Did Photoshop save this one?

[sugarzebra]

I think its a bad sign when you have time on a Friday night to play with Photoshop :)

Here is the edit.

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2359/2093762815_e54660f1d9_o.jpg

The original is the third shot posted in this link (I wasn't sure if it was proper to post the same shot twice)

http://photography-on-the.net/forum/showthread.php?t=398572&highlight=cardinal+hawaii

[memorex88]

Wow great job Scott! Yes it's night and day difference!

[hTr]

Fantastic Job of Cloning!!! Looks like a piece of Art!!!

This shot was well worth saving

[Anke]

If I didn't click on the link I wouldn't have known. Really great job, Scott!! :D

[T.D.]

WOW! Nice work.

Good job Scott.

[JTVal]

WOW!.
You've got some patience and skill with PS. Nicely done.

[sugarzebra]

Thanks all...the leaves to the left of the bird are taken from another shot and layered over the original so the dark twig was somewhat lined up. The other twigs were cloned from the original shot. Its the simple green back ground that I cant quite get to look good :(

[canonloader]

Great work Scott.

[HWP]

Wow Scott... You did a great job getting rid of that bar. Definately worth your effort.
I need some PP lesons from you!!

Henry

[fotodan]

Excellent job, I am impressed with the leave that you curled towards the bottom of the tail on left side. EXCELLENT job with that...

[Gary Fairhead]

The short answer to your question is "yes" Excellent save here anf the image does have a artistic look to it..Beauty!

[Kevin]

Great job Scott. At first glance and second and third I still couldn't tell.

[Najo]

Very nice job, I would not have guessed!

[Paul A]

Looks great Scott!

[sugarzebra]

Great work Scott.

Thanks Mitch....always nice to hear from you.

Wow Scott... You did a great job getting rid of that bar. Definately worth your effort.
I need some PP lesons from you!!

Henry

My first name may be Scott, but my last certainly isn't Kelby so I don't think you'll want lessons from me Henry :)

Excellent job, I am impressed with the leave that you curled towards the bottom of the tail on left side. EXCELLENT job with that...

Thanks Dan and I appreciate your attention to detail.

The short answer to your question is "yes" Excellent save here and the image does have a artistic look to it..Beauty!

Thanks Gary....I'm thrilled to think any of my images has any artistic merit. Hopefully studying all the POTN bird threads is starting to pay off :)

[sugarzebra]

Thanks Kevin, Najo & Paul. Your comments are much appreciated.

[OL9245]

you are the Master of the Clone Stamp.
Very impressive!

[EdV]

I would have never known, Scott. When I went back to original, I was absolutely stunned by what you had done.

I been away (from the board) for the past week or so trying to get a handle on Lightroom and Photoshop. I don't know that I'll ever be able to do something like this!

[cannylad]

Lovely composition a great photo, well done on the P&P.

[sugarzebra]

you are the Master of the Clone Stamp.
Very impressive!

Thanks OL.....yes the clone stamp is your friend :)

I would have never known, Scott. When I went back to original, I was absolutely stunned by what you had done.

I been away (from the board) for the past week or so trying to get a handle on Lightroom and Photoshop. I don't know that I'll ever be able to do something like this!

Thanks Ed.....how is the new work flow coming along? I tried the 30 day trial for Lightroom, but found that I was so used to ACR & CS2 that I decided to upgrade to CS3 instead of buying LR. ACR & PS works well, but so does LR. The only thing I know for sure is that its worth doing your best to start with a 'perfect' image and I still cant figure how to do that very reliably :)

Lovely composition a great photo, well done on the P&P.

Thanks for the kind words Brian.

[CyberDyneSystems]

Nice job on the cloining.
I'm glad you did not post the original in this thread, as it gave me time to see the re-work without knowing what the issue had been.

I did not catch the cloning before seeing the original.
This means success IMHO :)

[tomd]

Amazing work, the texture, leaf structure, branches, etc are dead on!

[Howler-Cat]

Yeah! Good work Scott!

[woody60]

Great work scott , wish i was as good with the P P.

[Shar824]

Wow Scott...that looks great. :) I'd have this one framed and hanging on the wall. Great job on the cloning.



Sharon

[eccles]

A very impressive piece of editing.

[GyRob]

thats a great bit of edditing i would not have known , and now a great shot.
Rob.

[dispatchermike21]

Very well done didn't notice a thing until looking at the link.

[ajosteve]

Scott, that's just an amazing job you did, I don't think I would have even attempted that one myself. Perfect.....steve

[sugarzebra]

Nice job on the cloining.
I'm glad you did not post the original in this thread, as it gave me time to see the re-work without knowing what the issue had been.

I did not catch the cloning before seeing the original.
This means success IMHO :)

Thanks for the encouragement Jake...the frustrating part is dealing with the 'simple' green back ground. Its really much harder than the leaves.

[sugarzebra]

Thanks Tom, Ben, Woody, Sharon, Eccles, Rob, Mike & Steve. Its amazing what you can do in an hour when no body else is at home.....I chose Photo shop :)