I've just spent a couple of days in Norfolk and saw about ten swallowtails, one in the garden of the farmhouse we stopped in. However they were a bit skittish and it was not easy to get a good picture, I had to settle for this one. I would have liked it to have had a natural background but in the end I was very pleased to get anything at all
Cheers
Dave
Frustration in Norfolk
Dave...You would be a whole lot more frustrated if you lived in South east Scotland, there are no swallowtails here...at all..!!!, and never likely to be..!!! ,however your picture and others I have seen inspire me to travel South to see these fantastic creatures..one day, it wont be this year...You are very lucky ,so I dont have too wish you good luck on your next attempt. ..cheers IAC.
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Looks fine to me, I am also against it too, but why not, just this once?
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Hi Jack
It was done using Photoshop. You put the background image on the background layer and the butterfly image on the layer above it. A cut out is made around the outside edge of the butterfly using the lasso tool with a one pixel feather edge. The area outside the cut out is deleted and its done.
I hope this helps but if you want a more detailed explanation let me know
Cheers
Dave
It was done using Photoshop. You put the background image on the background layer and the butterfly image on the layer above it. A cut out is made around the outside edge of the butterfly using the lasso tool with a one pixel feather edge. The area outside the cut out is deleted and its done.
I hope this helps but if you want a more detailed explanation let me know
Cheers
Dave
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Thats helps, though I won't be doing it much anyway. Only if I say its been done.
Cheers all,
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