SECRETS To MOODY Wildlife Photos In Lightroom

[@samhankss]

Hi Mark, Love the video, super helpful. Would love to see a video on how you would create more of a moody atmospehere when shooting towards the sky. EG a leopard in a tree, where you only have the sky behind it...

[@rok20147]

I just discovered your channel and really love your editing style. I've been wanting to learn how to create darker, moodier images as my editing style leans to the brighter, well lit style. I subscribed to the channel and can't wait to watch more of your content and check out your presets.

[@MarkDumbleton]

Thanks so much for subscribing Robert. I hope to bring you a ton more value.

[@KobusTollig1]

Good Video mark. Like that Leopard in the rain so much. Very jealous!

[@MarkDumbleton]

Thanks a lot Kobus! Yeh that Leopard is one of my most cherished shots! Thanks for watching!

[@rhodesia1578]

Nice work Mark , you have mastered your style and it works well .

[@MarkDumbleton]

That means a lot, thanks so much!

[@tonycorry554]

Honestly, I think your tutorials are some of the best I've seen for wildlife in LRC. That second image of the leopard is gorgeous. A lot of the time when people make moody images of wildlife the sky and background is always too dark and unnatural and they lighten the whole eye which looks awful. You do it right. Can definitely use this work flow to create my own style. Thank you!

[@MarkDumbleton]

Thanks so much for the kind words Tony. I’m happy to hear the tutorials are helping you develop a style, that’s awesome!

[@jackieboshoff2013]

Love your editing style Mark. My favourite image of the 3 is the leopard in the rain

[@MarkDumbleton]

Thanks so much Jackie, that Leopard in the rain is one of my all time favs. Thanks for watching and for taking the time to comment.

[@wildpatagoniafilms16]

Mate this channel is so underrated! Your work is amazing! I had no idea you pic was used for the cover of Remembering leopards! What a shot! Well deserved! 👏

[@MarkDumbleton]

Appreciate the comment! Yeah that’s my image on the cover, it’s a great honour to have my image represent the Leopard in that way.

[@zebeddy]

Just found your channel and love your editing style and videos. A real hidden gem of a channel

[@MarkDumbleton]

I really appreciate that, thanks for watching my stuff and for commenting :)

[@bryanenright9727]

Welcome to the dark side !….you can do no wrong Mark. Final image is striking. As always, another excellent tutorial.

[@MarkDumbleton]

Thanks so much! I really appreciate that!

[@jasonlacey5979]

Excellent.. Thank you

[@MarkDumbleton]

You’re most welcome, thanks for watching!

[@TonyingGomez]

I'm so glad that I landed on this channel. Now I am gaining more Lightroom knowledge.

[@MarkDumbleton]

Thanks so much for following my content 😊 I hope you find plenty value!

[@ACWildPhotos]

Great job. Thanks

[@MarkDumbleton]

Really appreciate that, thanks for watching.

[@nandomoralesroca1775]

nice editing and work! Do the presets work also for camera raw?

[@MarkDumbleton]

Thanks very much. Yes they work exactly the same in Camera Raw.

[@nandomoralesroca1775]

@@MarkDumbleton thanks !

[@MarkDumbleton]

Anytime 👍🏻

[@stripes_in_raw]

What lens were you using for the last leopard image ?....it's showing 550mm at f5.6

[@MarkDumbleton]

Thanks for the comment, I was using a 200-400 f4 lens with a 1.4x converter.

[@stripes_in_raw]

@@MarkDumbleton Nice you upgraded 👍🏽

[@MarkDumbleton]

The photo was taken about 6 years ago, I have a different lens now. I use the Nikon 200-500 currently, great lens for wildlife.

[@stripes_in_raw]

@@MarkDumbleton Ohh, i though you upgraded to the 200-400 f4 from 200-500mm f5.6. But why ? The 200-400mm f4 is better than 200-500mm f5.6. Is it because of weight while using from a vehicle ? I owned the 200-500mm f5.6, it was a fine lens.

[@MarkDumbleton]

It was the version 1 of the 200-400 Nikon lens I had. It was too heavy and wanted the 500mm without needing the 1.4x - don’t regret the change at all :)

[@BrodyLando]

love the videos! learning a lot from your tutorials. I am just getting into wildlife photography and so far I have been enjoying it just want to get better. Obviously that will take time and practice. Keep up the good work on the videos! Sub from me :)

[@MarkDumbleton]

Thanks so much for the sun Brody! I’m glad you are finding them useful. Enjoy the journey into wildlife photography, you will love it! I got hooked on it very quickly!

[@BrodyLando]

@@MarkDumbleton Yes definitely a learning process on trying to find a good settings. Because at times ill go home and check out some of my images and some of them the ISO is so high with auto ISO. Been using Auto because if I see a bird and want to get it in mid flight I have the shutter speed high enough. Maybe I should switch to manual again.

[@MarkDumbleton]

Auto ISO in manual is exactly how I shoot. I have a video coming out soon about this very topic. Remember you can limit the High ISO Value your camera can choose. I limit mine to 16000.

[@BrodyLando]

@MarkDumbleton awesome can't wait to see the video. I went out today just before the sun went down and of course my images turned out not sharp at 600mm and noise. Shot in aperture mode this time to try out since during the day it worked out pretty well. But guess when there isn't much light it's not as good. Also on my LCD of the camera looks like it's in focus but once it's on the computer it's not and just looks terrible.

[@tallafrab2255]

Go watch the vidéo, i say you my opinion after !!!

[@MarkDumbleton]

Thank you

[@tallafrab2255]

@@MarkDumbleton it's not my favorite type of video, but it's cool ! I think the best editing videos is "I edit a photo to raw to Edited". Thanks.

[@MarkDumbleton]

Thanks for the reply. I definitely have a lot of those types of videos coming soon. I appreciate the feedback.

[@tallafrab2255]

@@MarkDumbleton 🦾🦾