How to take away faded wires from a photo?

[princessmiwi]

Hello, I'm a newbie, and I'm on the "let's go to the zoo!" stage.
So, I took some photos, and while on some you can clearly see the wires between me and the animals, but on some, like the one below, the wires are really faded, it's almost a lighter area on some parts of the photo. Can I take those away, perhaps darkening these bits? Any tips?


Gavião. Eu acho. por miwi.girl, no Flickr

[Tito87]

Try cloning them out. Nice shot, btw.

[ArmySoldier777]

Tito pretty much covered what you can do in the shots you already have, but here's a tip for the future.

The reason that the fence is blurred out like that in some pictures is because of your DOF. If your subject is far enough away from the fence, and you're shooting at a very shallow DOF "The shallower, the better", then get your lens as close to the fence as you can without touching it and sometimes "depending on the thickness of the fencing" you can make the fence disappear all-together.

[vsa]

You can also try some curves adjustment layers and masks. Do a slight s curve to boost contrast, make the mask black and start to slowly brush the wires out. Some areas will need different amounts so don't be afraid to use multiple adjustment layers for different areas.

My quick attempt at the clone-free way. By no ways it's perfect but just to show what the curves can do as cloning can be a bit of a hit and miss with detailed textures.

[princessmiwi]

Originally Posted by Tito87

Try cloning them out. Nice shot, btw.

Thanks for the tip! And for the compliment

Originally Posted by ArmySoldier777

Tito pretty much covered what you can do in the shots you already have, but here's a tip for the future.

The reason that the fence is blurred out like that in some pictures is because of your DOF. If your subject is far enough away from the fence, and you're shooting at a very shallow DOF "The shallower, the better", then get your lens as close to the fence as you can without touching it and sometimes "depending on the thickness of the fencing" you can make the fence disappear all-together.

I tried to do that... but there was a fence and I didn't know if I could go under the fence to get closer. There are some shots that I got so close that you can't see the wires, but with some I wasn't sure I couldn't get any closer.

Then again, it's a free zoo in my town, I can go again anytime to try to get closer

Originally Posted by vsa

You can also try some curves adjustment layers and masks. Do a slight s curve to boost contrast, make the mask black and start to slowly brush the wires out. Some areas will need different amounts so don't be afraid to use multiple adjustment layers for different areas.

My quick attempt at the clone-free way. By no ways it's perfect but just to show what the curves can do as cloning can be a bit of a hit and miss with detailed textures.

Oh, hey, this looks nice, too. I will try this too, see what I can get.

Thanks, folks!

[vsa]

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