Background problems!

[Briony]

I am havong background problems with my shots, can anyone help me please Take a look at this

So much blurring in the backgrund and I don't now how to correct it.:shrug:

Thank you.

 

[jimybell]

Go to AV and use a smaller apature for more depth of field,
Jim

 

[Briony]

Thank you will go and practice.

I shoot in AV anyway just have to adjust aperture then, how much ?

 

[PsiFox]

Have you got a filter on the lens you used for that shot?

 

[Briony]

No

 

[PsiFox]

OK not that then

 

[a1ex2001]

I wouldn't want the backgroud more focused as it is the subject pops out nicely.

 

[foggy4ever]

I think it could be just the type of back ground as it's a straight lines. Try a similar shot with the same settings with a mixed background.... choose any object for a target.

 

[jimybell]

Me to, bird nice and sharp,
Jim

 

[Briony]

Perhaps it is just the stubble then :shrug: will have to wait till it is ploughed

Thank you for your help.

 

[ryanyboy]

That's not the prettiest bokeh I've ever seen - did you have VR turned on? VR can have a derogatory effect on the smoothness of bokeh.......

 

[Mark Anthony]

I think a sharper background would stop the subject from popping too.. if anything i'd want it blurred even slightly more but just my opinion on that particular image.

 

[Will H]

If you process in Lightroom, have you upped the clarity at all? Whilst I like the effect that can have on the subject I have found in the past that that can cause problems with making fairly 'textured' backgrounds look a bit odd.

I'd agree with Mark that, if anything, you want a more blurred background, so I guess if anything you want to be using a wider aperture...

 

[arclight]

Thank you will go and practice.

I shoot in AV anyway just have to adjust aperture then, how much ?

Trouble , Nicki, is that if you use a smaller aperture you will increase the depth of field (zone of sharpness) and the subject will not stand out as much.
You were right to get the bird sharp against a blurred background.

The lens you have used is giving that effect with that type of background (stubble by the look of it) and may well produce more pleasing results on backgrounds where there are not lots of straight edges.

 

[magicaxeman]

Even adding Gaussian blur to the background doesn't sort it,it still looks like it landed next to a wall of stubble, I think its sadly the background itself that's the issue.

It looks to me like the ground dips beyond the bird then rises, the flattening effect of the telephoto then makes it look like its closer than it is, especially with it being tonally quite close to the foreground colour, so in essence there is nothing there to give the impression of depth to the image.

 

[JPL]

The problem seems to be the angle you are taking the image at, you are looking down on the bird which shows up a lot of the background and mkes it appear like a wall behind the bird. If it is possible to get lower (ideally on the same level as the subject) and use a larger aperture both foreground and background will be thrown out of focus leaving all the emphasis on the subject