Even after you’ve taken a photo, the image can continue to evolve through post-processing—whether it’s enhancing sharpness, color correction, cropping, or compositing. I have found that post-processing also helps to develop your eye so the next time you’re behind your camera, you’ll have a better understanding of the type of photo you’re trying to create.
Here are four of our most popular landscape tutorials to help take your photos to the next level.
This is a great place to start regardless if you’re new to post-processing or not, because it features a range of tips—from lens flare to color correction—and more advanced techniques, like gradient maps.
Daniel Laan’s tutorial uses Lord of the Rings as inspiration for turning your landscapes into fantasy worlds of color and tone.
This article is perfect for any snowy landscape photos you’ve shot this winter. It uses Adobe Camera Raw and Nik Software’s Color Efex Pro plug-in to enhance details often lost in landscape photos.
Infrared film creates a dream-like quality in your photos where bright skies appear dark and green foliage looks white. This tutorial teaches you how to add this surreal look to your digital photos.
Now that you’ve checked out these tutorials, it’s time to put these skills to work! Experiment with these new techniques and upload your results to 500px. Show us your post-processing skills by posting your photos in the comments section below. We will share the best images on the 500px Twitter account.