Stupid Truck or Stupid Me?

[shep]

i know i should have been paying more attention to my background, but whats done is done. i know nothing about PP. is there any way to get rid of that truck and basketball goal(top left) that shine in the background? i hate that!!! i love this picture, but i just really hate that truck and goal. its all i see now! if there is a way to get rid of that or tone it down without changing the foreground i would love to hear about it. thanks guys.

[Wooglah]

Hmmm... you could use some blur to make them less visible, without need to remove them.

[FotoMike]

I wouldn't mind if you just cropped it a little tighter on the left side to just get rid of the truck and b-ball hoop. Great colors by the way..the color space on here does not do it justice!

[ozwebfx]

I would put a bush there & blur it

[BabetteKD]

Originally Posted by shep

i know i should have been paying more attention to my background, but whats done is done. i know nothing about PP. is there any way to get rid of that truck and basketball goal(top left) that shine in the background? i hate that!!! i love this picture, but i just really hate that truck and goal. its all i see now! if there is a way to get rid of that or tone it down without changing the foreground i would love to hear about it. thanks guys.

If you have Photoshop or Gimp, you can clone tool those objects out fairly easily.

[shep]

ok i have heard about cloning things out, and i understand the concept. how do you do it though? i don't know why i didn't think about cropping[fotomike]. that seems so easy. by the way fotomike, i used to live in clovis, ca.... ever heard of it?

[Usuqa]

a tighter crop could actually work well for the photo , if you want to keep the aspect as is tho.. send me a pm with a link to the original if you would like me to have a shot at cloning it out for you

[OsmosisStudios]

Cloning is replacing pixels with copies from another portion of your image. Because your truck is in the background and blurry, this would be quite easy.

[FotoMike]

Have I heard of Clovis...Of course I have...Its a "Way of Life" LOL no offense!

Originally Posted by OsmosisStudios

Cloning is replacing pixels with copies from another portion of your image. Because your truck is in the background and blurry, this would be quite easy.

i agree that this is the way to go, its something that ive been playing around with lately...