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Thank god for the clone tool

Postby stubbsy on Sun Jan 30, 2011 5:13 pm

Sometimes I'm crap when it comes to composition (well often - OK!) and sometimes the subject just doesn't co-operate. I'm still processing images from my November Antarctic trip and had two such images.

Thankfully someone invented the clone tool - otherwise I'd trash these two. It's easy to forget the utility of that little tool in your arsenal.

Her's the first of the two images after being "fixed"

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And here is what I started with - the experts out there will tell me I should have noticed I'd chopped off the end of the beak and recomposed BEFORE I took the image below. And they are right, but for some reason (stupidity probably) I didn't. Adding the fake "beak" and a bit more background with the clone tool took around 10 minutes - not perfect, but I'm happy with it.


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This finished image presented a different challenge

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As you can see below, those pesky penguins don't prune the vegetation around their nest for us photographers. Again - clone tool to the rescue for a cleaner, less distracting image. 3 minutes well spent IMHO.

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Re: Thank god for the clone tool

Postby colin_12 on Sun Jan 30, 2011 7:37 pm

Definately well spent effort here Peter. I like the penguin shot.
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Re: Thank god for the clone tool

Postby radar on Sun Jan 30, 2011 7:55 pm

Well worth the effort, both are now great shots.

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Re: Thank god for the clone tool

Postby surenj on Sun Jan 30, 2011 9:07 pm

Damn those penguins who don't keep their yards clean. They must be hell to have as neighbours. :wink:

Nice work on these Peter. They have definitely been transformed!
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Re: Thank god for the clone tool

Postby aim54x on Sun Jan 30, 2011 9:07 pm

That clone tool worked very well for you...did you try "content aware fill" on either of these?
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Re: Thank god for the clone tool

Postby Murray Foote on Mon Jan 31, 2011 12:52 am

With the first one, assuming you have CS5, I wonder if you extended the canvas by that amount and then used content aware fill, whether you might have got there is one hit. Content Aware Phil is a bit hit and miss but sometimes just works.
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