Age ole Q: Color or B&W, also . . .

Should I clone the guy out or leave him? (These are Senior portraits, btw.) Thanks!

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I think it is a very close call - The green / red/ man bit is a bit distracting so I'd go for the B&W. How about desaturating just that bit?

Both work very well. It's a hard decision for me too...I have to agree, if the person in the background weren't there, I might like the color version better. I would clone him out and keep both

I like them both but lose the guy and the pole.

Clone him out, and that hair in front of her face.

gonzogolf wrote in post #11189094
Clone him out, and that hair in front of her face.

Oh, good call...I didn't notice the strand of hair at first!

So, it seems that color is best (maybe desaturated a bit) as long as I clone out the guy? OK, my daughter wanted him out, too, but I thought he added some drama, LOL. Thanks for pointing out the hair, too. Funny how you miss things. I'll definitely keep both for myself. Thanks.

I like the color version as is.

Thanks! I did get rid of the guy, but I have to say that the hair is beyond my skills, esp. going over her eye like that. Bummer.

When you get to the eyebrow and eye try enlarging the picture until you're down to seeing the individual pixels. Use very small brush and resample every few clicks. Sometimes it helps to have the "Aligned" box un-checked.

If you can remove the guy and the post, you can do the hair.

Put a new empty layer above to do all of your cloning on. If you make a mistake you can just us the eraser to bring back what you cloned out. Set the clone stamp to "Sample" all layers or current and below.