{"id":18744,"date":"2025-01-12T08:20:42","date_gmt":"2025-01-11T19:20:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/?p=18744"},"modified":"2025-01-12T08:20:44","modified_gmt":"2025-01-11T19:20:44","slug":"image-fine-tuning-background-adjustment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tonywhitehead.com\/wildlight\/archives\/18744","title":{"rendered":"Image Fine-tuning – Background Adjustment"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

With this series of images I would like to share an example of fine tuning an image background. <\/p>\n\n\n

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K\u014dtare\/Sacred Kingfisher with distant shaded hill background – final processed image<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

K\u014dtare\/Sacred Kingfisher are notoriously wary and hard to approach so when I saw one land in a tree in nice light I took a quick image. <\/p>\n\n\n

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First image captured <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

The bird was angled away from me so moving to the right would give a more parallel view but brought part of the foliage too close to the front of the bird spoiling the composition. <\/p>\n\n\n

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Moving to the right to get more parallel to the bird brings the foliage into play too much<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

Moving to the left opened the space in front of the bird. <\/p>\n\n\n

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Moving to the left opened negative space in front of the bird<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n

Moving a little further brought a shaded part of a distant hill into play as a background. Waiting for a slight head turn resulted in the final image. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Image with shaded background. Processed image from this position shown at the top of this post<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Background management is crucial to maximizing the options available in presenting your subject. Small factors such as a patch of shade on a distant hill can be useful tools if you keep an eye out for anything that can help.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Photos with Nikon Z9 and Nikkor Z 800m f6.3 VR S<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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