What’s Your Preference?

sana · #1 (**permalink**) 02-05-2007, 02:53 PM

I like this photo a lot, and also, there is a chance that it'll be published in a student magazine. But, as you can see, there is a disturbing whatever it may be in the right corner... I have a feeling that the girl should stay in the center of the picture. I tried to crop the right side of the photo but somehow it doesn't seem right...

So far, I avoided partly editing of the photo, and I have no experience in partly editing in photoshop.

Can you please suggest what to do with it? First, I would realy go for the croping, but if it does not work, I'd go for photoshop, adding some bushes (if that kind of correction is possible).

I am new to photography and still experimenting, any sugestion is welcome!

And, I almost forgot, you are free to edit the photo and repost it on DPS.

Thanks in advance!

jrossh21 · #2 (**permalink**) 02-05-2007, 03:26 PM

Did both cropping and editing, I wouldn't call that awesome editing, but it gives you an idea:

Cropped:

Edited:

sana · #3 (**permalink**) 02-05-2007, 04:37 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jrossh21

Did both cropping and editing, I wouldn't call that awesome editing, but it gives you an idea:

Edited:

Wow! This looks awesome to me! How did you do this? I see some copy-paste, bluring... Can you give me some basic guidelines, I'll try to repeat it myself... Thanks a lot!

I prefer edited version, since I like the way she stands out from the croud..

jrossh21 · #4 (**permalink**) 02-05-2007, 04:42 PM

I edited this in Photoshop. I'm not sure what editing tool you have, but in Photoshop I used the "Clone Stamp" tool with a decent sized brush. Alt+click where you want your source from, then click to start stamping over the blob in the lower right corner. With a little time and patience, you can get it looking just how you want it.

Post your finished product back here when you're done

sana · #5 (**permalink**) 02-09-2007, 04:54 PM

Ok, this is it... Not perfect, but I've risked enough, and I don't want to ruin anything after hours of working... I smudged and blured the corner afterwards. Thanks again, now I see you saved me from drowning in the sea of PS tutorial...

jrossh21 · #6 (**permalink**) 02-09-2007, 04:59 PM

No problem, it turned out pretty good, I like it - good job!

Seltzer · #7 (**permalink**) 02-09-2007, 08:12 PM

yup, looks good after the minor bit of editing, the clone tool is a great resource and is fun to use even if time consuming.
just make sure to keep your finger out of the shots in the future..

sana · #8 (**permalink**) 02-09-2007, 09:49 PM

All right, all right, I promise!

But that 'finger' (looks like pointing finger) is on the shutter at the time. And I'm using telephoto converter and my other fingers are too short to reach the edge of the lens.. Whose finger this is, remains a mistery to me (I think somebody passed by wearing pink jacket)

Canon PowerShot A540 · #9 (**permalink**) 02-10-2007, 02:38 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by sana

Ok, this is it... Not perfect, but I've risked enough, and I don't want to ruin anything after hours of working... I smudged and blured the corner afterwards. Thanks again, now I see you saved me from drowning in the sea of PS tutorial...

Well I Really Think It Came Out Very Nice. Keep Up The Great Work.