The road to......

[DigiDiva]

A quirky travel images took in Tenerife, one of the Canary Islands off the coast of Africa. I love the crispness, the blue sky against the red and white of the sign post. Any comments would be appreciated. Seeing this sign made me smile. Better than any Sat Nav!!!

[DigiDiva]

OOps, forgot to ask..should I crop out the trees at the bottom?

[LaPistola]

Originally Posted by DigiDiva

OOps, forgot to ask..should I crop out the trees at the bottom?

No, clone out I say. The post made me smile too (in the picture, not seen it in real).

[DigiDiva]

I suppose cloning will keep the length of the pole at the bottom whereas cropping will shorten it

[LaPistola]

Yes I think if you cropped the "arrows" would look a little cluttered to the bottom of the frame.

[DigiDiva]

Im not very good at cloning where the item in cloning is attached to something else (ie the tree behind the post) but will have a go.

[mkauff]

Would be more balanced if you cloned out the trees. To clone the pole, simply hold down the shift button whilst sampling, then let go when you spray. It will clone in a perfectly straight line. Lovely pic, maybe increase contrast to make the lettering stand out a bit more. And to be niggly, maybe just tone down the red a bit.

[JonnyM]

I'll play Devil's Advocate. I'd leave the trees in as they give some context and scale. Otherwise I fear the post will be floating. Try it and let's see.

[LaPistola]

Don't think as cloning as a single tool, think it of a process. The used of layers and masks can be the key between a perfect clone and it not working for some. In fact if your using a standard mouse or touch pad its the better way to do it.

Maybe use the magic or quick selection tool to select the pole and copy. Create two new layers and paste the pole in the top layer. Now select your middle layer and set the clone tool to sample current and below. Now you can spray with the clone tool over the pole and it will not show and if a bit does or its not blending to well with the back ground you can use a mask on the middle layer containing the sprayed clone to fade the clone to blend and mask out bits that one the pole.

Instead of selecting the pole you could marques more then just the pole and use a mask on the copy to make sure the clone is perfectly up to the pole.

There are normally more then one way to do things, finding the best way for you isn't always easy.

[DigiDiva]

OMG!!!!!!! I think I have been cloning wrong. I have never used layers to clone. Oh my, this will open up a whole new experience. I'm thinking of entering this image into a couple of travel photography comps to really keen to listen, experiment and learn.