Best way to remove out of focus distraction
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David
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Nicola's Apartments, Kassiopi, Corfu
Some cameras, some lenses, some bits 'n' bobs
B Murray
Just used the clone tool in Photoshop, nothing else.

Regards
David
Flickr
Nicola's Apartments, Kassiopi, Corfu
Some cameras, some lenses, some bits 'n' bobs
Here's mine, not too sure why you're finding this difficult to clone out as it seems quite straightforward?
Just used the clone tool in Photoshop, nothing else.

Regards
David
Put mine to shame! In my defence I have one and half eyes on my TV!!
One day you'll find, 10yrs have got behind you.
my skills with photoshop arent a patch on this (I was taught to capture a decent picture in the first place, so only have myself to blame on this one), can you share any info of your clone settings
Having rarely cloned anything I tend to use 'Normal', 100% opacity, soft edge brush in quite a big size (60 pixel here)
The image was taken in front of glass and there are subtle reflections that also make the cloning I have tried really obvious
can you share any info of your clone settings
I start off at 100% opacity with a brush size appropriate to the area to be cloned. On this one it would have been around 100 to 120 I think.
Once the rough cloning is complete I usually reduce the opacity to 45% or thereabouts, reduce the brush size and re-do the edges, i.e. where the clone meets the non-cloned area, just to make sure that the edges are invisible.
Regards
David
Flickr
Nicola's Apartments, Kassiopi, Corfu
Some cameras, some lenses, some bits 'n' bobs
can you share any info of your clone settings
I start off at 100% opacity with a brush size appropriate to the area to be cloned. On this one it would have been around 100 to 120 I think.
Once the rough cloning is complete I usually reduce the opacity to 45% or thereabouts, reduce the brush size and re-do the edges, i.e. where the clone meets the non-cloned area, just to make sure that the edges are invisible.
Regards
David
Brilliant advice! I hadn't thought of going over it a second time to clean the edges.
Getting there! Thanks to you guys

Pentax K10d, *istDL, Kit lens ( 18-55mm ), 50mm f1.7 lens, Tamron 70-300mm lens, Prinzflex 70-162 manual lens, Various old flashes.
LittleSkink
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It is well out of focus but really distracting. Clone and Heal are both leaving a mess when I try to clean things up, as the oof seems very unforgiving
Am I missing something? I thought cleaning an oof background would be easier than a crisp one