Testing BG" House Finch (M)

[Gus Hallgren]

Hi Folks;

Going away for a few days, so thought I would try a couple of background.

First one was blurred by going High Pass 10. Ctrl+I to Invert, Press E (Eraser)
and erased blur on House Finch

Second one I greated new same size as photo with gradient, V(Move) moved original over gradient & with E (Eraser) & Background eraser exposed BG behind House Finch.

Comments & Redo's always welcome and appreciated

Gus

Olympus E-3, Zuiko ED 50-200mm f2.8-3.5 SWD, @ 400 mm equiv.
AP: F/7.1, 1/500s, ISO 400, -0.30eV, CWA, sRGB, AWB

[Gus Hallgren]

#2- Gradient background

[Joel Eade]

Hi Gus,

I like the first one better...looks more natural

If you enlarge more and work on the masking/edges more meticulously to get rid of the halo I think you'll have it

Joel

[Julie Kenward]

Gus, they're both beautiful but I do see a halo around different areas in each image. A bit more clean up would help and then I think you'll have two strong images.

[Dave Leroy]

I like the smooth gradient in the second bg but prefer the nice green/brown and mottled tones in the first.

Good suggestion by Joel on the edges.

Dave

[nancy hazen]

Gus, I like the first one as well. The green and brown tones compliment the Finch. The solid blue would work for a lot of birds as well, but I'd tone down the blue a touch so it is a soft background. Nice work.
Nancy

[denise ippolito]

Gus, I like the second one, the first one has a halo as Jules pointed out. Nice pose and details.