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<blockquote data-quote="cwgrizz" data-source="post: 534530" data-attributes="member: 27017">Ha!&nbsp; Luckily, I am not quite to that point yet.&nbsp; Some days are better than others, however.&nbsp; I just looked up and saw it and decided to shoot it on a whim.I had a whole host of shots of the Curve-Billed Thrasher, but all had plain sky.&nbsp; (Lately the skies have been cloudless and not very interesting).&nbsp; I needed to practice some more with GIMP techniques.&nbsp; The first shot was more for technique than the end result.&nbsp; I didn't really pick a great section of sky to use for the first photo. I should have moved the sky background around a little to get it to compliment the first bird shot, but the technique worked.&nbsp; After that attempt I tried it again with the second modified shot.&nbsp; I took a little more time with positioning the sky so the bird stood out some more.&nbsp; Nikonpup, on the second one are you saying that it needed the sky blurred out some, like applying a Gaussian blur?Thanks for all of your feedback.&nbsp; As time permits, I may look for a better sky shot to play with for some of my bird in plain sky shots. Ha!</blockquote>

[QUOTE="cwgrizz, post: 534530, member: 27017"] Ha! Luckily, I am not quite to that point yet. Some days are better than others, however. I just looked up and saw it and decided to shoot it on a whim. I had a whole host of shots of the Curve-Billed Thrasher, but all had plain sky. (Lately the skies have been cloudless and not very interesting). I needed to practice some more with GIMP techniques. The first shot was more for technique than the end result. I didn't really pick a great section of sky to use for the first photo. I should have moved the sky background around a little to get it to compliment the first bird shot, but the technique worked. After that attempt I tried it again with the second modified shot. I took a little more time with positioning the sky so the bird stood out some more. Nikonpup, on the second one are you saying that it needed the sky blurred out some, like applying a Gaussian blur? Thanks for all of your feedback. As time permits, I may look for a better sky shot to play with for some of my bird in plain sky shots. Ha! [/QUOTE]

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