Can someone tell me how to lose the tap? (Page 2): Good Morning Gentlemen - thank you for your comments!..... their range is as diverse as what each of us sees! Interestingly and in...

SheenaghGebhard Loc: Cornwall - UK

Good Morning Gentlemen - thank you for your comments!..... their range is as diverse as what each of us sees! Interestingly and in all honesty I'd not "seen" the shadows from the water droplets on her skin until this was pointed out - so everyone's perception is different but equally valid. A difference of opinion is healthy - for example I like my photos to be centred and balanced. My mum hates centralised subjects and hers are always either way off to the right or left - neither is right or wrong just an altered and preferred view point:0)

Evansgr Loc: Concord, NC

Take me to the gallows and hang me. lesson learned.

SheenaghGebhard Loc: Cornwall - UK

Evansgr wrote:

Take me to the gallows and hang me. lesson learned.

We are both newbies :lol:

Evansgr Loc: Concord, NC

Sheena,
Please except my sincere and humble apology. I was only trying to help. As some have wrongly stated, I did not try to "Fix" or make any "corrections" to your photo.I just simply "Touched Up" some specific components of your photo, albeit they were not what you asked for. And for that I apologize once again.

ted45 Loc: Delaware

Evansgr wrote:

Sheena,
Please except my sincere and humble apology. I was only trying to help. As some have wrongly stated, I did not try to "Fix" or make any "corrections" to your photo.I just simply "Touched Up" some specific components of your photo, albeit they were not what you asked for. And for that I apologize once again.

I think you did a great job with the clone tool. I wish I could do that well. However, the original with the tap is the better photo.

Evansgr Loc: Concord, NC

Ted,
Ninjam gets the credit for removing the tap. I also agree the picture looks better with the tap.. Overall it's really a great photo.

mdeman Loc: Damascus, Maryland

Personally I agree with you. Take out the tap. The water drops are obviously NOT coming from the tap and it's a distracting element. Now the trick is to do it in a natural way, and that just takes time and patience. You can do it mostly with the cloning stamp in PSE or PS, just use small clones with a soft brush and make sure you are continuing the existing elements. So be sure you follow the contours of the basin. Pick up the different shadow areas. Clone something reasonable into the background above the basin so it looks like the rest of the background. Finally, use your smudge and blur tools to eliminate any sharp demarcations that you don't want. If you would like, I'll show you my results. And it's easier if you do a slight crop that takes out to the top of the basin. That won't unbalance the picture.

Aaronphoto

Here is one with drops straight.

RicknJude Loc: Quebec, Canada

The tap makes the pic. Great shot. :thumbup:

jimmya Loc: Phoenix

SheenaghGebhard wrote:

I wonder if someone can tutor me through how to lose the chrome tap in the following picture? I've tried to use the clone stamp, but it doesn't look remotely natural. By cropping it out the picture loses balance. I'm guessing you can "layer" the image, but I'd need step by step by tiny step instructions. If this is something that has been covered a thousand times then please PM me, but it could be valuable to other "beginners" - thanks for you help!

I think the tap is important to the shot because it shows where the dripping water is coming from. Cute shot... cute child... nice shot.

mdeman Loc: Damascus, Maryland

If you will look closely you will see that the water is NOT coming from the tap.

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ftpecktim Loc: MONTANA

jimmya wrote:

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Ok everyone - thanks for your input - the tap remains! Just to let you know the droplets are from a beaker of water I was pouring from above "Her" not actually the tap:0)[qoute] helps to read the thread.

jimmya Loc: Phoenix

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That's alright about the beaker... just don't tell anyone else you show this to and they'll believe it was the tap.

Rustybucket Loc: England

SheenaghGebhard wrote:

I wonder if someone can tutor me through how to lose the chrome tap in the following picture? I've tried to use the clone stamp, but it doesn't look remotely natural. By cropping it out the picture loses balance. I'm guessing you can "layer" the image, but I'd need step by step by tiny step instructions. If this is something that has been covered a thousand times then please PM me, but it could be valuable to other "beginners" - thanks for you help!

Sheena..... Wonderful epression of curiosity on the baby's face. The tap should stay but maybe cloning out the bitty background above the bath. I think it would make the composition "cleaner"....which I'm thinking was your aim in the first place. Perhaps if you sample a darkish colour from the bath it will settle in and not look "added on". Good luck. You could even go as far as to clone out one of the columns of droplets and move the tap to make it look like the remaining column is coming from the tap. But it's a great image just as it is....good work.

Harvey Loc: Pioneer, CA

As you can see from the replies you took a great photo and was making a bad judgement call to try to improve it. Sometimes we all do that.
In this shot the tap tells the rest of the story - where the water came from and his true location.
IMHO
Harvey