My first attempt at replacing the BG. the original BG was a snow-covered stand of pines, so it ended up being OOF white blobs.
5d MkIII, Tamron 150-600 @ 375mm
1/1250 @f/6.3 ISO 800
Backyard setup
Darkened highlights and desaturated reds in LR5. Additional white recovery on head using NIK Detail Extractor. Curves layer to darken and desaturate perch. USM on bird and additional sharpening on eye.
I used the eraser tool at 10% opacity to blend the edges into the BG as well as a very slight Gaussian blur. I'm interested to hear thoughts on BG replacement (do you ever bother) and any tips or tricks.
Thanks.
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