Glowing Mushrooms
Little fairytale landscapes. My technique that started a hype 15 years ago. Often copied, rarely perfected. Learn all of my secrets in this highly detailed processing video. Exclusive access to ever-updated article with all my knowledge on the subject included.
With this course you can recreate:
A Trip to the Forest
Muscarine Nightcap
The Magic Mushroom
Little Fairy Tale Landscapes
What started out as a little side-project 15 years ago quickly grew out to be the subject I get asked about the most: how do you create those glowing mushrooms? In the meantime, I’ve taught thousands by means of articles I’ve written for 500px, fstoppers, Zoom.nl, Natuurfotografie.nl and others. Now it’s time to learn how to post-process these from one of the originators of the glowing mushroom hype.
In this macro photography tutorial, we will post-process three completely different images of glowing mushrooms, where the twilight mood sets the stage for unforgettable little fairy tales as the lights are turned on.
To be honest, it's a complicated process that involves light-painting and combining many images to make it look completely out of this world. But that's exactly what you will learn to do yourself in this complete processing tutorial. In three videos and a huge article (included) you will learn everything about glowing mushrooms to recreate little fantasy fairy tales for yourself.
Resized PSDs and DNG raw-files are included for all images. All videos are fully narrated and annotated/subtitled (English only) to explain what’s going on.
Bonus: Includes a PSD with all layers and adjustment visible of:
What you will learn in this tutorial
✔️ Lessons from the actual inventor of the technique.
✔️ Preparing raw files.
✔️ Perspective Alterations.
✔️ Raw pre-sharpening.
✔️ Getting the white-balance right.
✔️ When to use the HSL sliders.
✔️ Balancing Clarity, Dehaze and Contrast.
✔️ The Smart Object Workflow.
✔️ Raw Transformations.
✔️ Merging multiple images, Aligning & Blending manually
✔️ Luminosity Selections (RGB Channels and Tony Kuyper’s luminosity masks).
✔️ Raw adjustments with Smart Objects.
✔️ Orton effect and detail recovery.
✔️ Adding a Soft Glow and other light effects.
✔️ Making the Image Sing in Camera Raw Filter.
✔️ Shifting attention.
✔️ Adding Light Effects.
✔️ Sharpening.
✔️ Altering the mood of an image.
✔️ Simultaneous Raw pre-processing.
✔️ Cloning out Distractions.
✔️ Handling difficult blends.
✔️ Special attention goes out to get that dark mood that's so prevalent in any of my works.
What’s included in this course
⭐ Part 1: “The Magic Mushroom” (in full)
⭐ Part 2: “A Trip to the Forest” (raw only)
⭐ Part 3: “Muscarine Nightcap” (in full)
⭐ Access to an in-depth article that discusses lighting, composition, and even finding mushrooms, that’s updated as I discover new techniques, subjects and lights you can use.
⭐ Four PSD-files (resized) of with every adjustment still present.
⭐ Read-me file linking to additional tools such as TK Actions and the last sharpening tool you will ever need.
⭐ A bunch of ever updated videos that keep up with tools, updates and versioning, to make these videos absolutely timeless.
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Specs, how to watch and other fine print
After payment, you will download a PDF document containing links to download the actual videos and files needed to follow along from a private Dropbox link. You don’t need Dropbox, or any other account, it’s just hosted there on mine. There’s additional information in that PDF as well.
Note that this is a Digital Download product. No physical DVD or USB thumb drive is included.
I do not offer refunds on digital products.
Video: H264 MP4, 3840x2160 (4K Ultra HD). 25fps, variable bitrate
Audio: AAC 48 kHz, 320 kbps stereo
Fully English subtitled by me. Narrated by Michael in English, a professional American voice actor.
Total running time: 3 hours 9 minutes PLUS nearly two hours of additional videos as a free bonus.
PDF included with tips for shooting in the field.
Total size of the download: about 7.12 GB.
You can download the files separately, so you don’t have to download one huge file all at once.