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Michael from the Henderson Camera Club sent me the top image asking me how I would remove the branch from the bottom left of the image after cropping in tight.
The steps are as follows.
Duplicate the background layer
This is a tough one as I think the bottom part of the image needs to be cleaned up a bit. I thought about it for a while and came up with the idea of copying the top part of the image by selecting it then press Ctrl + J (pc) to move the selection to a new layer, then flip the layer vertically. Then move the copied part of the image on top of the reflection to match the original reflection.
I've had to edit this post as a person commented that reflections don't compress and of course he/she is right!
Step two was to create a mask on the flipped layer and brush out the areas I didn't want. Ahhh the control you get with masking.
Any questions, fire away.
3 comments:
Just had another thought on this image. We could also make a selection around the reflection and warm it up with a filter to get a bit closer to how the original image looks.
Reflections do not compress. The original reflection was of the upper part of the hills and trees, the lower were lost.
Point taken. Apart from the compression, the technique is the same. If I was to tackle this image again I would select the reflected part of the image, flip it vertically with no compression and apply all steps as before. Thanks for the heads up.
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