Don't have any tattoos, but if I do get one, it's going to be: " Respect The Light! "

Great tips Mads. One thing to add before editing a photo is to have the monitor colour calibrated. It helps in so many ways and stops many mistakes before you make them.

@MadsPeterIversen

3 жыл бұрын

It does indeed! I covered it in one of my older videos, but you're absolutely right many mistakes can be avoided having a proper calibrated monitor.

Always thoughtful, organized, and very helpful. You have an excellent teaching style. Thank you.

@MadsPeterIversen

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks a lot! :)

I saw a lot of my mistakes in those examples, especially over saturation and too much use of the clarity and dehire sliders. Thanks for the video Mads.

Photography is not always about reflecting reality, rather, like any other art form, about articulating something about reality (inner and outer). Therefore, the notion of ‘mistakes’ is often a misleading one. Knowing what one can do to articulate that ‘something’ is far more central to the artistic act than technique. The latter is only necessary in as much as it allows us to become aware of the possibilities of articulation. But should never be mistaken for the articulation itself. That is, for the art.

Thanks for the tips on how to remove haloes Mads. I've been going through some old photos taken with an early digital camera. There are some nice images of places I know I'll never visit again. I've had to do quite a lot of editing to try to bring out the best in them. In the process the haloes have appeared. This works to fix them so I'm most grateful.

I think many of us will relate to the errors you have covered into today's video and since undertaking your course Mads, I've looked back at some of my earlier images and wondered what was I thinking when I done that edit but have used your teaching to revisit some of my old images and the results are now more pleasing to the eye. Definitely one the big takeaways from your course was respecting the light and its something I now more conscious of and also to approach my edits from a position of subtlety. I know I have said it before but your course was a real game changer for me

over-saturation is a huge turn off for me... its taken a few years but I've learned to limit saturation, almost zero use of vignettes now... and I use to be way heavy on the clarity slider and now I barely use it.

There's actually an easier and more effective method of getting rid of haloes and white line borders caused by sharpening etc on high contrast transitions. Rather than using the clone tool, which I used to use, instead use the blur tool, with a quite fine brush, often just of a few pixels. The blur tool is a massively under-used tool. You can use it to blur harsh out of focus backgrounds and a 1001 other touch up processes. You need to experiment with different strengths. I can be the most subtle tool. In reality rather than being actually a blur tool, it is an undo sharpening tool. It doesn't smudge, it just reverses sharpening.

These videos are amazingly helpful. You point out the issue, explain why, and offer a fix. Great educator! Saving for your Photoshop course!!!

@MadsPeterIversen

3 жыл бұрын

You are very welcome, James, and happy you enjoyed the format :)

This is so refreshing. Using editing to make a landscape image look natural. Thank you!

Thanks Mads. Your feedback is very much appreciated.

That's one to watch again several times. Thanks Mads.

My friend is a Chef, he loves cell phone photography, combined with the worst editing app, and a strange editing technique where he simply puts 4 sliders to max, these are vibrance saturation, contrast and and sharpening...... he then prints them, he does have a decent printer, but we all know turds are not polishable, but he then places the eye watering abstract headache, into a £2 picture frame.... and the hotel he works lets him hand 3 on 1 piece of the restaurant wall, and he sells 3 every week now, for no less than £40 a photo, and as much as £350 has been paid. This is 100% true, and I think he is a genius, as it was a bet to begin with, as he said people who eat in the restaurant are snobs, and look down their nose at everyone who works there, but also have a taste in anything that matches their personality, first taken advantage of by top chefs who throw food at the plate and serve it up for 100's of dollars, and said give me that little 4 ft square space of wall, and i'll prove that shit can be sold to those who have money to burn, you just need to place it near them.... and so he did, now people return to see Windermere and Grasmere looking like a psychedelic train wreck, with giant pixels sharpened it's bizarre, but he was 100% correct. He said he would do it for a living, and quite his job, but he needs the job to sell them ha ha.

@IAmR1ch

2 жыл бұрын

I am going to make a negative post about this guy Mads video. Your post is the example that I will use why I dislike videos this Mads guy is doing, and not just him but people who think they know photography better than everyone else and think they are teachers. People should shoot what they like and forget the rules and "mistakes" Mads and these other master web "teachers" are trying to force on people.

@Elias-nj6gi

Жыл бұрын

Love it

Great video Mads! It was a very good idea to use images from your subscribers as it made it more relatable and it definitely reminded me to check a few things in my next edits!

Very well explained and demonstrated. Great way to better looking into an edited image!

Thanks for the great examples Mads!

Thank Mads. On learning path studying your course to understand more

The most useful landscape tip of the year: Reflections are darker than their source. But all these tips are very helpful. Thank you!

@LukasZ92.

2 жыл бұрын

oh yes that is so true!!! horrible those shots with same luminance values, or maybe even brighter Reflections than the source

@collinterrell9593

2 жыл бұрын

i dont mean to be off topic but does anybody know of a trick to log back into an Instagram account?? I was dumb forgot the login password. I would appreciate any tips you can offer me.

@ameerfinnegan3588

2 жыл бұрын

@Collin Terrell Instablaster ;)

@collinterrell9593

2 жыл бұрын

@Ameer Finnegan i really appreciate your reply. I got to the site through google and im in the hacking process now. Looks like it's gonna take quite some time so I will reply here later when my account password hopefully is recovered.

I especially appreciated the tip on respecting the light and how to think correctly based on the light source.

I often use vignettes, but rather than the vignette slider, I use a radial filter. Sometimes, more than one, and sometimes inverted. That way I can highlight the specific area I want to draw attention to, which is often off-center. I also use that vignettes or highlights subtly. I feel the vignette should draw attention to the subject, not to itself. Re the image at 8:50: I think that's low-lying backlit mist in the foothills, not haloing. But the other high-halo images could have resulted from over-sharpening and too high saturation. Those are habits I've had to wean myself away from.

Thanks, for this very visual examples!

Great tips. Not only did you point out the issues but provided solutions as well.

Thanks for these very practical tips. You have an engaging presentation style. I have just about stopped adding vignettes to landscapes. Instead, I try and crop to use everything in the frame.

Wonderful tips and showing great examples!

I use content aware spot healing tool to remove dust spots.

Much appreciated Mads. Very helpful 🙂

Thank you Mads ! Like how you point out these mistakes !!! I recognize several in my pictures and try to avoid these with the knowledge of your Photoshop course.

@noahm44

2 жыл бұрын

Is the course good?

@valk-photography

2 жыл бұрын

@@noahm44 The best there is !!! I recommend this course highly !!!

Excellent video, thanks Mads.

Very valuable information, thank you for sharing

Liked the structure of the video - and pointing out issues that we need to stay away from

Great vid! Really enjoying your content. Learning a lot!

Great video and very useful... thanks a lot!

Some excellent pointers - thank you

Great video! Thanks to share yours knowledge

Respect the light! I love your words and thank you for a great video!

Great video as always. I love that bridge shot at 8.10 👌🏼

Very interesting Mads. Like a lot of people here I see many of the mistakes I've made and some I probably still do. For a couple of them I think it's more style and although I still see over crunchy HDR images on Flickr which I don't like personally the photographer has every right to edit the photo as they want - but like you said it should be intentional not inadvertent. respect to those who were brave enough to allow their photos to be used.

Really useful video and tips - thank you.

Agree with your points, well explained. I also liked your talk on photography values very much. I am going to buy at least one of your eBooks and I am considering your course on Photoshop . That has to wait until I am clear of difficulties I am dealing with at present. For now I relax a little by watching your excellent vlogs and images while sitting up in bed with my iPad at night. About to watch one about night scapes in Copenhagen. Visited there when researching my Danish forbears.😊 .

Excellent overview ---Thanks

Good video, funny to see how we are making so much mistakes... LOL, I was sure that my image was overprocessed, but just to know where to stay your analysis was appreciated... Merci Peter !

Great video, thanks. Less definitely seems to be more; the closer you can get the original shot to what you want, with little or no editing, the better, I think.

Thank you Mads for your explanation on my photos. I am looking forward to avoid these in the future . Best regards Werner

Brilliant vid I to have had photo done that ended up with a very small outline but I spotted it after I edited my picture great info and defo see were your coming from very good and thanks to all who send in there photos well done guys there is some lovely shots taken

Thanks for this, I learned a few things there :)

Thank you so much 👍

Thanks for the suggestions! I always seem to under-do the contrast... That Giant's Causeway shot is one of my favourites. Put hours into editing it.... Cheers for the complements!!!

@journeytoaphotograph

3 жыл бұрын

Lovely shot of the Causeway, as a Co. Antrim fella it was awesome to see it in this collection, congrats 🤙🤙🤙

@nickbailey9038

3 жыл бұрын

@@journeytoaphotograph Cheers, man. It's a bracketed / timeblend / focus-stack. I can't remember how many exposures it's made up from. Took hours to blend. Shooting was easy though. I just set the camera up with an intervalometer and drank some beers!

excellent very interesting tips, nice to see your videos I love the channel congratulations

Respecting the light ........thanks

Excellent, excellent video.

As I'm looking at my screen, to my right on my second monitor is my screensaver, a picture which won a keenly contested competition a few years back. Oops... But fortunately, I already knew that and I keep it there as a reminder of what not to do. It's so difficult though, because the demand is for impactful images particularly on social media and in club-level competitions. It's often a case of, what do you do to a landscape image so it can compete with that nature picture of an Eagle tearing at it's prey (nailed onto a piece of wood of course) So it is so tempting to just push the sliders ever further to the right and then you have them all.

Good tips. Dust is what’s keeping me from getting mirrorless although some are good at keeping dust away. Dslr still get dust too but not as much. The cameras which protest the shutter when off look nice

Great video! I love your voice as well. So soothing.

@annaheya2109

3 жыл бұрын

We want to know what mic do you use lol

@MadsPeterIversen

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you, I use the videomic pro from RØDE :)

@annaheya2109

3 жыл бұрын

@@MadsPeterIversen thank you!

Very good video about possible mistakes in editing, Mads! Your course on photography is an excellent guide to what we SHOULD do. The examples you used were very helpful. I appreciate the risks that your viewers were taking in putting them out there for you to use. Thank you again for an excellent video on editing.

Thanks!

Great video as usual! I am curious, where was that bridge image captured? It looks a bit like The Mackinac Bridge, the crown jewel of my home state of Michigan

Thank you

Thanks, this was helpfull! Do you also edit on Laptops? And if yes, do you have a recomandation?

Hi Peter, that photo at 8.50 with mountain and tree, i think that is not halo. it look more like morning mist

Good advice. I will look more on your videos. My problem is that I photograph woodlands mostly in BW but seldom. I’m satisfied just to get out nowadays. I have forgotten a lot about adjustment in PS. I have Fuji X-Pro1 and X-T1 and Nikon D700 but I’m in a process of upgrading my Nikon System to D850 and replace some lenses that have bad performance at 45 Mpix. My D300 broke down after 13 years use. So I'm not sure if I am the correct person to take your PS course. My computer have Win 7 and I'm going to lose my license when I upgrade to Win 10 so I’m looking for alternatives to PS and LR. I have had a lot of white lines in high contrast areas in my Panasonic LX3 and LX5 so your advice helped me. I thought that was caused of the small sensor.

Super examples here, guilty as charged with some of these.

Hi Mads. I have a few questions about your course: 1) who is it aimed at (beginner, intermediate, advanced); 2) is there a money back guarantee in the event that the content is not a good match for your skill level; 3) is this course limited to editing in post, using the software mentioned, or does it include any "en plein air" techniques, such as the use of filters, and such, that can contribute to the final product? Anyway, enjoyed the video. I look forward to your response.

Nice video bro

Great 👍👍👍

a guaranteed way of gettig haloing, is:1. use a polarizer, 2. shoot into backlighting outdoors… notice the haloing along pretty much every single high contrast transition!

Some great reminders of what NOT to do! Thanks

I wonder how the three upper supports work in the wind? Specifically, will there be any buffeting / vibration as the wind bounces around and through the upper supports. Full disclosure: I ordered one, so I guess I'll find out.

Mads, do you ever do run photo tours?

That tree at 15:55, isn't that the location from the film Robin Hood with Kevin Costner?

What is the software you used before jumping into Photoshop?

I am just starting out with photography. I really enjoy landscape but I also really enjoy taking pics of my kids and pets playing. What would you recommend for editing? LR or PS

Mads - I thought several of those images got off on the wrong foot with an incorrrect white balance - something you didn't mention.

👍 tummen upp, nu har man lärt sig något även denna vecka. Ser gärna fler tipps i Adobe camera raw framöver. Mvh hubert

Thanks for teh great tips Mads ! I would like to purchase your photoshop masterclass .. are there any coupons available currently ? :) Thanks !

@MadsPeterIversen

Жыл бұрын

You're welcome and thanks for the interest. there is indeed. Just use the coupon "MPIKZread" to get $45 off.

@pianoman1973

Жыл бұрын

@@MadsPeterIversen Thanks a lot !

I always get halos. The problem is that I take photos to preserve the highlights and so many things have strong shadows. When I crank up the exposure of the objects which have strong shadows then halo is inevitable.

Do you get luminosity masks in pse elements

Cool video

Use darktable for much superior masking to avoid halos .

Are the dust sparks real sparks of dust on your lens that you can avoid by cleaning it, or are they something else?

Well I'm guilty of most if not all, damn halos in particular, I'll apply the tips but maybe it's time to learn to use PS in post; I do 95%+ of my processing in LR.

Great. Thanks. Very useful. Is it possible...are you interested in setting up 1-1 review sessions to go over photos? I would love to do something like that (at a cost to me)

@MadsPeterIversen

3 жыл бұрын

I have been thinking about it, I just don't have the time right now. Maybe I'll delve into it in the future :)

@icogicog8287

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you. Let us know if you go ahead. It would be great for those of us who have and interest and hopefully an additional source of income for you.

hi Mads can u make video about shorducts in ph and ligtroom for people like me how tu ewerything zoom in out etc. and others short thanks and sorry for my languagedge

@MadsPeterIversen

3 жыл бұрын

Hi, I think it's a bit too niche. I cover it in my Photoshop course, but I bet you can find something similar on KZread :)

@rafakrzeminski9763

3 жыл бұрын

@@MadsPeterIversen thanks for answer , You are the best

12:08 Looks awesome though

@TheOneUp

2 жыл бұрын

Waay to over-saturated in my opinion

Idk that photo with the Lake bridge is awesome .. I think you will discourage people with critiquing images like that

I am still debating myself if true photography art is when you take and shot and it is perfect without any editing, or you take a shot and you do painting, bracketing, and other crap to make it not a photograph anymore.

That Moment When start getting it ,You Look At Photos you took a year ago that you thought were great! and realise how bad(horrible) they were😅

The image at 16:00….. no one will ever take that again! 🤬

You can find a good collection of photos that have this overprocessed look at the subreddit r/shittyHDR. You can honestly learn a lot from those examples and to _avoid it like the plague_

Hej Ivan. Jeg har lige set denne video og er blevet meget klogere. Dog et par forslag til forbedring: Bring færre eksempler, hvor du ikke retter fejlen, og brug tiden til at forklarer mere om, hvordan du gør. Og ved hvert eksempel slut af med et før og efter syn.

Mads, why are you talking into a boom mic? You never did that with your other excellent videos.

Do you go back in your history and re-edit with a new eye very often?

@MadsPeterIversen

3 жыл бұрын

Very often no, but it's certainly something I do yes :)

@journeytoaphotograph

3 жыл бұрын

I've just started an annual review process. With things getting busier I might make it bi annually. It reveals so much. I found loads of gold in my files I'd ignored as they didn't meet my aesthetic / I didn't know how to edit it well / I didn't appreciate how well it told a story as I'd judged it in bad form on ingest.

3:04 every beginner photographer on every picture

I still think I'll never take photos as beautiful as you :/

Mads is very correct what he says about editing mistakes , he shows some HDR images that are well over cooked, Photoshop Narnia term I use for these types of images. Another big editing mistake I see is Focus Blending , here in the UK I have never seen a landscape where the infinity is tack sharp!

@alexven92

3 жыл бұрын

Not sure what you mean by your last sentence. Infinity should not be sharp?

@keithfoster3831

3 жыл бұрын

@@alexven92 if you stand out side , look to the distance, the near and mid ground always look sharper or detailed, the further back you look to the horizon, it won’t look so sharp or detailed no matter where in the world you live .

@alexven92

3 жыл бұрын

@@keithfoster3831 I see so due to haze

Can i join u group fb?

“Not editing out dust spots” how bout you just clean your sensor first?

Oversaturated photos always end up highly on the instagram algorithm

@dylanmonaghan3342

2 жыл бұрын

it kills me haha but most people see those highly saturated, contrast heavy images with obvious editing (like for example making the antlers of a deer love heart shape, or a giant moon) and think that the image is "so beautiful". I wish that more instagram photographers as Mads says respect the light.

Have a look on instagram at benmuldersunsets. He has really natural looking photos and is basically the master of colours