Retouching issues: colour mismatch

Hi all,

This is a portion of an image I need to finish. There was a sign on the fence that needed removing (she also wants the car removed, but that's not doable, at least not by me), so I cloned it out using the part of the fence closest to the right edge; unfortunately, the sunlight was stronger there and now you can see how the patch where the sign used to be is lighter.

Did you clone on a blank layer? I mean, do you have that area of new fence separate from the rest of the image, on its own layer?

Own layer.

Ok, then I really would have thought that Hue/Saturation would work. Add the Hue/Sat adjustment layer, clip it to the cloned layer, then lower the Lightness slider and possibly raise the Saturation slider.

Thanks for the tip regarding the saturation, I didn't initially try that. Seems to have done it. I still don't entirely like the final product, but I think it's passable. Man, do I hate retouching.

Thanks.

Even though you've described the problem, I'm looking for it in your preview and not seeing anything objectionable.

Conclusion: You're over-thinking it, and nobody will notice except you.

The method that works for me is...using the "color sampler tool" pick a spot to mark the colors>overlay with the new layer>
use levels a levels adjustment layer set to one layer only, you will need to fiddle with each of the RGB numbers to make
that new layer match-up with the lower layer.

nathancarter wrote in post #17716113
Even though you've described the problem, I'm looking for it in your preview and not seeing anything objectionable.

Conclusion: You're over-thinking it, and nobody will notice except you.

^^This.