Removing Distractions (Page 2): Harvey's method will work with Luminar 3...

photogeneralist Loc: Lopez Island Washington State

Harvey's method will work with Luminar 3

pila

KerryF wrote:

Hello everyone, br br This is my first post, tho... (show quote)

By any chance do you have either an iPad or iPhone?
Pila

KerryF

imagemeister wrote:

GREAT shot BTW ! ......Thanks for posting.
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Thank you for the compliment! It's always nice to get one from a fellow photographer as oppose to my wife and family, where they are morally obligated to always nice shot.

KerryF

pila wrote:

By any chance do you have either an iPad or iPhone?
Pila

I have both.

bsprague Loc: Lacey, WA, USA

This was done quickly in Photoshop. With the original and another 10 minutes, it could be better.

A key reason for the subscription plan is having Photoshop and be able to treat it as a "plugin" for Lightroom. The half dozen removal tools alone are valuable.

Retired CPO Loc: Travel full time in an RV

It's a beautiful photo. I would leave it alone as is.

KerryF

bsprague wrote:

This was done quickly in Photoshop. With the original and another 10 minutes, it could be better.

A key reason for the subscription plan is having Photoshop and be able to treat it as a "plugin" for Lightroom. The half dozen removal tools alone are valuable.

That looks great and there was never any doubt that Photoshop could do the job. The issue I have (or would have) is that if I quickly went online and signed up for Photoshop (which I have never used) it would not be a simple process for me to get a somewhat similar result. How many years of experience with Photoshop do you have?

Thank you for the demonstration. At this point, I don't know if I want to try to do it with Lightroom, go to the Post Processing section to have someone do it, or sign up with Adobe.

Thanks for your input.

Harvey Loc: Pioneer, CA

bsprague wrote:

This was done quickly in Photoshop. With the original and another 10 minutes, it could be better.

A key reason for the subscription plan is having Photoshop and be able to treat it as a "plugin" for Lightroom. The half dozen removal tools alone are valuable.

Thanks for posting your work - I am sure my advice is quite outdated with new programs but it worked for me for a long time now.

This is one of the main reasons I wanted to do digital photography - digital editing a.k.a. digital dark room. After I saw my first "show and tell" on photoshop back in about '98 or '99 I have been struggling/enjoying my time using it's "tools" in my photography.

CHG_CANON Loc: the Windy City

KerryF wrote:

That looks great and there was never any doubt tha... (show quote)

The fastest and cheapest is to post an original and ask for help ...

Maybe not fastest, but cheapest is to practice with the software you already own and try to do it yourself. A variation: ask someone to make the change using only LR and send an DNG export to you so you can "see" the edits when received and imported into your LR catalog.

Harvey Loc: Pioneer, CA

KerryF wrote:

That looks great and there was never any doubt tha... (show quote)

I had "free" photoshop guift from a son-in-law) from 2001 till just a year ago when I signed up for the $10 a month- I never have a keeper image that I don't do some trials on to enhance them - as with rule #1 of digital editing "never work on your original and the #1 tools "undo & don't save" keeps me from goofing up too often.

Honestly when shooting a image that is spontaneous or even well planed there is often something in the image that needs removing, cooling down a reflection a.ka. JUNK - photoshop/digital editing is needed.

E.L.. Shapiro Loc: Ottawa, Ontario Canada

Nice cat! Done on tablet with Android app.

(Download)

KerryF

CHG_CANON wrote:

The fastest and cheapest is to post an original and ask for help ...

Maybe not fastest, but cheapest is to practice with the software you already own and try to do it yourself. A variation: ask someone to make the change using only LR and send an DNG export to you so you can "see" the edits when received and imported into your LR catalog.

I'm definitely going to give it a try with Lightroom and see what happens. That's how I got to this point, by trying out photography with a dslr, shooting in manual, and editing my pictures with Lightroom. Each stage has it's learning curve that I wish I could get past quickly, but it all takes time and practice.

bsprague Loc: Lacey, WA, USA

KerryF wrote:

That looks great and there was never any doubt tha... (show quote)

(1)"The issue I have (or would have) is that if I quickly went online and signed up for Photoshop (which I have never used) it would not be a simple process for me to get a somewhat similar result."
Yes and no. It would take forever to master Photoshop. The key is to just learn what tools and techniques you want. For the lion project a YouTube or two would have you removing sticks in an hour. Maybe another hour for replacing backgrounds.

(2)"How many years of experience with Photoshop do you have?"
I've had it since the CC subscription came out because I wanted the newer Lightroom tools. This week I'm working through a hour long object removal course the second time. Your lion was fun practice.

nervous2 Loc: Provo, Utah

E.L.. Shapiro wrote:

Nice cat! Done on tablet with Android app.

Nice work. I should visit for training. LOL

Harvey Loc: Pioneer, CA

bsprague wrote:

(1)"The issue I have (or would have) is that ... (show quote)

I would not sign up for PS without spending some time - a year or more working with one of the free or "cheaper" programs as most all have the same very basic thing that you would be doing with PS.
Even "elements" is a beginner PS. I have been using PS for around 15+ yrs and still only use a very small portion of the program. BUT when I want to move on/up the are so many video tutorials on a subject it only takes a short while to learn.