WILDLIFE PHOTOGRAPHY BASIC EDITING USING Adobe Lightroom Classic | Topaz DeNoise AI | 5 Minute Edit

[@NikCan66]

Brilliant yet again

[@RichardBirchett]

Hey there, nice to hear from you and thanks for watching. All the best Rich 👍

[@colinfreear4749]

Like to see more Richard, that was great thanks

[@RichardBirchett]

Thanks very much Colin much appreciated. I'll look in to doing a few more, Thanks for watching. All the best Richard 👍

[@FrankH-sz1ln]

Enjoyed this. The invert mask is excellent for enhancing that soft Bokeh. The R3 looks like some camera, 24 megapixels of pure joy. Appreciate your time.

[@RichardBirchett]

Thanks very much for watching Frank, it’s such a handy tools isn’t it. So pleased with the R3, handles noise very well in low light and the AF is superb! My pleasure, all the best Richard 👍

[@sarahhailstone1627]

That’s great. I learned loads about masking from that.

[@RichardBirchett]

Thanks very much Sarah, just a quick insight into the basics for social media etc. if you think it would help I can go a bit more in-depth. Thanks R 👍

[@sarahhailstone1627]

@@RichardBirchett Hi, it definitely would in the future but will try out those tips first. I’m a slow learner 😳

[@RichardBirchett]

Thanks Sarah 👍

[@junebug1553]

Great edit tips, Rich. Learned a lot being new to Lr. Thanks!

[@RichardBirchett]

Thanks June, glad you learnt something from it. Hope to do another soon with a bit more in-depth stuff if you think it would prove useful? Thanks R 👍

[@junebug1553]

Yes, please! @@RichardBirchett

[@ammadoux]

very nice, thanks somuch.

[@RichardBirchett]

My pleasure and thanks very much for watching, all the best Richard 👍

[@drisslakh3322]

Great job, I would love to see advance editing

[@RichardBirchett]

Thanks Driss, I'll look into doing one soon. All the best and thanks for watching. Richard 👍

[@marcusjames1221]

Great video I will study this in great detail to get to know more functions of light room many thanks for your video

[@RichardBirchett]

My pleasure Marcus thanks for watching & I’m glad you found it useful. Thanks also if you subscribed. All the best Rich 👍

[@marcusjames1221]

@@RichardBirchett when printing close up photos of Hawks which Epson paper would you use to bring the details out I have just bought a Epson surecolour p900 with the roller tray and I am just about to get a Monitor calibrator and printer profile Unit

[@RichardBirchett]

@@marcusjames1221 Hi Marcus, thanks for the comment and I'm going to get back to you on that one as I'm not sure which is currently best! Leave it with me. Cheers Rich 😀

[@marcusjames1221]

@@RichardBirchett thack you I will look out for your Recommendation and many thanks again

[@marcusjames1221]

@@RichardBirchett hi again can you help when Creating a icc profile with colour checker Studio what setting do I put in on printer preferences do I set it to do not Manage colour OR Adobe s,RGB I HAVE A EPSON SURECOLOUR P900 and trying to make my own icc profiles MENY THANKS IF YOU CAN HELP MARCUS

[@Geophoto63]

Good, Imake something like that in Photoshop!! Thank you for share it,,

[@RichardBirchett]

Thanks Jorge, hopefully in the New Year, all the best Rich 👍

[@Geophoto63]

@@RichardBirchett Thank you,, Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!!

[@Rob.1340]

Thanks Richard, much appreciated. Nice image. Can definitely recommend the calendar. All the best. 👍📷😎

[@RichardBirchett]

Thanks Rob, glad it was useful and thanks for buying a Calendar. Cheers Rich 👍

[@cerealkiller4248]

I’d appreciate more bird editing videos, there’s lots out there for landscapers, but not so much for wildlife photography 👍

[@RichardBirchett]

Thanks very much, I totally agree there isn't much out there! Cheers Rich 👍

[@JakeGriffithsPhotography]

So true, I may have to create a vid on how I edit mine! Everyone is so different when editing, I always learn so much each time. Thanks for sharing!

[@RichardBirchett]

No worries Jake, thanks very much for watching. I’ll take a look at yours when you do👍

[@robbieallcock]

Good stuff Rich. Great tips and yes a lovely clean image 👍

[@RichardBirchett]

Cheers Rob, such a smashing bird 👍

[@KGsPhotography]

Nice simple edit Richard and the best advise as you say is not to overdo it. Cheers Keith

[@RichardBirchett]

Cheers Keith, I think so... Get in right in cam and let the Pro Editors do their magic if magazines use it, lol... More time in the field, less in front the computer. R 👍

[@matthewbrookes8561]

Loved this, learnt a lot. Please keep bird editing coming. New subscriber. Nice work 👏

[@RichardBirchett]

Hi there Matthew, that's great, so glad you enjoyed it. And thanks very much for Subscribing to the channel. Cheers Richard 👍

[@Sansfaim]

I’d love to see how to remove barbed wire as I had a load of images I shot one day where I couldn’t find an angle to keep it out of the picture.

[@RichardBirchett]

Hi there, thanks very much for watching, in that case I could do one on cloning, dodging and burning etc if you think it would be useful? Thanks Richard 👍

[@leehanley71]

Nice video Richard, watching this for the second time I have learnt some more from it. Thanks for doing this editing video, it's helped me a lot 👍🏽📸

[@RichardBirchett]

Cheers Lee, glad it helped you out a bit👍

[@graemehogg4465]

Great piece of editing advice for the novice ( which I am ) Rich would love to see more. 👍

[@RichardBirchett]

Thanks very much Graeme, really pleased you found it useful, editing can be a bit of a minefield to be honest and I no when I started out in editing I hated it! Just wanted to spend more time in the field rather than in front of a screen! Will do a few more then. Cheers Rich 👍

[@deerohdeer8000]

Fascinating to see what goes on behind the scenes with photography!! Great work as always!!! Cheers from 🦌Oh🦌👍

[@RichardBirchett]

Thanks Craig, it's the less glamours side of being a Wildlife Photographer but a necessity in order to make the image standout, not at the expense of ruining the image. lol.. Cheers Rich 👍

[@gregwilsonnaturephotography]

Hey Richard, this helps me a bit, I have lightroom classic but use Premiere elements the most. But I really need to learn to use LRC. Beautiful Kestrel shot! When is the next video? Lol. Greg

[@RichardBirchett]

Hi Greg, glad it was useful to you! not tried PE but heard it's pretty good. I can do much more in LR and PS but try to keep the image manipulation down to a minimum. Got another coming very soon. Cheers Rich 👍

[@simeonbennettphotography]

Great video Richard and nice image 😊I use Lightroom Classic too with roughly the same editing process 😊

[@RichardBirchett]

Thanks Simeon, it's good to know others are doing much the same, I do edit more sometimes but for social media it's only a quick edit! Thanks Rich 👍

[@bobrutan4735]

I am just starting with LR so the next couple questions might be dumb to most. When you sent the photo to topaz, you did it as a jpeg at 72dpi. When you went back to LR, was the noise also removed from the raw file? You now have 2 files in LR instead of 1? What if you wanted to print a high res photo at 300dpi with all your noise removal and healing - would you need to somehow combine the two photos or edit another version and save as a tiff? The file management of LR is still a bit confusing to me. thanks

[@adam19791979]

Your workflow is almost the same as mine (although your pics are much better!!). Only critisism I have with this one is you needed to brush the background layer inbetween the legs of the Kestrel. Other than that it's a stunning shot. One of my nemesis birds!! Would love to see more videos like this one going in to a bit more detail about removing unwanted things from the background. Keep up the great work.

[@RichardBirchett]

Hi Adam, thanks very much indeed for watching and taking the time to comment, totally agree with the legs, a bit rushed as I’d usually do a bit more fine touching but just to get the basic idea. Great to hear we’ve the similar workflow. I’ll look into doing one in the NY. All the best and have a great Christmas and NY. Cheers Rich 👍

[@nickclaytonphotography]

Nice and easy to follow Richard, I don't get a lot of time to take the photographs let alone edit them. So, like yourself (& most photographers I guess) I try & get the images right in camera so as they need little or no editing afterwards. Interesting that you limit the file size for social media & not the pixel sizes (WxH) as I understand it's this that determines whether the social media platforms compress your image or not & compromise the image quality? Or maybe I'm wrong.... I'd certainly be I interested in a more in depth editing vlog from you, be it here or to us Patroen members exclusively. A lovely Kestrel image from the outset, improved with a few tweaks. Nice mate! Keep on keeping on. Best, Nick

[@RichardBirchett]

Hi Nick, thanks for checking in on the vlog. So important for me to at least get most of it right in camera, lol... I limit the file size around that as standard and crop for social media where necessary, I'm not overly bothered about making it great for social media as most platforms apart from Flickr destroy your pictures anyway so don't want to waste more precious time faffing around with them. Thanks, great you want to see more and I aim on doing that for Patreon, although I didn't get much feedback or watches through Patreon on the editing video so not sure if it works for all. Will do a poll and see what's best. Cheers Rich 👍

[@bolleolympus]

❤❤👍👍👌👌

[@RichardBirchett]

Thanks 👍

[@geoffreypain5960]

How do you get the camera make and settings to appear on your preview?

[@RichardBirchett]

Hi Geoffrey, it's under View-Loupe Info and you can customise it to what info you require, it's quite extensive with lots of options. Thanks for watching, Cheers Richard

[@davidandrews2376]

How far can you go with editing before the image ceases to be the original photo.Especially when entering competitions?

[@RichardBirchett]

Hi David, thats a great question and one which I do feel quite strongly about. The way in which I edit my images is I follow the strict guidelines of the photographic competition rules. Minimal image manipulation, minor touch ups which don't include removing and adding elements to an image! ( Dust spot etc are acceptable) Example, removing branches, adding different backgrounds etc, for me that's totally against the point in doing what we do and is very unreal! I've have only ever removed minor marks and the occasional thing for social media only. I like to get in right in camera first and foremost, and only carry out minimal time in front of the computer. Hope that helps, thanks for watching. Richard 👍

[@davidandrews2376]

Many Thanks for the reply,love watching your channel 👍

[@RichardBirchett]

@@davidandrews2376 My pleasure David, thanks very much for supporting me on the channel. Cheers Rich

[@joshualoney8900]

Great video Richard, have one question about your work flow. Is there any reason why you don’t use topaz RAW deNoise? Is it not meant to perform better when working with a RAW image

[@RichardBirchett]

Hi Joshua, when I export the RAW CR2 file into Topaz I am given the option of JPEG/PSD or TIFF and don't get the option. I didn't realise there was another option, I shall investigate, thanks for the tip. Cheers Rich 👍

[@joshualoney8900]

@@RichardBirchett The trouble is with using RAW files in topaz, you can’t go through the topaz plugin for Lightroom. It has to be done manually as like you said, Lightroom won’t allow you to export a RAW file to topaz directly. I’m debating currently whether the ease of using topaz via the plugins outweighs the improved de noise quality when dealing with the extra complications when using RAW files

[@RichardBirchett]

@@joshualoney8900 that’s a fair point and it often frustrates me too! Great product but has a few niggles which need sorting! Cheers R

[@colintraveller]

After you've edited them ... what do you save them as ? I can't upload pics to a forum i use only if they've been cropped .. and they are Jpeg and uncropped Jpeg converted RAW Can't upload due to file size . How quik is LR is at stacking 4 images ?

[@RichardBirchett]

Hi Colin, I usually save them as cropped JPEG's around 1.5/2 MB's in size for social media. I've tried stacking multiple pictures for a Barn Owl in flight and it worked quite well. Didn't take long to process. Cheers Rich 👍

[@colintraveller]

@@RichardBirchett cheers

[@mikegillett8203]

Hi Richard. Your poster image has a typo - first word 🤪

[@RichardBirchett]

Cheers Mike, rectified, lol 👍😂