Landscape Photography - ND Filters Effects plus Post Processing in Lightroom

[@timseward19]

Clearly one of the best tutorials I've seen. Exceptional photography and attention to detail in post.

[@Andrew_marr]

Thanks so much Tim for your encouraging comments. It's great to know what you liked in the video, as I can focus on that in future vlogs.

[@paulbell9957]

Excellent again. Love seeing how you post process. Find this really helpful. Thanks for sharing 😉

[@Andrew_marr]

Thanks Paul, glad to hear you found this helpful mate. Thanks for letting me know! :)

[@davidbrown987]

Nice one Andrew, making the best of the crap weather. Thanks for sharing, always looking forward to your posts.

[@Andrew_marr]

Hey thanks so much David. When ever it's overcast like that it's a get time to drag out the ND Filters. So glad you're enjoy the videos mate!

[@MegaDwilkinson]

Fantastic Andrew, thank you. Great to see how you transform a dull day, and not the most amazing skyline into a lovely image. Much appreciate seeing you in action in Lightroom.

[@Andrew_marr]

Thanks again David, I love shooting on dull days, as it's an opportunity to create images with a different feel...moody!

[@DWEccles]

Another excellent video; clear, informative and as enjoyable as ever. I've fond memories of my visit to Perth many years ago. David E (UK)

[@Andrew_marr]

Thanks David, glad you enjoyed the vid. It must be unusual to see some of the place that are familiar to use around WA.

[@Dannisa18]

Really enjoyed watching this. Love the fact you are a local photographer and love seeing your videos from our beautiful South West.

[@Andrew_marr]

Thanks so much, great to have a local subscriber! We are very lucky to have such a beautiful region so close! Thanks for your comment. :)

[@iaingeere7332]

Very nice work Andrew,it nice to see a good cityscape shot from time to time,and in this one,you've done a great job.I'm off for a week of shooting sunrise's ,sunset's and lots of landscapes in Somerset UK and take some of your setting with me.Look forward as always to your next video .Thanks for sharing this one .

[@Andrew_marr]

Thanks Iain, glad hear you enjoyed this. What are the landscapes like over in Somerset? I'd love you to share some of the images you capture. Where will you be posting them? I'm planning a trip to the UK next year and would love to know some of the locations to focus on for landscapes.

[@จงเอกเปลี่ยนสายสืบ]

Great video, beautiful pic, and easy to understand Lr. Thank you.

[@Andrew_marr]

Thanks so much, glad you enjoyed the tut, thank you for your comment! :)

[@JCarlos.unknown]

Great video, Andrew. Great tips. Beautiful image.

[@Andrew_marr]

Thanks Joao, I'm happy to hear you enjoyed this one, cheers! :)

[@DavidMNewbold]

Beautifully done. Really enjoying your work and videos.

[@Andrew_marr]

Thanks for that David, glad you're enjoying these, thanks for letting me know mate!

[@alanbrunelle1546]

This was very well done - really liked the explanations in the field and I very much appreciate you taking the time to go through your post-processing - you have a deft hand with that. Nice image at the end as well.

[@Andrew_marr]

Thanks very much Alan that's very kind of you to say. I'm still playing around with the structures of the video to make them as entertaining as I can. I still have lots to learn, but I'm having fun! :) Thanks again for your comment!

[@obroadieswimmer]

I love the images, all of them. Watching your workflow was also very informative. Thanks for all you do here Andrew.

[@SeanHeffernan]

I've been enjoying your videos over the last few weeks. I particularly liked seeing, in this one, your processing workflow. Thanks again for sharing.

[@Andrew_marr]

Thank you for commenting Sean. I'm glad to hear you're enjoying the videos and I appreciate you letting you know what you like, it's very helpful to know this as I plan future videos. Thanks again! :)

[@lodgeblog]

The conditions looked a bit unpromising for colour images, so B&W was a great choice. It was interesting to note how you use the ND filters to capture your artistic vision of what you want the image to look like. And the same can be said of your use of the tools in Lightroom. Great video and appealing images Andrew. Thanks. Chris

[@Andrew_marr]

Thanks very much Chris, I think when you get weather like I did that day, it's a great opportunity to grab the ND Filters and try something a little different. The B&W edit, allows me to get things to pop, which it always a challenge in dull light. Thanks you for your comment mate, it's great to get your feedback!

[@rsaldivar48]

Thank you very much. Wonderful information.

[@markharris5771]

Very nice shot and edit, and a very informative video.

[@davidcarex161]

Thank for the video, Andrew. Nice music, too.

[@Andrew_marr]

Thanks David,. Glad you liked this one, it's a little different to my usual videos!

[@markuskochphotography3610]

Nice skyline Picture and a very good Post Procesing. I like it !!!!!! All the best from Germany Markus

[@Andrew_marr]

Thanks Markus, glad you enjoyed the edit mate!

[@sausagesandwichSA]

Thanks mate another good video and yep that bad weather finished up our way ! Personally I liked the in camera shot with the 6 & 10 stopper prior to any fiddling with. Cheers

[@Andrew_marr]

Haha, yeah sorry about the weather, I think you got the worst of it as well. Thanks for your feedback mate!

[@시드니최서방]

useful lesson .. .Thank you so much. Andrew.

[@jimhamilton8775]

Another brilliant tutorial Andrew.

[@Andrew_marr]

Thanks very much Jim! 👍

[@davidgreen2218]

Nice work Andrew. B&w works well I love those software shadows in the water.

[@Andrew_marr]

Thanks David, I was happy with it given the less than ideal weather and conditions.

[@mrdrizz9270]

Thanks for another great video Andrew. It's making think more and more about trying this vlogging lark and if I can do as well as you I'll be happy.

[@Andrew_marr]

Thank you, glad you liked this one. Go for it, I think the more blogs we have the better, best of luck with it!

[@Milan13x]

I'm thrilled at every time I watch your video, how easy it is to do it and all you say and explain, I'd like to show some fine art photo processing as well, just continue and expect a new video. :)

[@Andrew_marr]

That's fantastic feedback Milan, thank you. It's a little bit of a juggle act but with practise I get into a routine. Actually talking about it out loud can help to think through be vision for the image and how I'm going to create it.

[@Milan13x]

Thanks for the reply, I'm waiting for the next video. :)

[@paullachapelle7477]

Thank's Andrew it was very inspiring

[@jenslundinbyh8845]

Great tutorial mate. Learned a lot. Cheers.

[@Graham1904]

Great vid. I find it is always better to crop first as this changes the white and black points.

[@zhenyaeuge1705]

Great stuff, as usual, Andrew! I actually liked the 10 stop shot more than the 16 stop. I was surprised that the lee stopper had such an extreme color cast. I use a cheap circular 10 stop that I bought for about 25 dollars. It has a slight warm color cast, but it's very minimal. I was expecting the lee ones to have almost no color cast considering the price!

[@Andrew_marr]

Thanks very much, to be fair I not entirely sure it's all colour cast, although that's what i call it. I think it might just be the natural blueish grey feel on these sorts of days. On other days it not as bad, anyway it can all be resolved easily in post-process. Cheap filters are actually pretty good value!

[@bhavikshah5016]

At the start i thought it was a dull environment that you were shooting into... but the B&W and long exposure just made the city scape beautiful. Thank you for putting this + the editing tips as well..

[@Andrew_marr]

Thanks Bhavik, I love shoot black and white in dull conditions, you can get some great moody effects in your images.

[@pixels1497]

Hi Andrew, I have just found your channel and great tutorials and information. You have a nice easy way of explaining what you do. Living in Perth as well I never really get out much and take photos here but seem to wait around for holidays, but you have set something off in my head and now its out and about around town. thank you also for the Lightroom demonstration it was very helpful.

[@Andrew_marr]

Thanks very much for your comment. Getting feedback like this is very helpful and motivates me to create more. I encourage you to get out every change you get. Glad you found the Post-processing videos helpful as well.

[@pjculbertson55]

Great video. I've used LightRoom for about five months and thought I pretty much had it down but I learned several new tricks that I hadn't seen as well as making me think about cropping differently. I liked the Pano crop and really don't ever use that.

[@Andrew_marr]

Thanks again, Lightroom is a really powerful package and I love finding new ways to use it. While I don't use the pano crop all the time, it can really be quite good on some images, cheers! :)

[@jeffmichaels2672]

Great edit....nicely done!

[@Andrew_marr]

Glad you liked this Jeff, thanks mate.

[@gheorghefalcaru]

Bravissimo! Super photos!

[@Bob76075]

Outstanding! Thank you!

[@steveh1273]

Hi Andrew, new subscriber, I enjoyed this video tutorial, well done.

[@Andrew_marr]

Thanks so much Steve, welcome to my channel mate and thanks for subscribing!

[@sergiomorenocleves915]

hey Andrew, awesome video, recent subscriber so keep your work up, it's totally inspiring and amazing!

[@Andrew_marr]

Hi Sergio, thanks so much! Welcome to my channel, I appreciate you subscribing and thank you for your encouraging feedback! :)

[@RamazanKamari]

Very nice presentation.

[@Snowcatnz2]

Great video, love the elevator music "NOT" LOL!!! 😂 🤣 😂 🤣 😂 🤣. Wow I think I've learn't more about LR in two of your videos than I have anywhere else. Awesome image and an awesome edit, loved it(except for the elevator music LOL!!!)

[@Andrew_marr]

+Tim Blake haha, yeah that was back when I was sourcing free music. I've now invested in a subscription to a music copyright service so the music has since improved, cheers Tim!

[@deepmodi5731]

I have been using ND filters since a bit. the only problem I had was with the editing. Thanks to u I have a good idea now!! subscribed!!;)

[@williar1961]

great tutorial thanks for sharing

[@Andrew_marr]

Thanks a lot, my pleasure!

[@cathyann1601]

Fascinating watching you process this photo, Andrew. I use Adobe Elements, but the concepts are the same. I enjoyed this very much!

[@Andrew_marr]

Thanks Cathryn, you're right the ideas here are very similar. Adobe Elements is a great tool!

[@chilibean215]

Hi Andrew. I know this one is an older tutorial / video, but I've come over this today. I really like the mood you created in this picture and it fits so well to one of my shots of the Toronto skyline I capture last summer. I will try this editing on one of the pictures and looking forward for the result. Oh and by the way... I really appreciate you channel and I am glad that one day KZbin suggested it to me. :-)

[@Andrew_marr]

Thanks so much for your comment, I'm glad you're enjoying the content on the channel. With the weather on that day the light was quite flat but perfect with this sort of photography style. It'll be interesting to know whether a similar approach to editing work on your image, let me know how is goes.

[@chilibean215]

I will let you know, when I'm done with my image and send you an link :-)

[@Andrew_marr]

Cool!

[@chilibean215]

It' been quite a while since my promise, to show you the final result. Today I've uploaded the photo to EyeEm and I want to give you the link to it: www.eyeem.com/p/117583346

[@ShaneOReilly]

For me personally, I ended up skipping all the editing. But still a great video. I like seeing all the juicy stuff. Thanks mate.

[@Andrew_marr]

Cheers Shane, I know the post-processing is not for everyone and I appreciate your honest feedback mate. I have more juicy stuff planned! :)

[@ShaneOReilly]

I look forward to each new video.

[@Andrew_marr]

Standby buddy, next video is currently uploading...no post-processing in this one! :)

[@20centurymodern]

Thanks for the video Andrew, I just found your channel and am enjoying it. How have you found the ND filters for issues with light leak in long exposures? I have been thinking of the LEE system, but am concerned about light leak with long exposures compared to scew in filters

[@kenny75photography2]

Great video, Andrew and some great images, just wondered what is the music track in your video? Its pretty good.

[@gianulli]

I love the look of B&W long exposure cityscapes. At the moment, I'm using a welding glass to shoot them because I can't afford a decent ND filter :D Nice inputs for the editing!

[@Andrew_marr]

Thanks Gian, I hadn't done a B&W for a video so I thought it was about time. When I started off I was using my iPhone for a camera and my sunglasses for an ND filter...worked a treat! :)

[@luisfelipegope]

Great video! I would like to know if you shoot with the long exposure noise reduction on, and if not how do you deal with the hot pixel Thanks in adavance

[@Andrew_marr]

Thanks Luis, I didn't have much of an issue up to the shot with a one minute exposure. However there were hot pixels on the twelve minute shot. The long exposure noise reduction did reduce this, cheers!

[@nikolaszikakis1046]

Great work! I like your videos a lot One question: there was some serious banding going on the the lower part of the water in your image. Obviously it was addresed when you cropped the image but do you know why its happening or how it can be fixed if you decide not to crop it out?

[@Andrew_marr]

Thanks for your support Nikolas. I think the banding was just from the way Lightroom was rendering the image, combined with a decrease in quality through the video compression. In the end, if I had chosen to crop the image with the lower portion included, it would have been fine.

[@yacine_lahcene]

great ! thank you !

[@Andrew_marr]

Thank you Yacine! :)

[@GBarchy]

Hi Andrew, great video. Not sure if you mentioned it but what lens etc were you using for this shot? Also, did you teach yourself Lightroom?

[@xirfan]

Hi +Andrew Marr I think this is a great technique video, short and sweet. Great for upcoming winter here in the UK. How big is the final image and how big would you print it? Looking forward to more videos like this as a new subscriber!

[@Andrew_marr]

Thanks so much, great to know you enjoyed the the video. You are coming up to just the right time over there. The image was still over 7200 pixels wide. Depending on the quality at which I wanted to print this image and what I was going to print the image on, I could go up to 70 inches wide for a good quality image, even higher for say a billboard. Personally though I'd would probably print this on quality paper at around 40 inches wide, with white mounting and a simple black frame. Thanks very much for subscribing mate!

[@The7edmund]

Hey mate awesome vid.. am in the west coast myself... whaat boards do you reckon would last longer for office wall mount.. hope it makes sense..

[@andrespuiggros]

Thanks one more time, it was good to see your workflow. What do you use to make the video of your sceeen? Regards

[@Andrew_marr]

Pleasure Andres, happy to share mate! I use an old version of ScreenFlow on a Mac, cheers!

[@PaulTimlett]

Really great result in the end there. Curious as to why you were playing with White Balance and Vibrance at the beginning. Were you initially intending to retain it as a colour shot? I thought White Balance only affected colour images or does it impact the tone in monochrome?

[@Andrew_marr]

Thanks Paul, appreciate you commenting. Great question, one reasons was I wanted to demonstrate how the colour cast of the ND filter can be corrected easily. However, adjusting White Balance changes the amounts of blues and oranges in the image and Vibrance changes their strengths. Even after I change to B&W changing these adjustments can effect the image. Plus when I then adjust B&W colours mix the effect on the image depends on the amounts of blues and oranges in the image. Thats one way you can effectively get dark black skies in the black and white images but increasing and saturation of the blue channel and decreasing the luminance. Hope that helps! :)

[@PaulTimlett]

Thanks Andrew. I like to generate really black skies in mono (maybe a little too much!) and I do that by means of the blue slider and/or dehaze as appropriate. I've just had a play with the White Balance slider in a B&W image and I can see what you mean. Never occurred to me to touch that! Just shows you're never too old to learn!

[@fulgensiusp]

Great video mate..I just found your channel and you have a new subscriber here, cheers

[@justinporter8138]

Really exception stuff. With so much crap out there, I love the "simplicity" and attention to detail. I think the use of your filters and polarizers are key and would love you to chat as much as possible about this. Seems like you use the Lee Filter System from another comment I read and anything you can go into in explaining how you use that and figure out your exposure given the lack of visibility through your viewfinder (is it just histogram or are you using your guide or an app?) All of that is really great. You gained a subscriber.

[@Andrew_marr]

Thanks Justin and welcome to my channel mate. When the view find is closed I still can see the image in the back display panel, along with the historgram and exposure indicator. This three elements help me determine if I have the correct exposure. I've demonstrated in a few videos how I use the back panel and shown what I can see. In my latest video (uploaded today), I show how the Graduated filter impacts an image and darkens the sky. I'll include more of this information in future videos. thanks for the feedback and thanks also for the suggestion, Cheers! :)

[@kelseymacklin1913]

Hey this vid is great!!

[@tonesvisuals8690]

Great content, great channel 👍 Which camera do you prefer for landscapes, the Nikon or Fujifilm?

[@Mylaplays]

Hi Andrew, how did you record your lightroom editing? What software did you use?

[@robertstancer4469]

Andrew, i can only echo the sentiments of previous texters below. There are a miriad of wannabe vloggers espousing photo tips on here - and i've visited them all trying to sort the wheat from the chaff, looking for someone giving sensible, real life knowledge then i found you - happy days. But, if i am anything to go by, you really have an empathy with us aspiring wannabies, you know what we want to learn. For this 67yr old newbie you are my ideal tutor......do you teach maths and english by chance.....

[@Andrew_marr]

Thanks very much Robert for your kind word. I really appreciate you taking the time to not only watch some of my old videos but to comment as well. I enjoy the photography and being outdoors just as much as I enjoy the process of sharing the experience here on KZbin. I'm always grateful when I hear that what I've explained is helpful to those who are beginning their own photography journey. I've never share with anyone on the channel that I'm a teacher, so for you to guess that has blown me away a little...I've taught many subjects to many year level but Maths was a favourite!

[@cuddysark1]

ONe of the few B&W I have seen that I like. Nice job; but I am stuck on color and sometimes de-saturate about 80% leaving just a hit of color. Not sure why'

[@Andrew_marr]

I can relate to your comments. I also tend you prefer colour in my images as well. However, every now and then an image screams black and white.

[@lewisdobbin8709]

can you please do a video on whats in your kit?

[@Andrew_marr]

Thanks for the suggestion, I'll think about what I could do in an upcoming video, cheers!

[@davidwelner9994]

The sharpening of the water "ripple" area distracts. I would have done the sharpening as a layer mask in PS, to effectively exclude that area. Otherwise, nicely done.

[@davyphotography671]

No hotpixels?

[@Andrew_marr]

Not too bad on the one minute exposure, needed to use long exposure noise reduction on the twelve minute exposure shot, cheers!