Help with busy background: I am looking for suggestions to help separate this GBH from the busy background. Please feel free to post your work if you are so inclined.

GeorgeK Loc: NNJ

I am looking for suggestions to help separate this GBH from the busy background. Please feel free to post your work if you are so inclined.

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kpmac Loc: Ragley, La

That's gonna be tough. You could use a blur tool of some sort.

pquiggle Loc: Monterey Bay California

If you use Lightroom I would start by decreasing the green and yellow luminance and saturation then make adjustments to contrast, vibrance, whites and blacks as a start. Other software will have similar adjustment but may name them differently. My example is nowhere finished but it is where I would start.

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GeorgeK Loc: NNJ

pquiggle wrote:

If you use Lightroom I would start by decreasing the green and yellow luminance and saturation then make adjustments to contrast, vibrance, whites and blacks as a start. Other software will have similar adjustment but may name them differently. My example is nowhere finished but it is where I would start.

Excellent start. Appreciate the post. Trying to avoid making a selection.

Fotoartist Loc: Detroit, Michigan

pquiggle wrote:

If you use Lightroom I would start by decreasing the green and yellow luminance and saturation then make adjustments to contrast, vibrance, whites and blacks as a start. Other software will have similar adjustment but may name them differently. My example is nowhere finished but it is where I would start.

Nice work.

Linda From Maine Loc: Yakima, Washington

pquiggle wrote:

If you use Lightroom I would start by decreasing the green and yellow luminance and saturation then make adjustments to contrast, vibrance, whites and blacks as a start. Other software will have similar adjustment but may name them differently. My example is nowhere finished but it is where I would start.

Excellent! Folks sometimes don't realize that natural greenery is often comprised of yellow so they don't think about yellow saturation sliders.

SonyA580 Loc: FL in the winter & MN in the summer

GeorgeK wrote:

I am looking for suggestions to help separate this GBH from the busy background. Please feel free to post your work if you are so inclined.

As pquiggle mentioned, decreased yellow and green, and blurred background. A severe crop eliminated most of the problem. Sharpened.

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Curmudgeon Loc: SE Arizona

If I really wanted to keep the picture I would isolate the bird and play with saturation and blur on the background. A lot of work though.

GeorgeK Loc: NNJ

SonyA580 wrote:

As pquiggle mentioned, decreased yellow and green, and blurred background. A severe crop eliminated most of the problem. Sharpened.

Thanks for the example.