I've got a problem

[Tony275]

Hi All,
I have a problem hoping you might be able to help with. I took a pic earlier this week i really liked,But after looking at it a few more time something started bothering me. This is the pic

http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b154/Tony275/IntheShadows.jpg

The thing is the Plant growing behind the Deer, I can't decide wether it would look better romoved using the clone device in PS, I have not really used this before and can anyone give advice on using the clone effect or any other to remove the plant, but not ruin the pic.

I've had an attemp at doing it here.

http://i19.photobucket.com/albums/b154/Tony275/Clonedoutplant800x.jpg

Does this look fake ?

Many thank's Inadvance Tony

[JLV]

Nice photo.

I have never used the "clone" so I can not help you there. I do have a suggestion so that you do not ruin the photo. When I am doing any pp, I always work on a copy of the photo, so that I can always go back to the original. This way you can experiment and still be safe.

[Tony275]

JLV, Thank you for that sound advice.

[genece]

I think you did a good job taking the photo as well as the touch up.
Looks good!

[swgod98]

The thing is the Plant growing behind the Deer, I can't decide wether it would look better romoved using the clone device in PS, I have not really used this before and can anyone give advice on using the clone effect or any other to remove the plant, but not ruin the pic.

I don't think many (or any) people would notice that if you didn't mention it. The clone tool is very powerful, but you have to be careful what you're cloning. Picking the right spot to clone is just as important to the end look as anything. So, make sure you pick a location that looks like it will blend in well, and has enough space so you're not cloning 500 times :)

Once you clone, you might want to follow up with some darkening or lightening of the cloned (and surrounding) area to make them blend in better to each other. YOu can use the burn/dodge tools, or simply make a new layer and simply color it with a color and set it to "color" or "multiply" or "screen" etc. It's often a bit of busy work to make it right unless you really know what you're doing. I've been using photoshop for some years now and I still have to fiddle for best results.

I'm at work now, so didn't get much time to do it, but I'll post my efforts just to show that it's not really any better than you did!!

http://danshobbyshack.com/temp/IntheShadows2.jpg

As you can see, I cut out a little more than needed. Sometimes you have to do that to make it look right. Not sure if it was needed here, but I still could work with a little more darkening to make it blend better...

[tim11]

Nice work swgod98.
Tony275, if you just post your edited pic nobody would have notice it.
I have the same problem when using photoshop, it's always "Is it good enough?".

[Tony275]

genece, swgod98, tim11, Thank's for the replies, I wanted to enter this pic into an online photo of the week competition, And that's why I wanted it to look it's best.

Many Thank's Tony