{"id":1131,"date":"2014-04-20T15:38:01","date_gmt":"2014-04-20T03:38:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/?p=1131"},"modified":"2014-04-20T15:38:01","modified_gmt":"2014-04-20T03:38:01","slug":"giants-castle-a-simple-one-step-approach-to-changing-a-photographic-background-photoshop-not-required","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/archives\/1131","title":{"rendered":"Giants Castle &#8211; a simple one step approach to changing a photographic background &#8211; Photoshop not required!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>There are plenty of online tutorials on how to change backgrounds in photos using software to select and then drop in another image as a background. I am not a big fan of this software approach and this technique is completely different and a lot quicker.<\/p>\n<p>When photographing birds at Giants Castle we came across this Cape Robin-Chat perched on a branch. The background was created by the out of focus hills across the valley. The hills have a number of sandstone outcrops and by moving position slightly it was possible to create a smooth green background or a more varied colour by incorporating a rocky outcrop. The difference between these to images is one small step downhill, hence the title about changing a background in one step. Being very aware of backgrounds is crucial to creating good images and with the telephoto lenses used for bird photography it is often only a tiny movement required to achieve a very different background. Usually the aim is to see and eliminate distractions but in this case it resulted in two images, each with a quite different feeling to them, but both usable in different ways.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1133\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1133\" style=\"width: 546px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/CapeRobinChat_D804267-web.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-1133 \" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/CapeRobinChat_D804267-web.jpg?resize=546%2C819&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Green hill background\" width=\"546\" height=\"819\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/CapeRobinChat_D804267-web.jpg?resize=682%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 682w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/CapeRobinChat_D804267-web.jpg?resize=200%2C300&amp;ssl=1 200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/CapeRobinChat_D804267-web.jpg?w=800&amp;ssl=1 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 546px) 100vw, 546px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1133\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Green hill background<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1134\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1134\" style=\"width: 546px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/CapeRobinChat_D804273-web.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-1134 \" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/CapeRobinChat_D804273-web.jpg?resize=546%2C819&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"One step away - a rocky outcrop creates a completely different background\" width=\"546\" height=\"819\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/CapeRobinChat_D804273-web.jpg?resize=682%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 682w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/CapeRobinChat_D804273-web.jpg?resize=200%2C300&amp;ssl=1 200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/CapeRobinChat_D804273-web.jpg?w=800&amp;ssl=1 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 546px) 100vw, 546px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1134\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">One step away &#8211; a rocky outcrop creates a completely different background<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There are plenty of online tutorials on how to change backgrounds in photos using software to select and then drop in another image as a background. 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