The Secret to GOLDEN Edits in Lightroom!

Learn how to edit wildlife photos in Lightroom Classic with this step-by-step bird photography editing tutorial. In this video, I break down my full Lightroom workflow to transform a flat RAW wildlife image into a golden, professional-looking edit using color grading, masking, tone curve adjustments, and light shaping techniques.

This Lightroom wildlife editing tutorial is perfect for beginner to intermediate photographers who want clean, natural, scroll-stopping wildlife photos without solely relying on presets. If you photograph birds, animals, or nature and want to improve your Lightroom editing skills, this workflow will help you create more polished, professional results.

This is the same editing software used by well-known wildlife photographers such as Simon d’Entremont, Christian Möhrle, and Olle Nilsson.

Timestamps:
00:00 - Intro: Soft Golden Wildlife Edit Overview
00:14 - Crop, Profile & Base Color Setup
00:36 - Removing Greens & Creating a Golden Background
02:09 - Contrast, Tone Curve & Global Adjustments
04:11 - Subject Masking, Detail & Light Shaping
07:48 - Final Polish: Eye Light & Color Grading

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