Post Processing Milky Way Landscape Photography
Join Erik Kuna for the post processing companion to his previous class, <a href="https://members.kelbyone.com/course/ekuna-milky-way/">Demystifying Milky Way Landscape Photography!</a> In this class Erik shares his Lightroom Classic and Photoshop techniques, tips, and tricks for bringing your Milky Way photos to life. Erik demonstrates each step in the process with examples taken during the first class. You’ll learn how to nail white balance, correct distortion, adjust tonal values, add presence and color, make localized adjustments, reduce noise, composite multiple exposures together, and so much more. Erik reinforces the techniques with a start to finish workflow to bring it all home.
Release Date: 2019-10-09
Lessons
Introduction
The instructor introduces the class and discusses what will be covered in the lessons that follow.
Duration: 5 mins 26 seconds
Nailing White Balance
The very first thing you need to do is make sure you nail that white balance.
Duration: 5 mins 27 seconds
Correcting Distortion
Your next step is dealing with any type of distortions or aberrations caused by your lens.
Duration: 3 mins 27 seconds
Toning Your Photos
This step is subjective, but this is where you start to adjust the tonality of your image.
Duration: 4 mins 56 seconds
Adding Presence
In this step you’ll learn how to add some pop to the scene and make your milky way standout.
Duration: 4 mins 4 seconds
Color Adjustments
Lightroom has a range of tools to add and adjust color in your scene.
Duration: 11 mins 5 seconds
Local Adjustments
Lightroom Classic’s local adjustment tools allow you to make adjustments to specific areas of the image.
Duration: 10 mins 24 seconds
Noise Reduction
There are a few ways to deal with reducing noise in your high ISO photos.
Duration: 14 mins 7 seconds
Workflow Demonstration
Watch as Erik takes a single photo through the entire workflow.
Duration: 4 mins 8 seconds
Twilight Composite
Erik demonstrates how to blend a twilight photo with a second photo of the milky way at the same location.
Duration: 3 mins 53 seconds
Lightpainting Composite
Erik demonstrates a technique to blend the milky way with a light painted foreground.
Duration: 2 mins 14 seconds
Stacking Composite
Building on previous techniques, Erik starts by stacking a series of shots, then compositing in a separate frame.
Duration: 5 mins 39 seconds
Milky Way Panorama
Just like with a landscape photo during the day, you can extend your field of view by capturing a panorama of the milky way.
Duration: 3 mins 23 seconds
Fine Tuning with Dodge and Burn
Moving into Photoshop, Erik demonstrates techniques for fine tuning the photo.
Duration: 6 mins 2 seconds
Finishing Moves
Moving deeper, Erik shares his finishing moves.
Duration: 9 mins 34 seconds
Conclusion
Erik wraps up the class with some closing thoughts to help you move forward.
Duration: 1 mins 21 seconds