ORTON EFFECT TUTORIAL | Woodland Photography

In this episode I take you through the key steps to adding an Orton Effect to your images. Its a well known effect that can really help your images if done well :)
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[@shaunheath4584]

Great tutorial,this has enhanced my favorite woodland shots,thank you👍🏻

[@georgepalmer5077]

great video, very helpful 🙌🏻

[@markheatherington8367]

Great tips explained well. Thanks Ben

[@BenKapurPhotography]

Glad it was helpful!

[@carlmcneill1139]

I usually watch more than one video on something just to see different perspectives. You're the first person I've seen use an inverted layer to just apply it where you want it. I'm edited a shot where I have a small waterfall across a stream with a bridge and the trees are on the other side. It's almost mid day but there were clouds. I bracketed my shots. I notice that you're using Lumenzia and that gave me an idea. I used it to make a color selection for the trees I was wanting the Orton effect applied. I've never used it in this way before. Thanks for the video.

[@koenigsegg_kris]

Awesome mate! love these how to, tips, videos!

[@BenKapurPhotography]

Thank you dude! Appreciate bit as always 👍☺️

[@lisahuston9794]

Loving these tutorials Ben! Photoshop is a little intimidating for me so I've just been sticking to lightroom. Going to definitely practice this editing technique on an old woodland scene I've got! Thank you for sharing your knowledge Sir!

[@BenKapurPhotography]

You're welcome Lisa. It can be a bit intimidating but do just that. Just play around and you will see results start to happen 👍☺️

[@sebxiou-lfsy]

Cheers, Ben. I have used this Effect for a decade or more in ACDSee (an alternative programme to PS/LR). You show it well here but, just to be clear, it is not limited to landscape photography. Any image which one wishes to appear more ethereal (as you said) or romantic can benefit. Prima facie, all it does is apply a blur and, yet if one does simply blur an image, it never looks quite like an Ortonized image. As you said, use it sparingly (think as with HDR - don't go mad with it unless you really want that effect). Cheers and thank you for all your excellent videos... though I do wonder how the Cob at LR copes without you! :) Cheers!

[@paulkolenda94]

For some reason the first time I saw someone do this it seemed way to complicated and over processed. You just demystified it for me. Thank you!

[@BenKapurPhotography]

You're welcome Paul. 👍☺️ It's really simply and very effective 👍

[@Bazzo61]

Just subscribed and really enjoying your style and content Ben. Just the right combination of in studio tutorials and out in the field shoots. Also helps that you're based in my part of the country :-)

[@BenKapurPhotography]

Welcome to my channel Barry 👍 enjoy

[@brocolibaby210]

Thank you for the knowledge Sir 🙏😊

[@BenKapurPhotography]

You're welcome 👍☺️

[@MrPrashanth619]

Thanks a lot 🙏😇

[@BenKapurPhotography]

You're welcome

[@johnsmith-lb4mo]

awesome tutorial....thankyou

[@BenKapurPhotography]

You're welcome 😊

[@bongorama]

nice, thanks! i've been doing the same thing but with the oil paint filter, this looks similar but more natural looking... :)

[@BenKapurPhotography]

You're welcome ☺️👍

[@PsychicWorldTV]

Awesome thank you

[@BenKapurPhotography]

☺️👍

[@palligajree4953]

Super Video on Orton Effect

[@christophermason7735]

Great video. Thank you

[@keithdriverphotography]

Nice use of the effect, did you realise your opacity was at 100%? Wiped out nearly all of the mask with that large soft brush :)

[@BenKapurPhotography]

Yes! 100% opacity and very low flow, works so so much better, alot more control in where the effect is going

[@tobycunningham797]

Ben, put some of your pictures up on your wall!

[@BenKapurPhotography]

Aha! I will I will! Iv only just moved in 🤣🤣🤣

[@sgurrtours]

I have been doing this for some time now and like you said it does make it make it look so much nicer. If you crush the Mid tones and Blacks a lot more it can give it a bit more punch. Give it a try and see what you reckon 😊👍🏻

[@BenKapurPhotography]

I do exactly that, but can't give everything away! ;) Shhhhh aha!

[@sgurrtours]

@@BenKapurPhotography 🤣 oops, shit, sorry mate. 🤣

[@BenKapurPhotography]

😜🤣

[@nelsonclub7722]

Whilst this is a great effect - it is not in any way to shooting a scene sharp and adding a slightly blurred image - in the old days with mirror lock and frame lock - or double exposure its how we would do it - this effect can be obtained by using a diffuser in camera if you are looking for something simpler - although with that said - a nice dreamy effect overall in the end just nowhere near the properly described Orton effect of creating it with two images - 1 sharp and 1 out of focus