Eurasian Eagle Owl

Not the best background I know What can I do with this background to make it better? How would one go about deleting the background and just making it plain white or black? Is it easy or it takes time?

EurasianEagleOwl22 by DaveWInFL, on Flickr

I don,t think it would be to difficult to cut out the bird Dave and place it on another background,worth a try.

Not sure what software you use but photoshop has a "magnetic lasso" which would be a really good point to start with and then as Oy says a bit of feathering /adding/subtracting depends how accurate you want it how long it'd take. Sometimes it's quicker to go back and re-take if it's possible

Cool birdy! Removing backgrounds is something beyond me as yet!

great birdy
you can use the quick selection tool at a very low pixel setting to select the bird

I have tried one of the selection tools but I always seem to have a hard time with it. Maybe I just lack the patience!!

I need lessons/patience with the pen tool. This shot looks like a good place to practice.