I kind of cheated, Blender 2.79 has a shadow catcher option, which does the hard work for you. Just check the “shadow catcher” box under “Cycles Settings” in the object data tab for the ground (and/or other objects that shadows are being cast onto) then only the shadows on those objects will be rendered, not the objects themselves.
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need to work on the depth of field to make it even more realistic 