ppage Loc: Pittsburg, (San Francisco area)

We call it "cloning out"[ in Lightroom and Photoshop. Look for a clone tool. YouTube it. You are choosing a very poor location to take the photos from. Stand in front of the pole. You have a fence in the foreground, some cars and other crap around and in the shot with the pole. You are trying to get the mountains which are large and permanent. Pick a good day and get the shot from in front of that pole. Why post process a bad composition? Use your feet and get to a place where is nothing between you and the mountains. Get it right in-camera. quote=NMGal]I have both Photos (Mac laptop) and Affinity available for post processing. I do use Photos for cropping and light adjustment. However, I am at a loss with Affinity. I like to take pictures of cloud formations over the mountains west of me, but there is an offending telephone pole there. I am sure there is a way with Affinity to erase the pole and wires but can't seem to find it. I admit I hate working at a computer and easily get frustrated. Is there a simple way to make the pole disappear? Thank you for any help. I have tried to move my position and zooming but by the time i do, the moment is gone.[/quote]

tommystrat Loc: Bigfork, Montana

Why not?

NMGal Loc: NE NM

My thanks to those who mentioned the "retouch" tool in Photos and the "Inpainting brush" tool in Affinity. That one I could not find. But someone else mentioned the healing "bandage" tool, which I did have. Have played with both and did get rid of the pole and wires. Hallelujah! Looked pretty sad until I woke up to enlarging the area so I could see what I was doing. Now it is practice. This really is a knowledgeable group of folks. Thanks.

bpulv Loc: Buena Park, CA

Although I subscribe to Adobe, Affinity is actually better than Photoshop at removing wires and telephone poles. The healing brush (Photoshop's name. Affinity has a different name for the same function) in Affinity is much more context aware than Photoshop's. As a result, a single swipe of Affinity's brush will replace the wires and poles without a trace. Photshop's healing brush often requires substantial work to accomplish the same process.

hookedupin2005 Loc: Northwestern New Mexico

There is a term called composition that will help you remove ALL the distractions in a photo...There is a subtitle called MOVE!

Smudgey Loc: Ohio, Calif, Now Arizona

You might want to try Photoshop Elements, it's not expensive and easy to use. I took the liberty to use your photo to show you what 5 minutes work can do, I hope you don't mind, only trying to help.

bikertut Loc: Kingsville, MO

You might want to view some of these Affinity videos:

https://forum.affinity.serif.com/index.php?/topic/10119-official-affinity-photo-desktop-video-tutorials-200/

bikertut Loc: Kingsville, MO

AND

Dachshunds were bred as ‘badger dogs’ and trained to go down the holes after them. Fierce but lovable and Cute.

Love the dog.

Linary Loc: UK

The Inpainting brush tool icon looks like a brush inside a circle. It can be found under the Healing brush tool.

(Download)

NMGal Loc: NE NM

Linary, bless you. Now I see it and it works like a charm. Thanks so much. Barb

frankraney Loc: Clovis, Ca.

Move yourself, don't remove. There is a lot of distracting stuffs between you and the mountains.....get in front/closer.

dreamon

Gotta love that ugly dog!