You obviously did not read the entire post. FYI, I use those two words on a daily basis and I indicated it was an oversight. The "magic word" for today is POLITE. Polite is the word I will use to describe the kind people on this link who saw my request for help and responded with advice, offering suggestions IN SPITE OF the fact that I forgot a word. IMPOLITE and RUDE are words I will use to describe the holier-than-thou people who jumped on my link with the sole purpose to reprimand me, while offering absolutely no PHOTOGRAPHY advice. I sent a PM to Dadyassa who stirred up all this strife, indicating my mind was elsewhere when posting, as my twin sister died recently and I had just spent my birthday without her. In spite of that I was told I had a "bad attitude". I'm not sure why I received this message because I unsubscribed to everything after that and a few other incidents. Perhaps it was so I could have a final say. I have seen others leave this site because of offensive people. I too, say good riddance to them. Life is too short to deal with this nonsense while simply trying to enjoy a hobby.

You certainly were lucky to get that shot. High definition?

To all those who offered help on this post, I forgot the word Please in the title. It was a simple oversight. That said, please, please, please, please, please, please, please, please, please forgive me and thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you to all who offered assistance.

Will do!

I realized that after I sent it, and it was past the time to edit it. I did, however, say thank you.

I'm planning as we speak. There's a place in NW Michigan, Sleeping Bear Dunes that was voted the most beautiful place in America by the Good Morning America show. (I realize that's subjective). I haven't been there in awhile, time for a road trip!

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Bwarn, I googled this to no avail, which is when I decided to see if UHH members could assist. They came through!

Thanks Marilyng. I like this shot because it almost looks as if the water is going in one ear and coming out the other. The elephant was clearly cooler than the rest of us on that hot day. I believe the clone tool may become one of my favorites as well!

Nan333, I intend on doing a lot of practicing using this tool. My guess is the wires may be a lot easier to get rid of than other things. Better to have a good shot and not even need it, but in this case it couldn't be avoided.

The magic word today is CLONE. What would mummy's be?

JR, as I said, this is all new to me. For me, to Erase means to get rid of, and to Clone usually means to duplicate, which is why I tried using the Eraser tool initially. Thanks for your assistance, I've already practiced "cloning" this photo. Got decent results, will need to practice more. I've learned something new today! Thanks again.

Saw this elephant trying to cool off on a hot day and thought it would be a cute shot. I've tried removing the wires using the eraser in Jasc Paint Shop Pro, but the instructions aren't clear as to how to remove the wires after you've highlighted them. I'm new to software editing, read something about rastering layers, which is Greek to me.

There are definitely some beautiful places in Northern and Western Michigan, about a 4 hour drive for me. Not quite at my fingertips though.

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Ditto that. I couldn't be happier with mine.
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Simply fab. I envy all the great photo ops you have in California!