The backgrounds in my Winter Birds series series were made in Photoshop from content that did not come from a woodland background photograph. http://www.unrealnature.com/WinterThumbs.htm
Actual photographs of a bird (or any other object) taken by a long telephoto at large aperture would not result in anything similar to what I have put behind those birds. However, in my mind, when I remember (without looking at a picture) what a bird looked like when seen in a woodland setting, the backgrounds that I have made in Photoshop are exactly what I see in my mind’s eye. Which background is more real? Does the camera’s vision trump my own?
