Hi everyone! This week I’ve got a great technique to help your wildlife photos really stand out. Earlier in the week I went to photograph bald eagles and Osprey around a lake here in Florida. This technique was used on nearly every one of my keepers from the trip, and I use it on just about all of my wildlife photos.Â
Photoshop Tips to Make Your Wildlife Stand Out
Feb 26, 2021 | Photoshop, Tutorials | 37 comments
I love teaching and photography... In that order. I feel that enjoying photography, and photo editing can get WAY too complicated. So my personal mission (and favorite thing to do), is to create education that simplifies the process of taking great photos, and how to edit them to get the results you’ve always wanted.
Hi Matt, thanks for the tutorial. At 9:16 in the video you drag a layer mask up to the hue/saturation adjustment layer above it. For some reason I can’t isolate only on the layer mask to drag up. I end up dragging the whole layer up and not just the layer mask. How do I click and drag only for the layer mask. I am just starting with layers. thank you.
Hi Skip. I just clicked on the layer mask and dragged it. Hope that helps.
Brilliant. Thank you so much. Matt.
Thanks Matt, another excellent video.
The PS option/alt layer trick was really valuable, don’t recall you giving that info in your PhotoShop course 🙂
Thank You, Matt! I have so much to learn about Photoshop – You are so helpful and make things easy to understand.
Love this tutorial Matt! As usual, you break the lesson down into bite size sections that flow logically and fluently. Thank you once again!
Thank you Matt, another wonderful tutorial.
Hi Matt:
Thanks, I’m just starting with photoshop elements, can I still take advantage of the great tip? By the way are you on the East coast or West coast of FL. We spend our winters in west Palm and was wondering where the lake is that has all the great birds?
Hi Lou. Feel free to give it a try in Elements. Some things may work but some will not. I live in Tampa on the West Coast area. Thanks!
The part where you click on the layer mask, then use black to erase the light areas between feathers isn’t working for me – what happens is that painting erases both the light and the dark areas. What am I doing wrong?
So great – thank you!
Great tip Matt! Thanks so much. Easy and logical.
Love your tutorials, Thank you Matt. I can’t wait to try this out, I just took 600 bird pictures last week in Florida around Naples. I just loaded my card on my computer last night. Perfect timing to learn about this technique.
As usual you are spoiling us. Awesome tips, down to earth delivery, just freaking awesome ?
very very useful. thank you very much for the great tip.
Very cool! The diversity of your tips and your ability to communicate in a way that is easy to understand and implement continues to amaze me
I think I have a received an email with a link to this tutorial , I thought Grrr another random email but the title of your tutorial made click it . To be honest one of the best tutorial I come cross , spot on ! You are a Gem dude . Thanks again . I am will have look later on at your courses to buy one . Thanks again mate .
Thanks Matt! The missing element in my wildlife images!
Really great information Matt, I am gone to get your photoshop I will be a beginner using it but I see it’s my next step. Thank you
All I can say is … WOW
THANK YOU MATT!
Thank you Matt
you are a great educator!
………….Gary
This was great! Thank you. I’ve learned so much from your Photoshop Systems class. Highly recommended.
Great video, Thanks Matt
Thanks Matt.
Great tip.
Do you have any suggestions for making brown animals on a rather brown background stand out other than luminosity and a bit of saturation? It just seems like in Fall, I end up with brown colored wolves on brown leaves in front of brown trees and a way to make the wolves stand out would be nice.
Thank you, Matt. I am not a wildlife photographer, but I can see this application helpful in even flower photography.
I always enjoy your videos – you are such a great teacher.
Thanks again!
Leslie
Thanks Matt. Question, I’m using ON1. Is there a similar workflow to accomplish the same?
Very useful tip. Thanks. By the I live in Florida. What lake did you visit for the eagles?
Hi Ed. I went on a tour with this website: https://www.dvwildlife.com
Thanks.
Hi Mattk,
I live in the area and I like to capture photographs of wildlife. I typically spend time at Honeymoon Island, Wall Springs Park, Philippe Park, Ft. DeSoto Park, and John Chestnut Sr. Park. Would you mind divulging the lens, aperture, shutter-speed that you used to take this photo.
Thank you.
My wife and I lived in the Dunedin area for 35 years. I fondly remember wildlife photography from that area. I now live in the Asheville, NC area. I am exploring new vistas for photography.
Hi Rob. It was my 200-600mm at f/6.3. If you see a bird in flight from me you can almost guarantee it’s taken at 1/3200. My camera rarely leaves that shutter speed for moving birds. And ISO 1600. Thanks!
Great tip, Matt! Thanks!
This was great—Now I have a lot of photos I can re-edit using this technique. Thanks, Matt.,
I took a photo yesterday, that is perfect for this tutorial! Thanks Matt!
I love your teaching style. So easy to understand. Well done!
Thanks Matt … always helpful and appreciated!