No more ducks! Please critique!

[Mslanh01]

I took this the other day at the park, but unfortunately there were some other ducks who wanted the spotlight as well. So I removed a total of 5 other ducks, And At first glance you don't notice anything, but I can tell where i removed them..I don't know if this is because i know where they were or b/c my photoshop skills aren't the greatest. I would love any constructive criticism!

Here is the after:


Follow this link to the before image:
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3089/...3590113783.jpg

[AnnetteJ]

That's a fun game! You should start a thread in the games and challenges section!! I got 3 right. But I wouldn't have started looking if you hadn't said, just though it was a nice pic of a goose! If your pp skills are not the best I think I'll delete my copy of gimp and go buy a packet of crayons to cover up my bad bits instead! Coz your pp skills are way better than mine! I suppose I haven't seen it in large size though. But I wouldn't have even tried removing those ducks - way cool!

[Mslanh01]

Thank you very much! I would post this, but of course now people would find the original on flickr! Maybe i'll do another one! I took many crowded duck pictures that day!

[SarahN]

You did a really good picture, at least that size. A few of the ones I thought were ghost ducks actually weren't! Nice work.

[Sela]

I think you did a great job cloning out the ducks. I can see one kind of blurred area towards the back but if you hadn't told me I would never have gone looking for it. So good job with that...now go adjust levels! (the pic is looking pretty muddy, though I know you were only focused on the cloning for now)!

[Mslanh01]

Thanks for the compliments! When I go to levels, what should i adjust exactly? I've never really worked with levels. Should I adjust the R G and B separately or together? Anything else this photo is lacking? I work with Adobe Photoshop 7 btw!

[Mslanh01]

I've adjusted the levels to make it look better I think, how does it compare to the old version now?

[mcasanova]

It went pretty well, in my opinion. I think I´ve found out where two of the removed ones were but that´s just because you said they used to be there, otherwise I wouldn´t noticed it. So I think your skills are really good.

[Winning Post]

I couldn't find any ducks even on the large version on Flickr. Very good job. I wouldn't be sure where to start cloning out such dappled water, could we have a tutuorial please!?