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<blockquote data-quote="aroy" data-source="post: 439098" data-attributes="member: 16090">In one of the bird photography articles I read here is what the author does regularly. Isolate the subject in one layer - there is nothing else, no background no colours.. Similarly isolate the rest of the scene in another layer. Or if want a different background find a suitable one. The author I am referring to would use a totally different . background if the existing one has a lot of distractions, or he simply wants a better one.. Use your imagination and skill, to get the exact effect you want, on the back ground.. Process your main subject for best effect.. Merge the two layers.Now if you processed the BG to be dreamy it will be so. If you simply wanted to change the background you have it (say change a bird in snow to one in tropical forest)Otherwise if you do not want to go through the hassle of post processing, use a F1.2 lens and the back ground will automatically get dreamy.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="aroy, post: 439098, member: 16090"] In one of the bird photography articles I read here is what the author does regularly . Isolate the subject in one layer - there is nothing else, no background no colours. . Similarly isolate the rest of the scene in another layer. Or if want a different background find a suitable one. The author I am referring to would use a totally different . background if the existing one has a lot of distractions, or he simply wants a better one. . Use your imagination and skill, to get the exact effect you want, on the back ground. . Process your main subject for best effect. . Merge the two layers. Now if you processed the BG to be dreamy it will be so. If you simply wanted to change the background you have it (say change a bird in snow to one in tropical forest) Otherwise if you do not want to go through the hassle of post processing, use a F1.2 lens and the back ground will automatically get dreamy. [/QUOTE]

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