Before?After Juvi Heron

[Dave Phillips]

An awkward pose, but I liked the little juvi with the crawfish. That is a cypress tree in bg.
All clone and patch tool......for those that have not tried the patch tool,
it is one sweet tool and I use it over and over in pp

thanks for looking in and c/c

[Cheryl Slechta]

Dave, I love the image and clean up work. I think elements may not have the patch tool - I looked but don't
think it's there. Do you know? I've always used clone tool but I've got a healing brush which I've honestly
never tried. (I just tried it and it's pretty sweet - is it the same thing as a patch tool?):confused: Thanks for the help.

[denise ippolito]

Dave, Nice job w/ the clean up and I agree the patch tool is very effective. I find myself using it in conjunction w/ the clone tool alot. I like the pose and the catch also! Those eyes are great!

Cheryl, I don't believe that the patch tool is in elements 7. A similar effect would be to make a selection then move the selection to a similar area, feather it and copy and paste ... then move it into place and blend in the edges.

[WIlliam Maroldo]

Really great job at the unwanted element removal Dave, and pretty darn good image as well! regards~Bill

[Paul Lagasi]

Thats the idea Dave nice work..

[Mark Fuge]

Nice image and application Dave.

Liked the fact that you only removed what was a problem with the image, rather than everything. It keeps the image more natural looking.

[Patti Edens]

Dave, I really like the photo and the clean-up work. You really did a great job on getting the crawfish and the heron's eyes sharp. That's a big old crawdad for that little guy. :)

[Jackie Schuknecht]

VG work Dave, the after looks so much better too. You did a good job with the feet especially.