Clicking the Alt or Opt key changes the brush into an eraser if you went too far.Īs I did with the grebe photos, you’ll often want to work the subject and the background separately. You can vary the size, feathering, flow and density of the brush strokes to be precise and careful with your edits. A brush tool is usually the best way to do this.
The reverse also happens and you will need to Add more to the area you want to select. Occasionally if the colors, sharpness or luminosity values are very close between the subject and the background it will include more than you want and you’ll need to use the Subtract button to remove those parts. Check out those eyes! I used Select Subject masking to adjust both the background and the bird itself for maximum cuteness.įor the most part, Select Subject does a really good job. None of these shots are huge crops and I’m pretty happy with what I got, although I wish I’d been able to get a shot of one swimming toward me instead of by or away. Understanding its idiosyncrasies is worth it because it is a huge time saver for creating Local Adjustments.Īren’t they gorgeous? There were hundreds of them flocked together in different parts of the lake and were pretty used to boaters, only diving out of the way when we got close. So like I did with the Fall Photography post, I’ll wrap some tutorial stuff into this one because SS gets a little weird depending on how you use it. In addition to coming away with some cool shots (I can’t believe how lucky I got), I took advantage of the Masking Tools in Lightroom – specifically Select Subject.
For one of those, I went out with two fellow photographers – Ted Grussing and Diane Miller – Ted was generous enough to drive down with his boat and take us out on Lake Pleasant for some bird and wildlife photography. Recently I spent a few days in and around Prescott, Arizona.
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