How I created this PHOTO with LIGHTROOM MASKS and focus stacking

[@2007zodiac]

These start to finish videos are a MUST for the future, Great video and a Big help..

[@garyhillery5302]

Gary from Australia. One of your better videos from my point of view. I lack the knowledge on how to fully process a image. You would have done 10 times more adjustment and this is why my images do not look the best. But this video done step by step and explanation on why it was done is excellent. Will go back a few times to learn your methods. Love your site look forward to each one. Thanks again.

[@ShellyLarsonFitnessVideos]

These are the types of videos that I value the most . I learn so much1

[@filipedelgado7738]

That's what I call "teaching" 👏

[@raajasimha]

lots of learning. Great video indeed. Thank you Nigel

[@deathrat]

I’ve always wondered how people achieved that level of clarity on their pictures! Thank you!

[@marcgardner6642]

I agree with many of the comments below Nigel. Really loved this video. Watching the development, and artistic talent of taking the raw image to its beautiful end product. Would love to see more of these videos. Thanks as always for the genuine high quality output.

[@peterfritzphoto]

Fabulous video. Thanks, Nigel!

[@gregoryjavery]

Great video. Thank you Nigel. Appreciate your insight. Always enjoy watching your videos.

[@bozidarprotulipac3771]

Great know-how knowledge transfer Nigel - many thanks

[@JorgeRamirez-lf7ci]

Great start to finish video, so educational.

[@richardwagner3317]

What a great video lesson - I am ashamed to say I have never printed straight from Lightroom and will need to consider that next time.

[@RNMcover]

Amazing! It is so helpful to see the complete process. Thank you Nigel! I was wondering if you could do a video on your computer setup? Post processing is such an important step for every photographer but it can be so frustrating when the workflow is slow because of poor computer performances. How do you organize everything? Are all your photos and catalog on external hard drive? What kind of drive? And what are your computers specs for a smooth workflow? I’m sure a lot of people would enjoy a short video on how you organize everything! :)

[@devincutter_]

Also VERY curious of this as well.

[@RoseKerin]

Thanks for this amazing video which is extremely interesting for the way you use the Radial and Brush in lightroom. Its certainly sure I'll go over this again once I've got the photos I need. I know I will enjoy your calendar. Thanks so much for all the wonderful help I have received from your videos this year. Have a great 2021.

[@josa951]

Amazing how much I learn from your videos!

[@youknowwho9247]

It's an interesting perspective for such a wide focal length. I'd have expected the fence to appear more stretched, but it looks very natural. Really nice.

[@andrewdunkin4632]

awesome start to finish video! Come to South Africa!!! I'll show you around!!!

[@Danny_Roman.]

Thanks Nigel for your amazing work , tips and tricks. Keep up the good work.

[@philconstans1898]

Please do more videos like the last 2. I love seeing your composition to editing to printing videos! I really enjoy your work!

[@drewbert28]

I really enjoyed you showing the process from start to finish and with so much detail...much appreciated!

[@RaymondParkerPhoto]

Thanks for this. Nice followup to the location video. I have 2 Z6s but tempted by the new Z7II when I want to print larger than my present 17" printer.

[@nicholassouter5402]

Fascinating. Great to be talked through process while demonstrating editing tools processes and reasoning. Saved this one for future viewing

[@edwinscox]

Nigel, this and the one before are so very helpful! From concept to final print, I learn your thoughts, strategy, technique, gear, and approach to editing. I learned more with these two than in the past several months. Thank you.

[@eyeammjh]

Thankyou Nigel. I'd really enjoyed Wednesday's video. But seeing you do the edit and print has polished it off for me.

[@markfulton8334]

Great to see the process from start to finish. Thanks for sharing your secrets.

[@andrewlunn]

Great bts look at the process to print. Thanks Nigel

[@umeshwaghmare6912]

Thanks for sharing such great knowledge.!!

[@1912niels]

Your videos are so informative, and this one is no less. Now we know how to create sharpness in the full depth of a photo. I've never heard about that technique before. Thank you!

[@acna2555]

Great video and great photographer. Thank you for sharing your experience

[@paulmarcoe3454]

Ink: the most expensive product known to man 😂😂😂 love it so true!

[@branislavmikuska1907]

Great video. Thank you very much. Looking forward similar ones.

[@dfinlay587]

Thanks Nigel, very informative. I am continually amazed at the different methods in Photoshop to do the same thing. For example, I use the Lasso, then the Del key to use content aware fill. I also use AutoBlend layers, then tweak the masks if needed.

[@michaelgoodwin4480]

Thanks so much for showing us an inside peak to your editing styles. I’d love to see the same thing on some of your woodlands images! Thank you!

[@NikCan66]

Always brilliant video and informative

[@georgemurray752]

Another fine and very informative video. Cheers

[@howardahhon7600]

Always love your work!?!? 🖥 Truely inspiring... 📸

[@SteveP_2426]

Always enjoy your vids Nigel. Really liked the combination of shooting tips and the editing on this one. Can you do some more of these every now and then please? Not been to Mam Tor yet but it's on my wish list but it's a 4hr drive from home for me so I guess it would have to be a 'stupid o'clock' awakening! Any tips for best time over the 'winter months' as I don't have a 4x4 or snow tyres.

[@timotheescheuer6064]

Always a pleasure to watch your videos! Thanks for all the information and tips!

[@domhaughton6809]

All stuff I've managed to blunder my way through, mostly thanks to your channel, but a refresher is always so helpful. Beautiful image too Nigel. Thanks again 👌

[@oneandonlyjaybee]

Great image and tutorial. As an amateur photographer that's getting their first laptop in the next few weeks and a chance to do more than what's available on free aps, I find your videos invaluable. I've gone from apprehensive to looking forward to enjoying the process. Thanks

[@krishnadaga3736]

Every small details beautifully explained, and that printing too. Thanks for the knowledge sharing.

[@JoDaniels]

Many thanks Nigel for this very helpful video!

[@johnfallon6310]

Amazing insight to post processing, so helpful. End result is a beautiful print. Thank you for all you teach us. Even more impressive is your commitment to producing top quality videos week after week.

[@NigelDanson]

Thanks John

[@whitehorseflyer]

Hello Nigel, very informative video, I've done focus stacking but the element I've not seen before is at 18:15 in the video where you added the mask and I can't work out what selections you made to get the brush etc. I often find with videos that the person describing what is going on doesn't always capture the fine detail of what they are clicking on in PS or LR so, if you could be so kind, can you describe what you did regarding getting the bottom left more in focus please? From what I understand you are taking the elements of one layer and applying the focus to the other but it's the actual PS mechanics of it which I can't see. Thanks.

[@martingillick60]

I have started to use the screen touch focus and shoot, I find it very effective, because the screen is quite sensitive and does not vibrate the camera as much as the button. This also allows you to focus and shoot in quick succession.

[@glynparry6598]

Inspirational and educational. Thanks Nigel.

[@geraldclarke8868]

Your timing is excellent, thank you ND, put to good use.

[@keithtruman7422]

Great video Nigel-shows the power of LR very well. Tell me, do you ever hit the "Soft Proof" button and if you do, do you see a difference? Some people edit an image so that it looks good when Soft Proof is turned on?

[@marcsawian]

Awesomeness personified 💛💛💛

[@jessemasci9986]

This is great, thank you Nigel. I'm trying to improve my post-processing and watching how you do yours is really helpful.

[@florencequinn7720]

Great one Nigel. A bit late watching this one but I have one question: @ 3:15 you said your banker is to usually focus on the mountain knowing that everything from a few feet away from you will be in focus. I always understood that one needs to focus on the hyperfocal distance (in this case 60cm from you) to ensure everything from that point is acceptably sharp including the distant mountain ? So if you don't focus stack does it not matter whether you focus on the mountain or on the hyperfocal point, same result ?

[@humbleinsider]

i can sit all day to learn the way you edit. i love video like this in the future

[@ecycled3d]

Nigel that was really amazing, start to finish. Thanks for sharing.

[@nicholaskilleen9985]

Brilliant video Nigel!! I'm also a Cheshire local and went to school in Macclesfield :)

[@NigelDanson]

Thanks

[@tobywoolgar9517]

Great video..forgot about the colour L 👍would it be better to paint the mountain in instead of the ferns?

[@ravi1916]

Thank you for the efforts. I really appreciated the hard work to upload a video from start to finsh. You earned a subscriber.

[@Mrbluesplayer43]

Another great video Nigel and a lovely image. I always seem to pick up something new watching your post processing. This time the brightening of the fence with a radial filter which I would have never thought to do that way. However, when focus stacking, why not use auto-blend in Photoshop to focus rather than a mask and doing it manually? It seems far simpler, works well and frequently the recommended method by others. I must admit the stone you removed did not bother me, but the wide angle distortion causing the first fence post to lean excessively would probably bug me a bit and I'd probably not been able stop myself trying to straighten it a little (too many years listening to camera club judges probably!)

[@judilecompte9377]

Great video, and a spectacular image! Nigel, I’m stumped on how to add a border and resize. Wish you would do a video with more detail on those two aspects.

[@areich6]

Super helpful, thank you!

[@tjsinva]

Nicely done! A tedious pursuit to be sure. Rock on!

[@PhilSledge]

Great video. (Glad I'm not the only one using a book for a iMac stand)

[@Lascael]

I loved the " it's as simple as that" 🤣

[@ThibaultCoudray]

It's really interesting to see the entire editing process! Thanks for this great video 👍🏻!

[@moonaxom9044]

Big fan of your sir.

[@lylestavast7652]

Nice tutorial example - hit a lot of editing controls and lovely resulting image :)

[@GkPhotographic]

Dia duit from Dublin , thank you once again for your time and sharing your inspiring content . you are the master of your tools , its great to hear your thought process , my shots have made great leaps forward in quality just from what you share here for free , thank you .. stay safe

[@oaritaphotography6281]

Excellent video. A question which printer model you use and the toner you use to print

[@davemeades]

Love these full process videos, great image as well. Keep up the good work Nigel!

[@paulburwood8231]

great to see how you edit; really useful.

[@ipnanobox]

Love your work, thanks for showing how you do your edits, very helpful, beautiful photo of a place I visit regularly, keep up the good work and look forward to more tips and pics in the future 👍🏻

[@gb00726]

Thank you for sharing your editing process. That was quite an eye-opener!

[@namkgenc7674]

Another amazing lesson for us. Thank you

[@aljo.antony]

Just the right half portion of the image in portrait view feels more good to me with those stone path and the sky.

[@cmichaelhaugh8517]

Lots of good ideas here!

[@richardtonkin620]

Most valuable these start to finish. Blending with a mask takes out Photoshop auto blend errors I seem to get. Would be interested in seeing how you blend exposures. Great video thanks.

[@orestkokh111]

This photo is stunning, great work!

[@mitchbergner2795]

That photo is simply breathtaking. I love the dry walls that are scattered around the UK, especially when I think of what it took and the labor needed to build them years ago. Will this photo show up in your portfolio?

[@steveyoung91]

Fantastic work Nigel.. one of my most favourite locations, great to see your editing too :)

[@m.s.g1890]

Lovely photo and edit. Thanks so much for the detailed breakdown. Always so helpful. I thought the rock that was deleted was perfectly placed though! lol But what do I know. Still looked great!!

[@simonevans876]

Fantastic video as always, Nigel! A great insight into your workflow. I'll definitely be revisiting a few of my edits using some of your processes 🙂

[@karinvandroogenbroeck6780]

Really interesting. Thx for being such a wonderful teacher. Look forward to next Sunday.

[@steviephoto]

So lucky!!! I’ve been for sunrise there 3 times recently and just had miserable blanket grey sky and not a single drop of cloud each time :(

[@ednsb]

Great presentation Nigel. If you could stack images in PhotoShop where they came out as a dng would that change your workflow so that you stacked first then applied all the masks, etc. Also if you have not brushed in the closer focus layer wouldn’t PhotoShop have done it for you?

[@thebeardedgeordiephotography]

Amazing insight on the process, thanks 😎

[@chrisbohinski3364]

Beautiful shot!

[@ianmcdonald9885]

Thanks for this video I’ve learnt so much from it and will definitely be trying this out next time I’m out with my camera 👍

[@gordroberts53]

Beautiful image and enjoyed the walkthrough that explains how/why it is so attractive. Cheers from BC!

[@jameswestii454]

Great video. Is there a specific version of Lightroom and Photoshop that you recommend and where to buy/download? I have seen some that come with the mobile app included and some with storage. A bit confused. TY

[@alanjenkins3063]

Great Video and some excellence information about editing photos,

[@terrigarcia3159]

Beautiful image! Thanks for the walk through on masking.

[@SteveZodiac777]

Great work - what a fantastic location!

[@JennaCee]

Very informative video. I learned a bunch - Thank you!!!

[@pauka13]

Great video and really helpful! One quesion: what is the benefit of using iso value below 100? Asked this many times but never got a correct answer....

[@muntasirhossain5732]

A great educational video Nigel! I thoroughly enjoyed it. The end result is a gorgeous landscape image! Just a question, would please comment on the differences between the 14-24 f2.8 vs the f4 lens in terms of sharpness, contrast and colour rendition? That 2.8 version is expensive!

[@pete-c]

Many thanks again for sharing your knowledge, learnt a lot

[@harats1]

great information and delivery, I have noticed you have not sharpen your image. aren't you sharpening before printing?

[@keithb62000]

What do you think about the Auto Blending function in Photoshop for doing the focus stacking?

[@DubYahJohn]

Nice one, I enjoyed watching your post processing and of course the end result.

[@jamesrobinson1240]

Thanks, Nigel, I really enjoyed seeing your process from start to finish. Like you, I love printing my photographs, but I'd be interested to know if you've come up with a good system for organising and subsequently accessing prints that aren't destined for the wall, as I haven't!

[@NigelDanson]

Watch this space

[@Maple-fq8iw]

Thank you very much it is a gems knowledge for me, Thank you again fr Thailand