Image proces­sing

5 typi­sche Fehler in der Bildbearbeitung 

Bild­be­ar­bei­tung kann Spaß machen, aber auch ziem­lich frus­trie­rend sein. Stun­den­lang kann man sich in seinen eigenen 4 Wänden mit den Reglern in Ligh­t­room, Luminar Neo, Capture One, oder wie sie alle heißen beschäf­tigen. Und dann merkt man am nächsten Tag, dass es doch etwas zu viel oder auch zu wenig des „Guten“ war und man feilt wieder an der Abstim­mung. Gerade Beginner in der Land­schafts­fo­to­grafie sind meist es was „Über­mo­ti­viert“ was die Regler betrifft und so sieht man immer wieder 5 typi­sche Fehler in der Bild­be­ar­bei­tung, für die ich euch in diesem Blog sensi­bi­li­sieren möchte. 

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Advents­ka­lender 2025 

Die Advents­zeit beginnt, Weih­nachten steht vor der Tür. Es ist eine Zeit, in der man sich ein wenig besinnen kann, den Alltag ein wenig hinter sich lassen sollte, zur Ruhe kommen möchte und womög­lich ein wenig mehr über die Foto­grafie und womög­lich ein paar Tricks in der Bild­be­ar­bei­tung, bspw. mit Ligh­t­room zu lernen. Oder etwa nicht? Aus diesem Grund starte ich in diesem Jahr einen kleinen Advents­ka­lender. Jeden Tag öffnet sich auf YouTube ein Türchen, mit einem oder viel­leicht auch gleich mehreren Tipps und Tricks rund um Land­schafts­fo­to­grafie und der Bild­be­ar­bei­tung mit Lightroom. 

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ETTR vs. HDR 

Wenn ihr schon das ein oder andere Mal an den Rand­zeiten des Tages foto­gra­fiert habt, dann werdet ihr die Situa­tion sicher kennen. Magi­sches Licht oder inten­sive Farben im Himmel. Ihr nehmt ein paar Aufnahmen auf, schaut auf das Display, und denkt, klasse das passt. Zuhause am Rechner seht ihr dann das Dilemma. Ihr habt zu dunkel foto­gra­fiert. In den Schatten sumpft das Bild ziem­lich ab, wirkt unscharf und noch dazu völlig verrauscht. Und das bei ISO 100, wieso denn das?
In diesem BLOG / VLOG stelle ich euch zwei relativ einfache Aufnah­me­tech­niken vor, die sofort zu besserer Qualität eurer Land­schafts­fo­to­gra­fien führen. Einfach deshalb, weil sie relativ schnell umzu­setzen sind und leicht zu erlernen sind. Man muss sich eben nur die Zeit nehmen und ein paar kleine Dinge beachten. 

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Fine art or fake art land­scape photography? 

Land­scape photo­graphy – it shows us the beauty of nature in impres­sive images. But not all land­scape photos are the same! Some images look like perfect snapshots, others almost like pain­tings. What is the diffe­rence? And is too perfect simply fake? In today’s post, I’ll explain what the addi­tion of ‘fine art’ means, how you can reco­g­nise fine art photo­graphy and how it differs from normal land­scape photo­graphy! Be sure to read to the end to find out why it’s not decep­tion, but art.

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Wood­land photo­graphy at twilight 

I recently spent a few days travel­ling with my family in the Nether­lands and disco­vered a lovely little forest with some inte­res­ting trees close to the beach. However, the weather during those days was a bit unpre­dic­table. It was either pure suns­hine or pouring rain. Neither of these condi­tions encou­raged me to go outside and take photos in the forest. How could I still get some great shots? Then I had an idea. I’ll go when the sun isn’t bothe­ring me. Blue, diffuse, mystical. In this blog/vlog, I’ll show you why the blue hour is an under­rated time for forest photography. 

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One lens for everything 

FOMO – Fear of missing out. I think we all know what that is, right? Some­times it’s really bad for me. When the weather is great and I have to work or I have other plans, I get it – the fear of missing out on the perfect shot. That’s why I quickly expanded my lens coll­ec­tion. It ranges from 16 mm to 400 mm. Now it even goes up to 600 mm. With a tele­con­verter, that’s actually 1200 mm. I usually have ever­y­thing with me so I don’t miss a shot. What happens? Some­times you miss the shot anyway. Chan­ging lenses takes time. Setting out with only one focal length helps crea­ti­vity; it’s limi­ting on the one hand, but it gives you freedom on the other. If I had to give up all my lenses except one, which one would I keep?

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Pola­ri­sing filters in woodlandphotography 

It is the only filter that cannot be imitated using other photo­gra­phic tech­ni­ques or image proces­sing skills, which is why it is probably the only indis­pensable filter in land­scape photo­graphy: the circular pola­ri­sing filter, or CPL for short. You can find out about its effect on photos and how to use it correctly, espe­ci­ally in rela­tion to forest photo­graphy, here. Also: when it’s better to leave it out. Have fun reading. 

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The perfect morning? — The only important tip in photography 

Oh, it could just have been the perfect morning. The mood of the light, the presence of the perfect amount of misty haze, the spring green and me stan­ding in the biggest sea of wild garlic to take pictures. But the world isn’t perfect and so it is that some places full of wild garlic fell victim to the forestry work in winter and the other­wise perfect morning didn’t coin­cide with the peak of the wild garlic blossom. A pity really. Nevert­heless, some great pictures were taken and I have a very basic tip for you in this BLOG/VLOG!

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The influence of image proces­sing on nature photography 

Maybe you’ve been there: You’re on a holiday that you’ve been saving up for for a long time and you capture your expe­ri­ences in pictures. After­wards, you’re a little disap­pointed because your pictures don’t even begin to reflect what you saw. If you have photo­gra­phed in JPG, you won’t be able to do much about it, and some of the pictures might just be for the bin. However, if you have saved the RAWs at the same time, your chances of getting some­thing out of the images increase signi­fi­cantly. This BLOG is all about what is possible with modern image proces­sing using the RAWs of today’s cameras. PS: Without sky repla­ce­ment or adding atmo­spheric elements!

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Taking photos when the weather doesn’t cooperate 

Oh man, I wish I’d just stayed in bed. Now I have 30 minutes of hiking uphill in complete dark­ness through the Pala­ti­nate Forest and over an hour’s drive behind me and I’m stan­ding here in the middle of the fog soup instead of above it as planned. And yet the weather models were all in agree­ment. Fog level, dawn, ever­y­thing should have been fine. What now? Turn around, go home and give up or pull through and see what you can get out of it with a little crea­ti­vity? In this BLOG/VLOG, I finally get to grips with the auto­matic focus bracke­ting of my Sony a7IV, go in the direc­tion of B&W fine art with my images, show you how to get black and white images quickly and easily in LR/PS and prove to you that giving up is not an option and that you can always find some­thing photo­gra­phi­cally interesting!

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