Swans

[Anders Östberg]

A pair of swans from today, but I have cheated.

I messed up and clipped the lower edge of the beak off the swan in the foreground when I shot this, but used Photoshop to paint in the beak edge, the background below it, and the necks. I wonder if you would see or react to this editing if I hadn't told you?

http://www.interimlocation.com/fretnomore/photo/10d/pictures/largebirds/swansretouched_2389.jpg

[Radtech1]

Very well done. Invisable to me. Did you clone or create the missing area. If you created, would you mind sharing how? I have a similar situation here:

http://photography-on-the.net/forum/showthread.php?t=24596

Would your techniques translate to that image?

Rad

[Anders Östberg]

This is a small version of the picture where the lower edge was clipped.
http://www.interimlocation.com/fretnomore/photo/10d/pictures/largebirds/swanssmall_2389.jpg

I basically used the clone tool over and over, with varying sizes and amounts, and kept at it until it didn't look too unnatural. Your picture should be possible, but probably a bit more difficult as the parts you paint in at the top will be much more in the focal point.

[Anders Östberg]

Hope you don't mind Rad, here's a quick test of cloning in your picture, I didn't do a very good job but it gives some indication what the picture would look like had it not been clipped.

http://www.interimlocation.com/fretnomore/photo/10d/pictures/misc/drinkingswan.jpg

[CyberDyneSystems]

Well done Fretnomore.. I NEVER would have noticed the repair in your image if you hadn't pointed it out,. in fact,. having pointed it out,. it is still invisible!

And,... it is a great protrait! :wink:

[Anders Östberg]

Well done Fretnomore.. I NEVER would have noticed the repair in your image if you hadn't pointed it out,. in fact,. having pointed it out,. it is still invisible!

And,... it is a great protrait! :wink:

Thanks CDS!

It's a useful technique I think, but I sort of feel a bit uneasy about it. On the other hand, photos have been retouched in all sorts of ways since the birth of photography, so this is perhaps OK as well. I think I'd put in a comment with any picture I make such large changes too, just for peace of mind.

-Anders

[KO_300D]

Hey FretNoMore you did a very good job to save that one and it's virtually indistinguishable. In fact like you say I think most people, myself included, wouldn't have noticed unless you had said.

Having looked more closely I can now see the cloned areas but I have a very trained eye for that kind of work as I have used it many a time.

The clone tool is a VERY useful tool and can create many effects and repairs. It doesn't get the recognition and respect it deserves - take the following pictures as an example;

http://www.photorom.com/People%20and%20Places/slides/nan-Before.html

This is the 'Before' shot, and next in sequence is the same image, just fixed up with the clone tool. It takes a long time to achieve such an effect but as you can see the end result is worth it.

[Anders Östberg]

http://www.photorom.com/People%20and%20Places/slides/nan-Before.html

That's a great example, wonderful restoration. Must have taken a lot of work!