am I to argue with the "master". My brain loses something in Lightroom (no idea why), so I admit that Capture 1 has been my tool of choice. It seems that they all really do about the same thing in the background, it is more interface and getting to the individual toolset you need. I also have had to reconsider the number of photos I take of a subject as well, I do throw away quite a number of them, and like you I choose the very few that meet "my" criteria and pass my own criticism. And boy do I criticize myself a lot, but it only makes me get out there and try and become a better photographer !
I feel like each outing, my standards is a little more demanding. That’s just how we grow. Try to get a little better each time. Thanks as always John.
I think if you are in consistant settings or have the opportunity to shoot a subject until you get the settings and lighting right, you can set up a camera and produce nice jpegs straight out of the camera. But wildlife shooting doesn't provide that luxury.
Finally an editing video! LOL. Thank you. Certainly is a different but simply way. The question I guess I have is, how are your images coming out in the raw version so colorful/saturated? My images are so flat. You didn't appear to touch the saturation levels at all. Im shooting with the D500. In camera setting possibly? Very noticeable however. Thanks again and keep up the great videos and work my friend
Have to say I'm not a fan of a squashed radial filter, the sun doesn't work that. All light from the sun is ostensibly parallel as it hits objects on the ground. But it's a stylistic choice, I get it. Cropping before the other wrists would be a good idea as mentioned by others here so that you don't change the way your filters affect the new cropped composition. But I always enjoy your videos Josh. I use ON1 Photo RAW and the full suite of Topaz Labs tools. The sharpening, denoising and enlargements through those three tools are fantastic. Denoising of very low light images including Northern lights and astrophotography are impressive. But this is a bird photography channel. But late in the day or early morning blue hours photos can be made much more usable even at high ISO with the right tools.
Great video, really helpful. Differently I use Lightroom for basic adjustments, but I prefer using Photoshop for the rest, so sharpning, noise reduction, cropping, and so on. Anyway, I liked your method and you gave me many suggestions, so thanks for sharing. See you!!
Good video as usual I was curious if you delete from the hard drive all the images you don't use and if so is there a way to mass delete them? Thanks Oh ps that radial tip did make them better.
I do. I just select one image, hold shift and click the last in the line I want to delete. Right click and hit remove. It’ll give you the option to delete them from the source.
This is so helpful for me , can’t thank you enough and loving your style of presenting , laid back, no ego and not selling me anything but just sharing knowledge .
Greatly appreciated
I just went back and edited a few pics using the radial gradient and it made my photos go from nice to wow! Thanks for that tip!
Pretty cool right? Glad it helped Shane. Have a great day.
Well, tomorrow I'll be re:doing my pics!! Thank you.
Thank you for posting that. I tend to spend too much time fiddling with the adjustments but I am streamlining my process. Thanks for showing your workflow. I'm going to try your techniques.
Glad it was helpful!
I’m not a birder, but I am a Lightroom user. I learned a few things. Thanks for the video.
Glad it helped.
One of the most encouraging videos on lightroom editing. Made it look so easy and within one's reach without mentioning Photoshop etc. And the results were pretty darn good! Thank you!
Thank you. I typically keep it simple.
Gear and editing photos is half the pleasure of our hobby :D
TFS and great tips
Hope you have a great weekend my friend !
Ronny
I totally agree Ronnie. Thank you my friend
I liked the emphasis on the light direction. Just learned something. thx
I don't have Lightroom but I'm going to watch this video anyways.
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Josh that's a perfect use of the radial filter.
Thank you Hank.
You know Josh, I think that's why i love photography more than videography. Both have their purpose and place, and as video tech seems to be outpacing photo tech, it sometimes is easy to disregard the art of photography especially in this smart phone generation, but there is something unique with a camera in hand, coming home and making art, creating something using our creative minds and exploring endless possibilities in editing like canvas, creating something and then making it tangible through print is a major stress reliever. Its good to create something for our mental heath. Great edits, btw.
Totally agree
Josh, 7:15, next hint, if you add catch light to the iris, it’s always 180° the opposite direction of a point light source like the sun. In this case, the lower part of the iris, not the upper one. 😊
More great advice
Love your simply editing and I'm finally to that stage after shooting for the past 14 years... and heaven forbid sometimes I even just post the Fuji jpegs
Nothing wrong with that.
Great video Josh. I've watched many editing videos, but yours always hit the spot for me. Thanks so much for sharing!
Glad to hear it. Awesome
Thank you so much for this technic of editing. Really i never tried before. It’s really game changing
I can't wait to try some of your gradient techniques on my bird photos. Stay safe...
Fun stuff.
As always, I love the authentic approach in your videos. Photography has kept me grounded and helped reinforce the art of patience. Getting out and enjoying nature is a big part of this hobby and one we should not lose sight of.
Indeed. Thank you my friend
Thank God you figured out audio and white balance in you videos!
Right!!! So bad!
Thanks for sharing, nice to see what you normally do.
Great tips, thank you. I use the free version of Narrative select to do my culling. Very quick!
Thanks Bayou for the excellent tips you have shared. I am also an amateur bird photographer and your tips will improve my processing techniques. 😀
Yay! I was just about to start editing a mountain of shots, thankfully I can’t start before seeing this. Not procrastinating. No, not at all.
😄 it is sinful how much I procrastinate editing. I get it my friend.
Thank you, I am sorta in the same boat, For the last month I did not pick up my camera, discouraged on how my bird photos were coming out. Then I came across you, what a blessing. I love the hobby but can be a perfectionist. Thank you for your time and your effort, I am very blessed.
You’re so kind. Never let perfection get in the way of fun.
Thanks Josh for taking us along with you on your LR editing process. I think your less is best theory orange working. Lol.
Thank you Jamie. I like to keep it simple.
Your great Josh! I'm a self learner and have developed my own style of editing over the past few years. I like your approach to Lightroom. I just might be trying out a couple of techniques of yours. Thanks for the video!
Thanks for watching Bryan. I hope it helped.
Thank you for this. Picked up a few things to be honest, So nice videos you make on a viritey of topics. Looking foreward to your next one! Cheers from Sweden
Thank you my friend. Glad it helped.
Thank you Bayou Josh. Indeed there are hundreds ways to edit your photographs. It gives your image a personal touch. Remember there is a difference between taking pictures and seeing pictures.
In real life I seldom see those hotlights in the air. Maybe it's because I often tale panoramas of only the clouds and the sky, I call them cloudscapes. Problems with deep dark shadows in trees an forest I solve with a layer in shadow highlight correction ( never use that in cloudscapes, it makes them unnatural) in Photoshop elements. Beware a little bit of prefab solutions. Good photographers like Jan Wegener are often spoiling good photographs in my opinion. As said, in my opinion for I respect in some way othermans solutions. It's easy for me, I am an Illustrator. The only thing I wanna say is, be your original self. But please be subtle, see the lovely light you got in times you were taking your photographs and paint your respect with a subtle touch. I'm not God. All I want is people to feel the moment of seeing the real beauty, that lovely Wow.. It's in you. Thousands solutions, please don't make it a customized habit. Josh and Kathe, I really love your work, its in your experience proffesional. Just remember, seeing is a process, not a standard solution to solve things. And as the years pass by it may grow like a brilliant. And brilliant you are. Thanks and love you both.
Thank you my friend 😀
Amei seu jeito de falar, de explicar, gostei muito dos seus vodeos. Muito obrigado por dividir conosco sua experiência e seu tempo. Deus o abençoe.
Thanks so much for the tips Josh. I've used some of them to improve my fish pics and insect close-up shots. Simple, but hard not if you don't know how to do it!
So glad to hear it was helpful. Thank you for watching.
Thank you for that tutorial. Completely different work flow than what I currently use. But I think I will give it try to see how it feels for me. The statement you made about getting 10 different responses from 10 different folks is so true. There really isn't a right or wrong way. However someone solves their editing, it has to feel natural and efficient for them. I am a cloud data developer by profession and see the same thing in my work area. I am always interested to see how someone else approached a given situation.
I think it is true in any trade or hobby. There’s definitely more than one way to skin a cat.
ROCK & ROLL!!!!! What's up Josh!!!
What’s up brother. I’m just hanging out in Alaska right now.
1st. I'll stick around even if you did switch to Sony 😉. Love the "keep it simple" approach. My approach is very similar except I use a Samsung tablet. Downloading and selecting the images in Samsung's Gallery before moving them to Lightroom is very simple and fast. With the tablet, I can do it from my favorite chair as well.
That’s cool. I’ve never edited Ted from a tablet.
I’m using Lightroom mobile on an iPad for small numbers (up to C 200)it’s really fast. Thanks Josh a couple of tips I had missed 👍🏼
I've been using LR a long time, and have shot birds for a long time, although not in as dedicated a fashion as you. But as you suggested might be the case, I picked up a couple of tips from your video that I thought were excellent... 1) using the radial filter to enhance/exaggerate the direction of the light source--what you do is fantastic, and 2) inverting the select subject so you can reduce clarity and noise in the background. The new select subject tool makes that such a snap to do and I haven't really taken advantage of that--so great tip.
One thing I'd like to share back with you, and it's something I noticed when you were in the culling mode. And my suggestion might be something you do, but just didn't show... As you were going through the images in the Loupe view (of the Library Module) trying to pick out the best of similar images, I like to display the Loupe Info, and in particular the shutter speed, aperture, and ISO. Sometimes these are different across similar images, and help me determine which of very similar images might be better to keep (lower ISO, faster shutter speed for example).
The second thing is when you were showing your grid view... again, I definitely (and always) have the Expanded Cells information on in the grid view (as opposed to sequence number which you were displaying). And for the same reason as above, i can quickly see in the grid view how basic shooting data might differ between images which can assist in my culling process. The data elements I've found to be most useful are: upper left File Base Name, below that Exposure and ISO, upper right File Extension, below that Capture Date/Time.
Thank you for your videos and your sharing! Jon
That’s great advice. I used to have the expanded view on And one day I mysteriously press the button which made it disappear. I need to investigate on how to turn that back on again.
@@BayouJosh View>View Options: Check box for Show Grid Extras...and choose Expanded Cells. Then refer back to my recommendation for which info to display (at least for a starting point).
This tutorial is soo good and simple! Thank you!
Great video and YES I did pick up some great tips not just for Bird photography editing but general photo editing in LR which I will be using ! Thank you!
I’m glad you enjoyed it. Thank you.
I really love that last image Josh! Very cool 👌🏾
Thank you. That was my favorite.
Excellent video on the subject! Thank you!
Josh, no need to apologize for being a regular guy. Your style is refreshing and I look forward for your next video. I realize that there are 100 ways of doing things, but if I can suggest you may want to look into using Linear profiles as a baseline.
I have some linear profiles built into my base lines that I’ve built over the years. I haven’t seen that they do much more than what I do with the sliders. It just seems like an extra step that doesn’t really take things to the next level. Maybe important if I were printing. But, for RUclips in Instagram I keep it pretty simple
I found your workflow interesting. I have been working a lot harder than that on my images and I see several things you do that can make my workflow simpler, especially the masking at sharpen. Missed that somewhere along the way. Thanks. Have a blessed day!
Thanks Floyd. Glad it helped.
Thanks, I always enjoy seeing Lightroom workflows that others use.
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I like your style 👌
Thanks Ian.
Josh, great video. I liked the use of the radial filter for the directional light effect, and you also reminded me I should pay more attention to the white balance (and try using the eyedropper).
I’m glad it was helpful Craig. Thanks for watching.
Thanks for this, some great tips, loved the radial filter.
Excellent.
Спасибо за ролик, очень полезный))) Очень просто и лаконично! У меня тоже по 2к снимков и из них только 15 кадров будут норм))
Namaste from India 🇮🇳
Love your passion for birds
Gr8 content & useful information
Very encouraged by your energy
Keep up the good work 👌
You’re videos are so good ! Thanks !
Thank you my friend
Thanks for the excellent video and tips, really good information for us new photographers to edit pictures. Keep up the excellent work!
Thank you my friend. I’m glad you enjoyed it.
fantastic video Josh, love it being a improved beginner in bird photography this video will definitely help me to produce better images. Thanks you for sharing
Thank you 😊
Yep…my workflow is about the same…love that radial filter to simulate light coming in.👍
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The consequence of high FPS cameras is lots of pics to sort through: I can only summon 14 FPS at the moment and my tallies sometimes are still frightening. Last Sunday, shortly before a family dinner, my friend texted me that two Barred Owlets we’re aware of, close to my house, were fledging. I begged for a 45 min pass from my family, grabbed my D6/300mmPF and literally ran to the local woodland. With a broad grin on my face I was firing away on the two with several bursts when suddenly a third (unknown to us) owlet emerged from the hollow. 45 mins later I had just over a 1000 images. I’m still culling and sorting through that shoot. What I’ve found fascinating about editing the last few years is how my workflow keeps evolving, in no small part because of the advent of new tools and refined software. The upgrade to LR masking last year and the adoption of Topaz tools two years ago has made a huge impact. Your use of radial filters to highlight the light source was intriguing. I will bear that technique in mind. Thanks as always.
I’m certain I get a lot more keepers with the high frame rates. However I’ve become a lot more picky about what stays and goes. I still delete 95% of my images. I just think I delete images that I wouldn’t have deleted in the past.
Love your attitude and simple straight forward technique. Thank you much!
Nice Video Josh. I appreciate your LR videos more now. I broke down and started paying for LR mobile on my IPAD and love editing now. I do hate taking too many pictures and then have to go through them all. That’s my least favorite part of this hobby. But I feel a little artistic when I edit the photos in LR. I used just crop and brighten them but now with LR there are lot more options to play with. Thanks for another great video…
It’s fun to edit sometimes 😀
Love your videos! You truly motivated me to start bird photography! I just took some pictures of a bearded vulture today :)! I hope you are doing well
Love your approach to photography, subscribed
Good stuff Josh. Love the radial filter effect
Thanks James. Someone showed that to me years ago and it blew my mind.
Fun to watch everyone's different ways of editing.
I agree. I stop and watch Lightroom edit videos all the time just to see if I can get some new tips. I feel like I’m doing the same thing over and over again. Any new little tricks I can help my workflow is much appreciated.
leaned a lot, thanks.
Great video Josh. I really appreciate where you're coming from in terms of your motivation. I've literally just started posting on my channel, and it's for the same reasons as you... a love of the game, and wanting to share in the fun. Last week I included a bit about a Western Tanager that surprised me in my backyard (I've never seen one before), and then your video serendipitously appeared at the top of my 'recently uploaded'! Meant to be! Thanks for the inspiration Josh!
So cool. I love those birds!!!
Loved this video(and all your videos) Josh! I’ve shot mostly landscapes over my past 15 years of photography and have only in the past year gotten into birds and wildlife. I can’t tell you how much this has helped me! Keep up the great work!
Also, don’t let us Nikon fanboys get you down! I’ve shot Nikon my whole life and have been waiting on a Z9 and Z400 f2.8 going on 6 months now…so I get the switch!
Best wishes.
Awesome! Glad it helped Dave.
Love your video from China❤
Great edits! Thanks for sharing your way! Cheers from Germany
Thank you
Great vedio learn some thing Tks
Some great tips there, thanks!
No problem!
Second time I am viewing , good tips.
Just found your channel. Great content and easy to listen and follow. Good job Josh.
I wish I could trade all of my photoshop knowledge for Lightroom knowledge. Photoshop is just like the 8-track tape player in my truck.... I think its time to move up to something better.
I really liked this video.
Thanks David. I have no understanding of Photoshop. Lightroom is my comfortable space.
Both tools have their place. What I like to encourage people that only, or primarily use Photoshop (and probably because PS preceeded LR) is that once you make the effort to use LR, you will wonder how you ever got along with out it. Many people find (like Josh indicates) is that the vast majority of edits can be accomplished just in LR, and the huge advantage of that is that they are 100% non-destructive. in addition, LR in an incredibly powerful organizer, and many people also utilize the Map, Book, and Print modules (along with the Publishing capability to Smugmug, Flickr, or other online sites). PS can't do this.
That said, that are many, many things that PS can do that LR can't, and some things LR does, PS does much better (clone stamping is probably one of the more cited examples). Of course the capabilities in PS for layering, compositing, layer-masks, etc make for a uniquely powerful tool that LR just can't compete with.
So bottom line, you really should be using both tools, and once you dig into to LR, again, you will find yourself wondering how you ever got along with out it, and you may also find that 90% of your images are completely edited in LR without the need to go to PS.
Great video Josh. Love the edit!
Awesome! Thank you!
Nice to know Sony and Nikon users delete the same proportion of images when editing in Lightroom! This is the first video I’ve seen where someone admits their keeper rate!
When it comes to bird photography it’s sinful how many pictures I take. I should know better by now. I just can’t help myself. I delete so many images.
Agree, we all have to be honest. Remembering the film area when we couldn’t “fire” as crazy like today; we had to be more careful about everything. Now I have the filling we can buy new tech tools, go to the Wilde and shoot shoot shoot and then we have to deal with too many files expecting one is the picture of a life. Thanks Josh to share with us your reality.
Thanks
Wow! thank you
Great video Josh, the only thing that I would improve is the selection of “the keepers “. I select 5 to 8 pictures and use the Library Survey view (N shortcut) there you can zoom in for check the focus also, for me is faster than go one by one. Cheers from Argentina 🇦🇷!
Great tip.
hey, I'm new (relatively) to wildlife photography and very new to editing using lightroom. i have no interest in heavy edits utilizing photoshop, so this was right up my alley. thanks for the tips and insight into your process! really enjoying your content! I'm on IG too, easy to find my name if you're interested in following there.
I’ll check it out. I’m not exactly new to it and I still don’t like deep diving into editing. If I have to edit it too much I just delete it.
Hi Josh , love your videos …I am new to wildlife photography and have just subscribed to Lightroom and would love an idiots guide to workflow …and I mean idiots guide ! From taking card out camera to storage etc …like you mention in other comments everyone has their own way but I’ve watched some videos and how confusing !!! You seem to keep things simple so would love a quick run through of your work flow …please .
Kindest Regards
Paul
Great video
Glad you enjoyed it
love the processing - thanks for showing us.
Thanks for watching Tim
Thanks for this, back to where it all began!! I learned a few new tricks today
Awesome. Thank you Ted.
FANTASTIC! ... so very helpful to me. That last one of the chickadee was amazing. Thanks Josh.
Thank you Charles. Glad it was helpful. That was my favorite image too.
Hey Josh, this is part of the love of nature photography that I don't like. Ha if all of my shots came right out of my camera perfectly. For me... I love the feel of the camera the sounds of nature around me as well as the wonder of what nature will share with me during the time I am out. I just started with LR so great timing of this video. Greg
Yeah, editing is not my favorite. I’m just getting back from Alaska and I’m getting Anxiety about going through the images. Nearly 2000 images every day for eight days. +2 hours of video every day.
Josh perhaps that is why it's called WORK flow. Lol maybe you could talk Katie into doing it?
Ill definitely check this out more later as i dont use lightroom enough. 600 f4 tomorrow!
Awesome! Tomorrow’s gonna be a good day.
@@BayouJosh this week has lasted 4ever. You and Mark Smith r a big influence.
Simple is better! Great tips! I don't always remember to do the white/gray balance and it does make a big difference.
I also took the plunge and will be getting my Sony A1 with the 200-600 on Monday. I'm still keeping my Z6II for macro and focus stacking.
Awesome! You’re gonna love it.
Something I've learned, starting to seriously edit for the first time, is to only look at focus and composition in the first culling of images.
I received a refurbished lens with a smudge on an internal element and when I was evaluating how that artifact would affect image quality I took a backlit shot of a flower and, among other things, it was really washed out. Normally I would have culled it but since I was interested only in looking at the flare artifacts I edited it anyway and was blown away by how effectively I was able to recover the colors and make it pop. This image wasn't a keeper in the end due to the nasty flare artifacts from that smudge, but it taught me to ignore color and exposure in the first pass of culling.
P.s. immediately reject a lens with smudges on an internal element. In my case the flare wasn't round, it was the shape of the smudge, and the subject was rendered onto the smudge and was visible in the flare artifacts sort of like a splotchy infinity mirror. I also felt the lens was a bit ”soft" but I'm not sure if it was due to the smudge or if my expectations were just too high.
P.p.s. The lens was the RF 24-70 f2.8, ordered directly from the Canon refurb store 😖
That’s no fun.
Thank you for this tutorial. It is really useful.
Instead of deleting the mask you can just go on it and click on "Update" under the histogram😉
Oh. Great tip.
Nice video Josh. Could you do a video, just like this one, using a male cardinal. I have so much trouble with red lol.
Hi Josh, thanks to share with other hobbyists your tips (for free😉) because that he beauty of being part of a community. I was a LR user for a while but I switched to DxO as it gives much better outputs (for me). The DeepPrime denoising is now included and I promise you it’s stunning. The only thing missing is the subject detection.
Interesting. I need to check that out.
I came out of the natgeoyourshot group where we were ingrained to take your best shot with minimal editing of which I use LRc
I understand that sentiment. it makes you really pay attention to technique in the field.
Love your videos! Keep it up. 🙂
Thank you Stephen.
As always a great video. I haven’t Done the radial trick, clever. I’ll start using it. I also love my 20 fps.
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Nice and simple approach Josh and it works great for sure. May I beg you for a similar tutorial on video editing? I love the colors you have been getting in the last couple videos and I really struggle myself - what settings do you use, what software do you use, what process etc…?
I would love to do a video like that but I am still struggling with it myself. Complete amateur figuring it out as I go. I’m learning more and more that it helps to get it right in the field. Everything underexposed a little bit helps. I use adobe premiere pro.
Since you like using the radial filters across the images, Lightroom can now intersect that radial filter And other filters with a luminous mask that you can adjust so that the radial filter is only affecting certain parts of the area that it lies across instead of the entire image underneath. There's a couple of videos about it and it's pretty interesting. You also have the best audio in the business! I'm not sure what you're using but it always sounds really good and full of dynamic range it's that's the correct term for audio lol. Thanks for the information and videos and best of luck to you!
Great info Forrest. I need to check that intersect tool out. Thanks about the Audio. that really means a lot. Year one on RUclips I really fumbled trough the Audio. I committed to really dialing the audio in this year and it has been a real learning experience.
Great video as always! My workflow is also very similar to yours. One thing I noticed when you copied the settings from one image to another was you deleted the subject mask and then redid it. Not sure if you knew that on the 2nd image you can click on the mask and then "subject1" right below it. There will be a box that opens up to update the mask. It will reselect the subject and apply the settings from the original. Saves a little time and adds consistency from one image to the next.
Holy smokes! I did not know that. I will be coming back to this comment and trying that as soon as I get back home.
Thanks for the video. The best thing to me was you knew when to stop editing. Keep it simple. So many people go way overboard. One question though, have you or any of your followers tried Adobe Bridge to sort photos? I use a MacBook and can’t use FastStone Image Viewer which I hear is very good as Lightroom is slow for sorting. I’m just starting out with bird photography and editing so still trying things. And yes I need to cull heavily. Enjoy your videos particularly as I have the Sony a7iv and 100-400GM lens often with a 2x TC.
Thanks Tony. I appreciate it. I don't use Adobe bridge. I am sure it has it's benefits but I am stuck in my current method. I need to try new things every now and then.
Outstanding technique Josh. love your ideas. By the way, after waiting 5 months for a Nikon Z9, I decided like you and gave up on Nikon and purchased a Sony alpha 1 with the 200-600 lense. So far my birding keepers are fantastic. Compared to my Nikon D500 with the 200-500, there is no comparison. My first impression is, this is cheating. lol. It has made my birding experience loads of fun.
That’s so funny. I handed my Sony A1 to a Nikon user yesterday and he played with it for a few minutes. He gave it back to me and said he’s mad now. He’s angry that he’s had to work so hard for all of his images throughout the day. He texted me later and said he’s got one in the cart wrestling with the idea of buying it.
Great video - as always. I used to use Lightroom (5 years) but switched to Capture One about 18 months ago. (bit like you switching from Nikon to Sony!!!!!). I just prefer the results I get from C1 just seem to be able to get more subtle renders, otherwise they are very similar in many aspects.
Interesting. I’m tempted to download that program just to test it.
@@BayouJosh Josh, I highly recommend watching a few Paul Reiffer sessions on RUclips and/or David Grover at Capture One who produces some great tutorials.
Really enjoyed this one Josh , always nice to see others way of photo editing
Thank you Leon.
Hi Bayou, thanks for this excellent tutorial. Do you have one for Ph. Ligthroom version 6.5 that I bougth recently and have many differences and I would like learn from your experience.
Simple workflow equals more beer time ! Keep up the great work Josh ! :)
Amen to that. Whiskey in my case. 😄
I like the way you handle your images in post. People say that is not photography if you Lightroom or Photoshop an image, but I totally disagree. Taking an image and adjusting it to what you want is still creative process thinking, and if Ansel Adams can do it in the darkroom, whom am I to argue with the "master". My brain loses something in Lightroom (no idea why), so I admit that Capture 1 has been my tool of choice. It seems that they all really do about the same thing in the background, it is more interface and getting to the individual toolset you need. I also have had to reconsider the number of photos I take of a subject as well, I do throw away quite a number of them, and like you I choose the very few that meet "my" criteria and pass my own criticism. And boy do I criticize myself a lot, but it only makes me get out there and try and become a better photographer !
I feel like each outing, my standards is a little more demanding. That’s just how we grow. Try to get a little better each time. Thanks as always John.
I think if you are in consistant settings or have the opportunity to shoot a subject until you get the settings and lighting right, you can set up a camera and produce nice jpegs straight out of the camera. But wildlife shooting doesn't provide that luxury.
Finally an editing video! LOL. Thank you. Certainly is a different but simply way. The question I guess I have is, how are your images coming out in the raw version so colorful/saturated? My images are so flat. You didn't appear to touch the saturation levels at all. Im shooting with the D500. In camera setting possibly? Very noticeable however. Thanks again and keep up the great videos and work my friend
Not sure. I shoot raw. I need to investigate that.
Have to say I'm not a fan of a squashed radial filter, the sun doesn't work that. All light from the sun is ostensibly parallel as it hits objects on the ground. But it's a stylistic choice, I get it. Cropping before the other wrists would be a good idea as mentioned by others here so that you don't change the way your filters affect the new cropped composition. But I always enjoy your videos Josh. I use ON1 Photo RAW and the full suite of Topaz Labs tools. The sharpening, denoising and enlargements through those three tools are fantastic. Denoising of very low light images including Northern lights and astrophotography are impressive. But this is a bird photography channel. But late in the day or early morning blue hours photos can be made much more usable even at high ISO with the right tools.
I use those programs very sparingly. I’ve figured out workarounds in Lightroom that do nearly the same thing.
Great video, really helpful. Differently I use Lightroom for basic adjustments, but I prefer using Photoshop for the rest, so sharpning, noise reduction, cropping, and so on. Anyway, I liked your method and you gave me many suggestions, so thanks for sharing. See you!!
I really admire folks that know how to use photoshop. It is so intimidating
Good video as usual I was curious if you delete from the hard drive all the images you don't use and if so is there a way to mass delete them? Thanks Oh ps that radial tip did make them better.
I do. I just select one image, hold shift and click the last in the line I want to delete. Right click and hit remove. It’ll give you the option to delete them from the source.