Landscape Post Processing Tutorials

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I'm planning on trying to get out of my comfort zone (Urbex!) and try to shoot more landscapes. I live within driving distance of some stunning scenery and it seems such a shame to not be taking advantage of it!

I know that PP is a crucial part of landscape photography so I'd be interested if there's any tutorials that anyone has found particularly useful? Or are there any techniques that people use?
 
If you're using light room I find @Justin Case (on here) lessons very good and easy to follow along, for me anyway. I'm getting my new super duper computer this weekend and looking forward to being able to do some editing and ee whats happening instead of having to wait for my computer to catch up. I also watch others on youtube too, its a learning curve for sure but quite enjoyable. have fun.
 
EspressoJunkie said:
I'm planning on trying to get out of my comfort zone (Urbex!) and try to shoot more landscapes. I live within driving distance of some stunning scenery and it seems such a shame to not be taking advantage of it!

I know that PP is a crucial part of landscape photography so I'd be interested if there's any tutorials that anyone has found particularly useful? Or are there any techniques that people use?
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Have a look also at Serge Ramelli
View: https://youtu.be/6YUTca9bkzw
 
I really like the book Digital Landscape Photography by Michael Frye. OK it's based on Yosemite/the American West but the fundamentals apply.
 
Try learning and using ND filters so you can alter exposure times to create different effects and looks.
Landscape photographers often make multiple photos of the same thing, such as this :
There are plenty of info about this.

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I try and have an end on the right of the picture such as a tree for example something like this. it stops the eye wandering off the photo

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GTG said:
Try learning and using ND filters so you can alter exposure times to create different effects and looks.
Landscape photographers often make multiple photos of the same thing, such as this :
There are plenty of info about this.
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Wow the 10 stop shot nailed it for me :clap:
 
Try Jimmy McIntyre on YouTube, he has some good tutorials. Also try PhotoInColor and Michael(?) Breitung.
If you don’t mind books rather than videos this book by Guy Tal is well thought of ‘The Landscape Photographers Guide to Photoshop.’ I’ve just bought it, but haven’t had the opportunity to read through it yet.
 
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The difficulty with suggesting landscape PP tutes is that you have to like the look the photographer gets, and there are as many looks as photographers :-)

In particular, although Serge Ramelli is a very good teacher, his style is better suited to cityscapes, and I doubt he would really call himself a landscape tog, even though he does do some landscape work.

Jimmy McIntyre and Michael Breitung are both solid suggestions, or for someone a bit more naturalistic, try Dave Morrow, who is very thorough and covers astro as well.

Lastly, it's always worth watching Thomas Heaton. He doesn't talk much about PP, but his enthusiasm for landscape photography and sharing the downs as well as the ups is unbeatable.
 
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