As someone new to photography and micro 4/3rds I've found your videos very inspiring and informative, lots of ideas for my upcoming trip to New Zealand 😃
Thank you David, most interesting. When you were talking about blending huge numbers of frames in the previous vlog I was assuming it was all in one go. Must try it next time I’m near rocks and waves.
A very clear and well-presented tutorial Dave. Definitely one that I think all landscape photographers should experiment with. It's a very useful technique for the tool box, particularly for seascapes as you illustrated so well 👍
Thanks a lot mate - I "discovered" it one day about 2 years ago when I went out without an ND and thought I'd try to emulate it. Of course, it had most certainly been done long before that by others, but I liked the results and have made more use of it since because of the markedly different effects to a traditional ND. 😊👍
I was going after the same style as to the darkening down a couple of stops, because It seemed to bring out more rich overall colors, except I was struggling to keep the overall image 'not too dark', and then I was adding in vignetting. You've shown me now how to pop out my focal points in select areas. Great tutorial David, and thank you. :)
Hi Dennis, really hope this comes in handy at some point, but I guess stuff like dodging and burning and other techniques that I have in mind to do specific short videos on in the coming months will probably be a bit more helpful with this sort of landscapes that you're covering. If there's anything specific you like to see don't hesitate to let me know and I'll do my best to put something together for you 😊👍
Many thanks David. I'm a slow learner it seems. And proper photo editing techniques sink in slowly for me> I've only just learned to send to photoshop as layers. I stumble through it until I get it. With me, I think it's more a matter of not knowing the right questions to ask.
Cheers mate - obvs not entirely original processes, either the Stacking or the Composite, but I do like "rigging" seascapes this way when there's not really much else going on!! 😊👍
Thank you so much for watching and getting in touch, Dave. My channel is quite a commitment, but it's made really worthwhile when people take the time let me know they're enjoying it. Many thanks 😊👍
Hi David, yes I've been meaning to get my studio bit organised for quite some time now, and since I've decided to embark on quite a number of Studio based videos it was about time! Of course, I won't be doing any fewer on location videos, the studio stuff will be in addition to not instead of! Also really hope to meet you and a few others when we get together next month - really looking forward to it 😊👍
Hi Steve, thank you ever so much for watching and taking the time to leave such kind feedback. It's really good to know that people enjoy the sort of stuff that I do and most importantly hopefully find it helpful 😊👍
Hi Michael, many thanks for watching - yes it was another blend, but took about 6 or 7 elements each from dozens of layers so would have been too lengthy a process to use as an example for this video 😊👍
Thank you so much for subscribing. It's a lot of work doing these videos and it makes it all worthwhile when people take the time to leave encouraging comments. Many thanks 😊👍
Nice tutorial Mr G. I'll be honest I don't do anything on layers as such but interestingly I do a similar process to your vignetting process - when the mood takes of course :)
I must admit I started experimenting with much more extreme processing than I've done in the past. Nothing HDR or too saturated, but I'm really getting into some serious dodging and burning! 😊👍
Thanks for doing this David. Very helpful. A question I had was around file size on the final image. It would seem to me from all the blending, the file size (megabytes) would be quite large. Is that correct or does the fact that you are just using bits keep the file size in the normal range (5-20 mb or so)? I'm curious because there are file size limits for uploads to the printer that I use and I think I would have to compress it unless I'm wrong about the file getting quite large. .
Hi Philip - the interim files with all the Smart Object layers can run to huge file sizes - literally Gigabytes each. But I never keep them once they've served their purpose so the main composite image which comes through for the final processing (dodge and burn etc) is a normal size of circa 20Mb.
Interesting video, I've read about the pseudo-long-exposure style of blending but never got round to try it. Under which circumstances would you use that, rather than just fit an ND and do a real long exposure? What are the pros/cons?
Hi Alan - so sorry to be a bit slow coming back to you. Well, this composite technique works well when there is good and random movement in the image such as wave motion. A traditional long exposure may smooth things out too much and this method also allows for the selective elements to be chosen. A normal long exposure for the water running off the rock, say 5 or 10 seconds would result in a white sheet effect across the rock. Of course traditional ND works much better for say moving rivers streams as the flow is consistent and predictable so compositing shorter exposures would have the same net effect as an ND filter. 😊👍
Great tutorial mr G I will try to put some of it into practice on my old photos.... As yet the only edit i'm capable of is uploading to PS then my pea brain gives up :(
@@DGriffGallery Cheers Dave, I am learning, i'm on a diet of YT vlogs at the moment and I hope, judging by this mornings shot, it's paying off... Back over to Ynys Mon later in week.
Thanks David, very informative and helpful. Always nice to know how you come up with your great images.
Hi Bryan - thanks a lot for your generous feedback! 😊👍
Nice technique, final results were great .
Many thanks Lee, hope my stuff is helpful! 😊👍
Good information David relatively easy to follow thanks for sharing.
Thanks a lot Carl, it's good to hear that my stuff is helpful 😊👍
Just watched this one David. Wow, I had no idea this was possible. Thanks for sharing this, I'm definitely going to try this technique.
Glad it was helpful! 😊👍
As someone new to photography and micro 4/3rds I've found your videos very inspiring and informative, lots of ideas for my upcoming trip to New Zealand 😃
Very informative David. As a very simplistic ps and lr user (by choice) , even I could understand this!
Thanks so much Jon, really appreciate you watching and your generous feedback! 😊👍
Thanks for sharing
Thanks David just what I was waiting for! Lots of notes to make and always something new to learn. Smashing!!
Thanks a lot Jim I really hope it turns out to be helpful 😊👍
Thank you David, most interesting. When you were talking about blending huge numbers of frames in the previous vlog I was assuming it was all in one go. Must try it next time I’m near rocks and waves.
Cheers Brian - yes it does allow you to pick and choose the best "bits" of a series of waves as long as the light doesn't change too much. 😊👍
A very clear and well-presented tutorial Dave. Definitely one that I think all landscape photographers should experiment with. It's a very useful technique for the tool box, particularly for seascapes as you illustrated so well 👍
Thanks a lot mate - I "discovered" it one day about 2 years ago when I went out without an ND and thought I'd try to emulate it. Of course, it had most certainly been done long before that by others, but I liked the results and have made more use of it since because of the markedly different effects to a traditional ND. 😊👍
David, your videos are great. Congratulations
Thank you so much Franco, I really appreciate you watching and taking the time to leave such encouraging feedback 😊👍
I was going after the same style as to the darkening down a couple of stops, because It seemed to bring out more rich overall colors, except I was struggling to keep the overall image 'not too dark', and then I was adding in vignetting. You've shown me now how to pop out my focal points in select areas.
Great tutorial David, and thank you. :)
Hi Dennis, really hope this comes in handy at some point, but I guess stuff like dodging and burning and other techniques that I have in mind to do specific short videos on in the coming months will probably be a bit more helpful with this sort of landscapes that you're covering. If there's anything specific you like to see don't hesitate to let me know and I'll do my best to put something together for you 😊👍
Many thanks David. I'm a slow learner it seems. And proper photo editing techniques sink in slowly for me> I've only just learned to send to photoshop as layers. I stumble through it until I get it. With me, I think it's more a matter of not knowing the right questions to ask.
Please do a lesson on smart objects when you have time. I’m rediscovering processing via your input. Thank David
Hi, I'll add it to the waiting list 😊👍
Thankyou for sharing your blending techniques I found it very interesting, let’s have some more.
Thanks a lot Alan - I do have it in mind to cover more of the post-processing methods I use to achieve my final work. 😊👍
Very clever mate really enjoyed this little insight into your process
Cheers mate - obvs not entirely original processes, either the Stacking or the Composite, but I do like "rigging" seascapes this way when there's not really much else going on!! 😊👍
I certainly found your processing interesting, thanks for taking the time to produce this tutorial, by the way I like the final image, very moody.
Thank you so much for watching and getting in touch, Dave. My channel is quite a commitment, but it's made really worthwhile when people take the time let me know they're enjoying it. Many thanks 😊👍
Good job David, like the new look of your studio! Hoping to meet in Canada next month!
Hi David, yes I've been meaning to get my studio bit organised for quite some time now, and since I've decided to embark on quite a number of Studio based videos it was about time! Of course, I won't be doing any fewer on location videos, the studio stuff will be in addition to not instead of! Also really hope to meet you and a few others when we get together next month - really looking forward to it 😊👍
Nicely put together David....
Many thanks Steve, it's quite difficult to get across techniques like this in a short video but hopefully some people will find helpful 😊👍
Thanks DG. This helps me alot!!
Cheers Garrick, really glad you enjoyed it 😊👍
D Griff Gallery You may get a kick out of my new q and a vlog.
That is brilliant! Thank you. 😊👍
You're really welcome, I hope it comes in helpful if you decide to give this technique a try 😊👍
Thanks for a very interesting video very informative
You are very welcome Mike and I really appreciate you watching 😊👍
Superb really enjoyed the vlog thank you
Hi Steve, thank you ever so much for watching and taking the time to leave such kind feedback. It's really good to know that people enjoy the sort of stuff that I do and most importantly hopefully find it helpful 😊👍
Thanks David.Loved the image at the tail end of the video. Was that also a blend ?
Hi Michael, many thanks for watching - yes it was another blend, but took about 6 or 7 elements each from dozens of layers so would have been too lengthy a process to use as an example for this video 😊👍
Very interesting mate. I love the idea of selective lightening of areas... I'm definitely going to refer to this as the D Griff method from now on ;-)
Hahahaha so that's a one-all draw at the moment then 😊👍
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Thank you so much for subscribing. It's a lot of work doing these videos and it makes it all worthwhile when people take the time to leave encouraging comments. Many thanks 😊👍
Nice tutorial Mr G. I'll be honest I don't do anything on layers as such but interestingly I do a similar process to your vignetting process - when the mood takes of course :)
I must admit I started experimenting with much more extreme processing than I've done in the past. Nothing HDR or too saturated, but I'm really getting into some serious dodging and burning! 😊👍
Thanks for doing this David. Very helpful. A question I had was around file size on the final image. It would seem to me from all the blending, the file size (megabytes) would be quite large. Is that correct or does the fact that you are just using bits keep the file size in the normal range (5-20 mb or so)? I'm curious because there are file size limits for uploads to the printer that I use and I think I would have to compress it unless I'm wrong about the file getting quite large. .
Hi Philip - the interim files with all the Smart Object layers can run to huge file sizes - literally Gigabytes each. But I never keep them once they've served their purpose so the main composite image which comes through for the final processing (dodge and burn etc) is a normal size of circa 20Mb.
Interesting video, I've read about the pseudo-long-exposure style of blending but never got round to try it. Under which circumstances would you use that, rather than just fit an ND and do a real long exposure? What are the pros/cons?
Hi Alan - so sorry to be a bit slow coming back to you. Well, this composite technique works well when there is good and random movement in the image such as wave motion. A traditional long exposure may smooth things out too much and this method also allows for the selective elements to be chosen. A normal long exposure for the water running off the rock, say 5 or 10 seconds would result in a white sheet effect across the rock. Of course traditional ND works much better for say moving rivers streams as the flow is consistent and predictable so compositing shorter exposures would have the same net effect as an ND filter. 😊👍
Happy Photography Day.
Great tutorial mr G I will try to put some of it into practice on my old photos.... As yet the only edit i'm capable of is uploading to PS then my pea brain gives up :(
Keep up the good work mate - that tree stump at Deganwy was a good shot!! 😊👍
@@DGriffGallery Cheers Dave, I am learning, i'm on a diet of YT vlogs at the moment and I hope, judging by this mornings shot, it's paying off... Back over to Ynys Mon later in week.
1st :)
Haha, not for the first time either! 😁👍🏻