In the woodland at Warnham they tend to spread seeds over most of the tree stumps, which doesn't make for a natural shot - almost as bad as shooting birds on feeders, so when this male reed bunting perched to feed, I thought he would make a good exercise in changing the perch
![](https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1526/24524633381_152712b0b1_z.jpg)
nearby was a fallen log
![](https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1611/24239110539_8f2ac5884a_z.jpg)
So with both images open in photoshop, I first made a selection of the log using the quick selection tool, then feathered by 5 pixels before copying and then pasting the selection onto the bird image
Using the move tool I positioned the log over the stump and then adding a layer mask with the brush tool set to black, painted the birds legs back in
![](https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1708/24580719036_047113078f_z.jpg)
All that was needed now was to crop for composition before sharpening and save
![](https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1526/24524633381_152712b0b1_z.jpg)
nearby was a fallen log
![](https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1611/24239110539_8f2ac5884a_z.jpg)
So with both images open in photoshop, I first made a selection of the log using the quick selection tool, then feathered by 5 pixels before copying and then pasting the selection onto the bird image
Using the move tool I positioned the log over the stump and then adding a layer mask with the brush tool set to black, painted the birds legs back in
![](https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1708/24580719036_047113078f_z.jpg)
All that was needed now was to crop for composition before sharpening and save
![](https://farm2.staticflickr.com/1701/24606853165_b4a2301888_z.jpg)
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