[LRflex] Re: IMG: Silk Purse

  • From: "wildlightphoto@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <wildlightphoto@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: leicareflex@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Tue, 15 Dec 2009 12:00:58 -0500

Aram Langhans wrote:

>>>
I take it you duplicated the image then used a mask?  Or 
did you just carefully erase one layer?  Inquiring mind want to know.
<<<

I carefully erased the background from the bird/twig layer.  While working
near the bird & twig I used a tiny brush & 25% opacity at 100%
magnification.  I didn't want to create a hard edge, particularly where the
edge of the bird was slightly outside the plane of focus so I erased a
little at a time, building up the erasures gradually.  Took hours.  I'm
going to do the same thing with this photo:

http://www.wildlightphoto.com/birds/turdidae/wrsh00.html

which was made in similar light.  This photo as posted is biased toward
good color balance on the bird.  I want the palm frond in the background to
be more green (as I remember it) instead of this yellow/green.

Doug Herr
Birdman of Sacramento
http://www.wildlightphoto.com

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