Balancing Warm and Cold Tones // Landscape Photography Post Processing

Managing color has always been hard for me... in this video we do an edit walkthrough of an image that is all about the color relationship between the Warm and the Cold tones in the image.
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[@jeremyhendersonphotography]

Rapidly becoming my favourite photography KZbin channel. I really like the teaching style - oriented to a goal but explaining the steps needed to get there.

[@shanemorgan5932]

I will admit it to everyone, watching your KZbin channel is exceptionally beneficial to my lack of knowledge with post processing. I have a system where i will watch once and then watch again stating and stopping to write down what I feel are going to be helpful. You have made the post processing aspect of photography much more enjoyable and I thank you for that.

[@donelliott271]

Thank you, Nick. Another great example showing your artistic talent and technical skills, combined with an honest and open teaching style. We appreciate you, sir.

[@moehahahaha1]

In academia, we always clap at the end of someone's presentation. I just noticed that I was spontaneously clapping at the end of this video as well! :D Excellent tutorial!!

[@davearnold9328]

Fabulous edit of this Thor's sequence. I was lucky to fry a 5D MkII there years back. Wish I were back there and can't wait to get my old pics out and try this fabulous tutorial.

[@christophertaylor7021]

Nick, you are a master of light. Thank you for another brilliant video tutorial. Now I have to go and re-review my images of Thor's Well.

[@TimUhler1977]

Outstanding as always Nick. I love your editing style, but I deeply appreciate your manner of teaching. 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏

[@slowlyrusting4044]

Thanks Nick for helping me along on my slow walk to post processing nirvana.

[@ricardo3198]

One of the best tutorials I have watched for post processing and bringing to live a dull image in less than 30 mins. Thank you!

[@marcocudin8262]

Amazing Nick, I like your workflow and the way you post process your images!! Thanks for this video and for your passion!

[@gdetemple]

Thanks for your time Nick! It is valuable. I will be sure to watch your ads.

[@russellraevo6123]

Nick, Thank you for another gem of a tutorial that gives so much information. Its a special day for me when you put out a new video, because I enjoy them so much.

[@JohnDrummondPhoto]

Amazing processing video! You actually make it understandable, which a lot of Photoshop presenters struggle to do.

[@adventuresofjandk]

Man always love when you post a new video.

[@michalhekl9114]

Great tutorial Nick! Thank you so much for taking the time to do it and help the rest of us to learn. I really like how impactful yet subtle your editing is. All the transitions look so natural. I struggle with that aspect, so thanks again for putting a great educational content out here.

[@gr8_22-15]

As usual - STRAIGHT GOLD

[@andycoleman2708]

I've missed these! I hope you keep them coming because I learn so much from you!

[@mwe5398]

I always enjoy your processing videos. 👍

[@thomasriera2030]

So good! Your editing toolbox is soooo deep and there is so much going on that I learn a ton every time. Thanks Nick!

[@YardLimit]

Your Photoshop tutorials are always excellent. Thanks!

[@edshanahan]

Nick, once again you have shown what separates you from most photographers. You are an artist who begins with the end in mind, better than most. You pre-visualize your shots thinking how they might look after some PS magic before you press the shutter button. Well done and thank you!

[@PereaPhotography]

Brilliant video man! I love seeing your process on scenes like this. You’re not only showing how, but also just as importantly, explaining why. Love it! 👊🏼

[@nancym.6514]

I love your videos and watching you edit. You have a way of making something so complicated seem like it's well within my reach. There's always so much information to pick up. I just wish that I had the brain space to retain it all! 😆 Thanks so much for putting out videos that are so thoughtful, well explained, detailed, and extremely helpful! Have a great New Year!

[@brianbeattyphotography]

Great tips. Blending warm and cool tones always adds a really interesting dynamic to an image.

[@saraboychuk_]

Always look forward to your videos, thanks again!

[@SimonLewis_photography]

As always Nick, informative, friendly and easy to follow tutorial. Awesome work my dude.

[@chrisrinaldi5936]

Great video Nick. I’ll need to watch it a couple more times to catch all nuggets in there.

[@AussieSouthlander]

Good to see you back with a new post.

[@mariopereira8261]

Thank you Nick Page , a great way to start this 2023 , excellent PS class, a Fantastic 2023 for You and Family , and the rest of the World, Thank you Master Nick

[@johnchambers6272]

Valuable editing video, with a lot of useful tips and advice. Great advice to keep an eye on the blue tones especially when adding contrast to a image. Thank you for sharing this one Nick and all the very best for 2023.

[@mathiaslibor287]

Your editing is so incredibly accurate and fast. You make it look so super relaxed as well :-) Really nice Nick.

[@chrishall6364]

Thanks for the video Nick; I always specially enjoy and learn from your processing videos. I think I may have to watch it again!

[@fbass2003]

So well done! Thank you for taking the time and sharing your knowledge with us all!!! Be Well!!

[@blivieriphoto]

That was great Nick! Beautiful image. That sky, wow. Very helpful tutorial. Thanks!

[@buggergut]

Beautiful work Nick. Thanks for a well-explained and demonstrated video.

[@DominikSobieniak]

Love your vids. Every single one is so interesting.

[@drdrhelmut]

Good to get input from you! Your retouching really is advanced compared to a lot of other approaches I've seen and I like it! :)

[@michaelventarola7100]

Your workflow is superb. I learn so much from you.

[@mlseawell]

Happy 2023 Nick! Let's see what you teaching, always pulling up a chair to hear!

[@coastaldenizen]

Thank you for the last couple of videos. These have been very helpful. I appreciate your way of teaching. You make it simple, clear, and easy to understand.

[@marydean9900]

I learned so much watching you think through an image and process it accordingly. Thanks Nick!

[@cragfast06]

What an excellent tutorial Nick! Almost a complete course. I learned so much and am inspired to try your techniques on my own images. Huge thanks! 👏👏👏

[@photosonthebay9341]

Another excellent video. Very easy to follow and informative. 👌🏼

[@bmichaud1000]

Brilliant Nick. You have so many ingenious ways to enhance an image. I learn something new from everyone of your videos. Thank you!

[@ronmarsalis941]

Great tutorial Nick, The subject manner really came at good time for me, struggling with a desert image from the Southwest. I find when colors start to get away, crank up a color balance layer to keep things natural. Really looking forward to more of your tutorials both office and in field for 2023.

[@sergioc.p.7845]

Glad to see you again. A great video, for sure, even without having seen it yet. Thanx for share again!

[@sergioc.p.7845]

Well… after having seen it, I’m sorry to say this but… I was right. 😉 Great video and very well explained. Some nice techniques I have learned with it. Thanx for share your knowledge! 👏🏻👏🏻👍🏻

[@Luigi13]

Man, Nick glad you have the patience to work so long on a single image, the more I look at it it starts looking more like a painting than a photograph. Personally I like the composition and the angle how you shot the image. Thor's well in Southern Oregon is a well photographed location and many images where taken from a high viewpoint, so this lower viewpoint is very interesting. I hope you can print it and is enjoyed being looked at more often. It is definitely a dreaming kind of a landscape.

[@reneeramirez6068]

Thanks for another solid and very helpful editing video Nick. You are helping me to transition from Lr to Ps and grow my tool box with luminosity masks.

[@philiphatton]

Full of solid gold nuggets, Nick

[@fotovlogger]

great video nick, explains simple way and easy to understand one of the most complex thing in post processing: color

[@the_photochemist]

Excellent video Nick! Some really helpful tips on managing colour, something I really struggle with!

[@marvinbeatty]

Around the 23-minute mark, when you said, "I'm just going to do one more layer here," I instantly said, "Of course you are!" and laughed and laughed... Very nice video. I wish I had the brain to see and edit the way you do. So patient and detailed.

[@ArefAlragehi]

thanks Nick....this was a good watch

[@tragniact]

Bravo Nick! Watching your vids is always a pleasure and extremely useful. Cheers from Milan, Italy

[@terrybartick1754]

Nick, Thank you so very much for this video….was so special to have a video with you using the color balance tool as a color grade! I use quite a bit, especially very end for wildlife….I learned something new from you within that adjustment. And…on the special “Nick” Orton effect …using the Gradient Tool when needed for back of image. Thank you again!❤❤

[@stephanegrondin6106]

Lots of great juicy nuggets in this one, and superb image I love it thanks Nick

[@proriyami]

This absolutely very good tutorial Nick, thank you so much

[@J5388T]

Great video thanks Nick!

[@MrTwogiantscoops]

This was an excellent tutorial not just concentrating on colour balance but the workflow for seascapes in general… I remember 10 years ago using multiple images from the same set creating a final balanced and dramatic image. Your video is on another level with subtle tweaks which overall can really bring a raw file to life. I must admit I still use Nik Color Efex4 choosing tonal contrast for the important parts of the image. It’s just a matter of preference. Your luminosity masks to add the the dreamy highlights works a treat. Thank you. All the best from Devon, UK

[@striper112]

thanks, great video showing your image processing workflow

[@shane9634]

Hello Nick Just wanted to say thank you for you MAVEN filters recommendation. I think they are the best thing since sliced bread. Cheers

[@leonievanoosten781]

Thanks a lot Nick 🙏 learned so much again!

[@EthanBoggio]

Nice! Reminds me why I don't use photoshop. You're a master at fo sure though! Take us on location my man! Take us on your wildlife adventure!

[@justinrichardson3864]

I really like that camera raw approach to add warmth to the Orton effect.

[@JorgeRamirez-lf7ci]

Excellent tutorial Nick, thanks.

[@davidhuth5659]

Amazing! Great video! Thanks!

[@dxflow3271]

Awesome! Thanks for that. More than one nugget for me in there. :)

[@hnurminen]

A good one, Nick. Cheers!

[@paulus0109]

Good tutorial Nick. Thnx.

[@rayvicchio9094]

Thanks Nick.

[@specialized41]

Another great Video tutorial. Thanks 🙏

[@klecka123456]

Hi Nick, Thank you so much for your videos, really nice.

[@rlfisher]

Great blending tutorial, and inspiring image.

[@warricksmith5178]

Brilliant!

[@Barjavel88]

Very good videos on editing! thanks for all the tips!

[@Kskewes]

Great stuff! I'm heading to Thor's Well this weekend and will use this in editing. Thanks

[@klaras286]

In one video, I've learned how to blend photos, what masks and layers are and how to use them (it was so hard so far) and of course, how to balance colour. Thank you so much.

[@robertfleckenstein5031]

Bravo Nick. One of the aspects of your print I really like is that you used, wether you noticed it or not, you probably did, color to produce (depth) in Your photo, a characteristic artist have been trying to create probably since the beginning of 2 dimensional art. Bob.

[@dobromirdragomirov5257]

Nicely done, Nick. I like your videos and your personality. Don't let negativity prevail and do whatever makes you happy. People who like your videos and work are much more than the haters and the trolls. Be sure about it.

[@NickPage]

I appreciate that thank you

[@andrewblock7118]

While the entire video is amazing, the water drop fix totally blew my mind! Freaking brilliant!

[@teeeenyfifi]

Top video nick!! Thanks! I was going to go for a shower but I might just get cracked into a file and try this new split toning technique haha, cheers

[@ianbayley6092]

C'était bien. Merci Nick

[@outdoorsinontario3037]

Wow!

[@LandscapesDronescapes]

Stunning, simple and amazing. Nice one Nick - now I just need to get out to that wonderful location but UK is wet and miserable currently :( HNY!!

[@Xo1ot1]

Very helpful, thanks.

[@pvetesnik]

Very cool - thank you for sharing :)

[@stigfloberghagenphotography]

Really great video 👌👍🙂

[@mikegarthwaite8925]

Excellent

[@zackstanton4654]

Good stuff, Nick. In LR you can match your exposures up equally by selecting a group of images with the the target exposure image selected and go to settings>match total exposures. I find it handy sometimes for blending images

[@NickPage]

Works well except when you have different amounts of sea foam like in this image

[@slosmoke1]

Great video Nick. This will help me lots!! Ouch on the thumb nail

[@chalam777]

👌

[@josephmcgregor6959]

Nice studio. Looks like you edit some picture and then turn around and rock on out some drums to stretch out.

[@Wklambert]

Awesome work Nick!! I have a few seascape-type shots that could benefit from this method. I am finding with wave action, it seems relatively common to get several frames where one part of the image is a lot more compelling than others. Bringing those elements in, in PS would be a game changer. Additionally, I purchased a Wacom tablet after watching what you're capable of with yours, and after Mr. Heaton raved about his. I respect both of you a lot, and really admire both of your works... One question I do have... Do you have any videos (or could you make an updated one) on how you have your tablet set up? I need some help there. I think once I get it set up completely, my workflow would be a LOT better. A couple things I am particularly interested in, is the positioning. Is it relative? Maybe I just need to get used to using the tablet, lol. Thanks again Nick, for all you do!!!

[@DeltaDgtlAnimation]

Awesome video, Nick! There is always something to pick up for me. Btw what's the song at the end of the video? It's amazing!

[@ddki9094]

Nick, it is my biggest problem; trying to remember what it looked like and then trying to recreate it in post processing. I will watch this in full after work :)

[@thomastuorto9929]

Take a video or photo with your phone. If it matches what you see, (minus the water movement) your good to go.

[@galacticnemesis366]

Hey Nick please put the Canon video back I read through so many comments requesting you do that. I also found the content very beneficial.

[@bradfordsmith6055]

Thanks Nick; this was a very nice teaching tutorial. In the Orton effect section of the video, you mentioned matching the blur radius to the “pixel radius” of the camera. I know how to calculate the pixel size of the camera by dividing the linear pixels, say along the width of the image, by the physical width of the sensor, but how do you calculate the pixel “radius” of the camera?

[@NickPage]

It doesn't need to be exact, really it just to personal taste, this image was taken on a Sony A7r iv... which is 62mp... so typically I use a pixel radius of 45-65... Images with my R5 I usually go between 35-55... No exact science here just personal taste. The smaller the pixel radius, the more subtle the effect

[@JohnKorvell]

Do you like one over the other: TK8 vs Lumenzia?

[@tonyb2760]

Just curious if you gave any thought to using frequency separation as a method to remove the water spot? Thanks for sharing

[@NickPage]

That would be the best way, I just wanted to avoid that rabbit hole

[@praisechapelcovina]

Love your page & work was referred from Primal Outdoors...interested in your merch (new hats) where can we buy at? Thanks for what you do!

[@NickPage]

Thank you for the kind words... you can find them on my website www.nickpagephotography.com