7 Terrible Landscape EDITING MISTAKES

Editing landscape photography can be hard. In this video, I'll share 7 editing mistakes you want to avoid. I'll work in Adobe Photoshop and CameraRaw, but if you use Lightroom or any other app you can easily follow along.
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0:00 - Intro
1:22 - Mistake 1: The basics
4:04 - Mistake 2: Too heavy vignetting
6:33 - Mistake 3: Haloes
11:42 - Mistake 4: Too dark skies
15:18 - Mistake 5: Doesn't get the tones right
19:40 - Mistake 6: Distractions
20:21 - Mistake 7: Over-processing
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[@deathstarHQ]

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]

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]

Love it

[@scotty4418]

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

[@grahamegannon9708]

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.

[@OutdoorActionPhoto]

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

[@garryhughes3837]

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.

[@jimwlouavl]

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.

[@isabelestacio2195]

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

[@oscaromg1]

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.

[@jamesgerboc]

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

[@MadsPeterIversen]

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

[@loicba]

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!

[@dlanska]

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

[@MadsPeterIversen]

Thanks a lot! :)

[@lpspinner777]

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

[@journeytoaphotograph]

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

[@andrewhookerphotography4774]

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]

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.

[@domhaughton6809]

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

[@9999imac]

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

[@BenSussmanpro]

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

[@LukasZ92.]

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

[@collinterrell9593]

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@Collin Terrell Instablaster ;)

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[@zhouzhang9102]

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.

[@cherrob48]

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.😊 .

[@erkkikoski-lammi1687]

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

[@valk-photography]

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]

Is the course good?

[@valk-photography]

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

[@patrickl3140]

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 !

[@MichaelB-84]

Thanks for the great examples Mads!

[@JaypeaFoto]

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

[@SteveP_2426]

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.

[@leafphotography668]

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

[@PrimeMatt]

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

[@wernerkausw]

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

[@pauls3696]

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

[@rodschweiger4195]

Excellent video, thanks Mads.

[@ProfMary]

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.

[@bobmcdonald4834]

Much appreciated Mads. Very helpful 🙂

[@attilaborviz7311]

Thanks, for this very visual examples!

[@nickbailey9038]

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]

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

[@nickbailey9038]

@@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!

[@rosssayer6524]

Very valuable information, thank you for sharing

[@thomas_staub_photography]

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

[@cgortz89]

Wonderful tips and showing great examples!

[@drte.alisson]

Great video! Thanks to share yours knowledge

[@zonacamphike2904]

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

[@geoff_pring]

Some excellent pointers - thank you

[@felixko109]

Thanks Mads. Your feedback is very much appreciated.

[@cringecrew101asmr8]

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

[@chewbokehl1435]

Really useful video and tips - thank you.

[@arielalejandrogarma3672]

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

[@robertwhitemoto]

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.

[@JohnDrummondPhoto]

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.

[@CornishMotorcycleDiaries]

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.

[@heiarornomarsson3492]

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

[@MsFelixKatz]

Excellent overview ---Thanks

[@carolinerix630]

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

[@beatlelocket4631]

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

[@annaheya2109]

We want to know what mic do you use lol

[@MadsPeterIversen]

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

[@annaheya2109]

@@MadsPeterIversen thank you!

[@steveking6204]

Excellent, excellent video.

[@stephenbarlow2493]

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.

[@cameradosmartphone5802]

Thank you so much 👍

[@sorronmies]

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

[@yukonchris]

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.

[@alvawells3691]

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

[@thomaseriksson6256]

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.

[@julianz342]

Thanks!

[@barrieanthony952]

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

[@vagabundian5457]

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

[@chrisalger5589]

Thank you

[@alltingetochlitetill6810]

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[@randyschwager84]

Some great reminders of what NOT to do! Thanks

[@mortenthorpe]

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!

[@darkside7786]

Great 👍👍👍

[@alanclark9691]

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

[@yihshengliow1738]

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

[@robertnystrom289]

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.

[@s.cottrill]

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

[@ralphporter7492]

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.

[@FidiAmTV]

Nice video bro

[@abhishes]

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.

[@darrenhaken]

What is the software you used before jumping into Photoshop?

[@janrychlik3672]

Cool video

[@seventysevencats]

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

[@elpretender1357]

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

[@DaveStern2]

Mads, do you ever do run photo tours?

[@olegvorkunov5400]

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.

[@bernym4047]

Use darktable for much superior masking to avoid halos .

[@pianoman1973]

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

[@MadsPeterIversen]

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

[@pianoman1973]

@@MadsPeterIversen Thanks a lot !

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[@Dewabarasunderan]

12:08 Looks awesome though

[@TheOneUp]

Waay to over-saturated in my opinion

[@digitaltraveler1000]

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😅

[@MarinCTC]

Do you get luminosity masks in pse elements

[@icogicog8287]

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]

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]

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.

[@MrBillkaz]

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

[@rafakrzeminski9763]

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]

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 KZbin :)

[@rafakrzeminski9763]

@@MadsPeterIversen thanks for answer , You are the best

[@keithfoster3831]

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]

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

[@keithfoster3831]

@@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]

@@keithfoster3831 I see so due to haze

[@patrickquinlan7594]

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

[@alexven92]

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_

[@JJ-ef7lb]

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

[@norlmerk]

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

[@MadsPeterIversen]

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

[@journeytoaphotograph]

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.

[@svjatoslavskabarin1173]

3:04 every beginner photographer on every picture

[@Efe-pz4sc]

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

[@petneb]

Første :)

[@koenpijpersphotography]

Oversaturated photos always end up highly on the instagram algorithm

[@dylanmonaghan3342]

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.

[@jacuswoczega9180]

I dont't know, how in Denmark, but in Poland wedding photographer without strong vignetting is poor photographer :(

[@MadsPeterIversen]

Yeah, there are always those specific trends. Just like crazy gritty HDR. In Denmark wedding photography is all about those brown nostalgic tones. It'll look terrible in a few years and people will kick themselves for such highly edited photos 😅

[@missp5380]

Can i join u group fb?