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Dec 19, 2020 19:53:29   #
WDCash Loc: Milford, Delaware, USA
 
bleirer wrote:
Here is a nice video using tilt-shift blur in photoshop. Something to add to the arsenal. https://youtu.be/m_Qk8QsLbAs

This is a good channel to subscribe to: photoshop training channel. You get another vid in the email every couple of weeks, always something I didn't know how to do. Another good one is piximperfect.


Thanks bleire. I'll check them out

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Dec 19, 2020 20:20:20   #
Longshadow Loc: Audubon, PA, United States
 
WDCash wrote:
Longshadow, My wife agrees with you.
Thanks

The blue and the green just seem easier on the eye as a background when focused on the bird.

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Dec 20, 2020 08:42:10   #
AzPicLady Loc: Behind the camera!
 
While I like the "in" and "out" of focus work in the second and third, I like the colours in the background of #1 better.

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Dec 20, 2020 15:18:16   #
WDCash Loc: Milford, Delaware, USA
 
AzPicLady wrote:
While I like the "in" and "out" of focus work in the second and third, I like the colours in the background of #1 better.


Thanks
And thanks for your thoughts

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Dec 20, 2020 19:50:39   #
Bankshot Loc: Henderson, NV, USA
 
I like the first one, because the Heron is more defined from the background. I think all the backgrounds are fine!

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Dec 20, 2020 19:51:01   #
Bankshot Loc: Henderson, NV, USA
 
I like the first one, because the Heron is more defined from the background. I think all the backgrounds are fine!

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Dec 20, 2020 19:51:32   #
Bankshot Loc: Henderson, NV, USA
 
I like the first one, because the Heron is more defined from the background. I think all the backgrounds are fine!

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Dec 21, 2020 16:13:19   #
Sinewsworn Loc: Port Orchard, WA
 
WDCash wrote:
I have been watching instructional vids on wildlife photography. There seems to be a general consensus that less background
is preferable and that what background there is should be out of focus.
I'm experimenting with what I find to be my own version of the "buttery background". I'm finding I prefer, I think, a bit Chunky vs creamy.

I found this Heron napping in a tree when I was looking for a dead tree for another background.

Image 1 was a quick poor edit done in LR with brush tool applied unsharpening. Something I no longer plan to use.

Vr. 2 was masked and layered out in PS and a new background applied. After some reflection I decided the dead tree was too bold so I layered the tree out. Then altered the tree with a couple adjustment layers. Afterwards I decided the background itself was too colorful so I toned that down as well.

Photoshop seemed very confusing to me for a while. Now I think I'm starting to get a handle on its possibilities. I think, for me, beginning to think of what might be done, or possible to do, turned on a switch to learning PS. I still have a lot to learn, just getting started.
I have been watching instructional vids on wildlif... (show quote)


GBHs make great subjects. Background should please you first! Thanx for sharing and happy holidaz!

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Dec 21, 2020 18:31:42   #
WDCash Loc: Milford, Delaware, USA
 
Sinewsworn wrote:
GBHs make great subjects. Background should please you first! Thanx for sharing and happy holidaz!


Thanks Timothy.
Merry Christmas

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Dec 21, 2020 18:32:35   #
WDCash Loc: Milford, Delaware, USA
 
Bankshot wrote:
I like the first one, because the Heron is more defined from the background. I think all the backgrounds are fine!


Thanks Bankston.

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Dec 21, 2020 19:10:10   #
joecichjr Loc: Chicago S. Suburbs, Illinois, USA
 
No matter what background you use, that heron with the beady yellow eyes looks like he has a great startle response... I like the third.

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Dec 21, 2020 20:18:04   #
Sinewsworn Loc: Port Orchard, WA
 
WDCash wrote:
Thanks Timothy.
Merry Christmas



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Dec 21, 2020 20:42:13   #
WDCash Loc: Milford, Delaware, USA
 
joecichjr wrote:
No matter what background you use, that heron with the beady yellow eyes looks like he has a great startle response... I like the third.


Thanks Joe,
We woke him up.

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Dec 23, 2020 07:10:38   #
Dan Thornton Loc: Corpus Christi, Texas
 
To me, the second one is best. The dull grey bird stands out better against the more colorful background. The third image looks rather muddy, dull foreground and background. Probably adding some noise to the background would help, since your subject has noise and your substituted background does not.

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Dec 23, 2020 10:48:40   #
WDCash Loc: Milford, Delaware, USA
 
Dan Thornton wrote:
To me, the second one is best. The dull grey bird stands out better against the more colorful background. The third image looks rather muddy, dull foreground and background. Probably adding some noise to the background would help, since your subject has noise and your substituted background does not.


Thanks for your thoughts Dan

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