Most Photographers Don’t Do This, But It Works!

[@danwillis_photography]

Really enjoyed this video Mark and definitely something I am going experiment with on my images. Thank you 👍🏻

[@MarkDumbleton]

Thanks so much Dan! Glad you enjoyed it! Hope you manage to edit some cool stuff with the new technique.

[@hurleygreen927]

GREAT INFO! You're taking us back to basics with this information, and it is appreciated: THANKS!

[@MarkDumbleton]

Thanks so much for watching and for the comment!

[@petervalaris8496]

Very helpful, thank you!

[@MarkDumbleton]

Glad you found it helpful Peter! Thanks so much for watching and for the comment!

[@KobusTollig1]

Great vid Mark. I’m gonna give it a go on my photos.

[@MarkDumbleton]

Thanks so much for watching Kobus! Appreciate the support!

[@davidseibert5268]

Amazing improvements to your photos. Thanks for explaining several techniques in an easy to understand manner.

[@MarkDumbleton]

Thanks so much for the comment David! And thanks for watching, hope you found it useful!

[@nitinbhide5964]

Very Useful Tutorial😊

[@MarkDumbleton]

Thanks so much for letting me know! Appreciate it a lot!

[@BubblesPothowari]

Good demo. Thank you

[@MarkDumbleton]

My pleasure, thanks so much for watching!

[@chandrabrooks3961]

Recently got back from a trip to Zimanga. Your presets and tips have been invaluable as I am editing. Thank you so much.

[@MarkDumbleton]

Hi Chandra, that’s amazing? I heard they’ve had a lot of rain at Zimanga? How was the trip? I absolutely love that place!

[@chandrabrooks3961]

It was really good. We were fortune that it wasn’t so rainy when we were there but the weeks before and after had more. The overnight hides are amazing - had lots of buffalo and a leopard, but there wasn’t much action at the bee eater hide which was a bit of a disappointment. Overall just an amazing trip.

[@MarkDumbleton]

That sounds amazing! Glad you got to see Leopard, such a special cat!

[@garnetgrosjean1603]

Thanks Mark. Another great video. Am back from a great trip to Kenya and will be in touch soon.

[@MarkDumbleton]

Hey Garnet! Good to hear from you! How was the trip? Where did you go?

[@garnetgrosjean1603]

@@MarkDumbleton I spent all my time in the coservancies outside the main Mara park. Began at Mara North (Olare Motorogi conservancy), then moved to Bush Camp (also in Olare Motorogi (also in Olare Motorogi), and finally to Valley Camp (in Naboisho conservancy). A pleasantly exhausting trip and good test for the Z8 and 400mm f4.5 lens.

[@MarkDumbleton]

That sounds absolutely amazing! Happy to hear the Z8 held up on the 400! I miss the Mara so much, but luckily I’m heading back next year. I’m starting to offer photo Safaris again after a bit of a break. Can’t wait to get out there!

[@notdisclosed7053]

Adjusting contrast using the mid tones slider in the Colour Grading panel can be surprisingly effective, even if not adjusting colours at all. I often find myself using it to adjust mid tone contrast.

[@MarkDumbleton]

I’ll definitely try the colour grading mid tone slider, thanks for the tip! And thanks for watching the vid 😊

[@brendonjennings3934]

Nice one Jim

[@MarkDumbleton]

Thanks so much B2! Hope you’re doing well! I think it’s time to arrange a reunion KTP trip?

[@brendonjennings3934]

@@MarkDumbleton champing at the bit for a trip! Going to Giants in June for a few days!

[@MarkDumbleton]

Awesome man! Are you going to the hide? Keen to hear how it is. Haven’t been since we were there when Hougaard was with us.

[@brendonjennings3934]

@@MarkDumbleton yes 4 days there

[@MarkDumbleton]

Awesome! Enjoy it man!

[@MrBrabo1]

Excellent! Thanx

[@MarkDumbleton]

Thanks very much for watching! 😊

[@shahg5524]

4:23 when adjusting the curve are you selecting the points based on the tone curve graph. How do you decide which point to move ? 6:30 With Balance slider what specific area did you throw the shadows into. Couldn’t tell by looking at image in the video? Thanks

[@MarkDumbleton]

Thanks so much for the reply, and apologies fore the late response. 4:23 - the points used are just based on intuition, but I am experimenting with the curve and pulling and pushing the tones to see what result it gives. 6:30 - I wanted to put the blue of the colour grading only into the very dark parts of the image - the more you push the balance slider towards the right, the more you limit the effect to the very darkest parts of the image. Hope that answers your question 😀

[@shahg5524]

@@MarkDumbletonthank you kindly for explaining 🙏 learning a lot for this content.

[@mikebrownhill4662]

Thanks for the video. I think LR does quite a poor job overall when it comes to handling contrast. I find all of the "canned" LR profiles are too aggressive, which makes working on contrast (and colour saturation) more difficult. For the past few years, I've used linear camera profiles and I find they're much easier to work with. There is a bit more work involved at the outset because when you apply a linear profile, your image with be underexposed, extremely flat and the colours will be sucked out. But I find the linear profiles are much easier to work with and when you get used to working this way, you have much more control. It's pretty easy to build camera-specific linear profiles, but there is a learning curve (excuse the pun) to using them because you need to restore exposure, contrast and saturation. The benefits are significant though, in my opinion, because those Adobe profiles can be hard to work with, especially for wildlife work (and portraits). My workflow now is - apply a linear profile, rebuild exposure, global contrast and saturation with quite aggressive settings and then use masks to refine selected areas. Another benefit of using linear profiles is they allow you to recover blown highlights that would be almost impossible to get back with any of the Adobe profiles... Cheers

[@MarkDumbleton]

I really appreciate the detailed reply. I haven’t used linear profiles a lot, but it’s definitely something I want to look into more!

[@franciscojaviergarciapadro4615]

Gracias

[@MarkDumbleton]

Thanks very much! 😊

[@5sidedfistagon]

Neat studio!

[@MarkDumbleton]

Thanks bud 😊

[@sgpork]

This is why photography is art. Everyone can have the same gear but the final photo from everyone will be different. Most starter or amature dont learn or talk about editing/post process. They just talk about gear and only think their gear isnt enough. If 1 cant edit or dontknow how to edit. The picture is still meh.

[@MarkDumbleton]

Thanks so much for watching and for the comment.

[@lars-ove8749]

The end result looks artificial and unnatural, the animal looks pasted into the image. Clearly, the original image is more pleasant and better. Over the years one learn not to photoshop a picture to death.

[@MarkDumbleton]

Thank you for your opinion.

[@Murrumatteo]

I don't agree with you! I think the end result is wonderful, the subject pops up really well and definitely it's not unrealistic! Over edited photos are very very different from Mark's photos

[@MarkDumbleton]

I appreciate the reply Matteo! Thank you! 👍🏻

[@Adriandancy]

Sorry, the background music is distracting/annoying and ruined what I am sure was a very instructive video. I stopped watching. You don't need music for instructional videos. Half your audience/demographic will not have hearing that will enable them to hear easily what you are saying.

[@MarkDumbleton]

Thank you for the comment!