Snow Leopard - manipulation

[Stan]

This is another shot from Marwell last week but the leopard was sitting against the backdrop of the fence which was very visible. At the time of shooting i also too a shot of a better part of ttheir enclosure with the intention of putting the tow shots together

Stan



heres the original shots (direct upload only) for illustration

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[Bill53]

Re: Snow Leopard - manipulation

Does make a vast improvement Stan.

Bill.

[SamFisher]

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Great work Stan

Mike

[tesarver]

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Well done Stan

Tom

[Tigger]

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excellent work Stan

[ST-EOS]

Re: Snow Leopard - manipulation

Nicely done Stan

[Stan]

Re: Snow Leopard - manipulation

thanks everyone

Stan

[Dave s]

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Nice one Stan ,

[AlexR!]

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Beautifully merged together, Stan. Wouldn't have looked twice. Well, I did, but only because it is a lovely shot of a stunning animal.

[Stan]

Re: Snow Leopard - manipulation

Thanks guys

Stan

[DianaS]

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That works very well-stunning shot!

[antoeknee]

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Defo an improvement and makes the shot a keeper. Personally might have increased the contrast a bit on the new background.

[Stan]

Re: Snow Leopard - manipulation

thanks guys

Personally might have increased the contrast a bit on the new background.

thats a good idea

Stan

[DianaS]

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Stan - can you let us (me!) into the secret of how you did that manipulation so well, please?? Even if it disproves the theory that the camera does not lie!

[Stan]

Re: Snow Leopard - manipulation

can you let us (me!) into the secret of how you did that manipulation so well, please??

it was reasonably straightforward (for me anyway), using layers and masks in photoshop or the latest versions of Elements

Open both images in photoshop

With the leopard image active, select, all, edit and copy.

Close image and then edit, paste and the leopard will appear as a layer above the new background

Add a layer mask and with a medium sized brush , set to black, paint over the fenced background to reveal the new background below. Vary the size of the brush as you get nearer the leopard and if you go too far, change the brush colour to white and paint back in.

Once you are happy with the result, flatten the image and continue to process as you normally would

stan