Laughing Gull and Whimbril-How I Made a Composite Picture

Composite Picture Laughing Gull and Whimbril

As I was reviewing my pictures from Horseneck beach that I took the other day, I notice two pictures with a juvenile laughing gull and a whimbril.  In one of the pictures, the whimbril was in focus and in the other picture, the gull was in focus.  

Original Picture. One

Original Picture Two

I thought it would be nice to have a picture with both birds in focus.  As an artist, I decided to create a composite picture that had both birds in focus.  First, in Lightroom, I made sure that the develop settings for both pictures with the same.  Next in the library module, in good view, I highlighted the two pictures and exported them into Photoshop.  Here is how I did it

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A Short Discussion about Post Processing

I am a believer in post-processing.  In fact, over the last few years both light room and Photoshop with each induration have gotten better and post-processing.  What also helps is the number of different plug-ins that are available, including those from Topaz, NIK, OnOne and others.  Along with a good number of free information that is available on the web.

I am going to show you two sets of pictures that was taken just after sunset, utilizing a Nikon D7100, Nikkor 500 mm f/4 plus a 1.7 X converter on a tripod.  The settings were 1/100 second,f/5.6 and ISO 3200.  As you look at the pictures before the post-processing you will see that there is a large amount of noise and the pictures.  After post-processing, utilizing both light room and Photoshop, Topaz Clarity and Detail .  I then selected out the backgrounds into a separate layer and utilized DeNoise to decrease the noise.  Then I used a technique from Denise Ippolito and Artie Morris using surface blur to finish up the picture.

In the next blog.  I will take you step-wise in the process that I use.

 Barn Owl (Tyto alba) 

Original

Post-Processed

Original

Post-Processed

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