A Question of Composition

[rawill]

[QUOTE=dje;285625]I've gone back to my original lake and dock image, got the chainsaw out and trimmed off some of the dock (courtesy of the Clone tool).

Dave

That is very good chainsaw work, when I looked at how that could be cloned I figured it would be difficult to get the edge right, but then I am not sure how you approached it.

I thought maybe the dock could be moved down and then the water cloned in.
Maybe Mike is right about the way the planks go, but it doesn't bother me.

Anyway good job,

[dje]

That is very good chainsaw work, when I looked at how that could be cloned I figured it would be difficult to get the edge right, but then I am not sure how you approached it.

Robin in Photoshop (not sure about GIMP), when using the Clone tool, if you select your starting point, then press and hold Shift, then select your end point, you will get a straight line clone between the two points. If you use a non-feathered circle for this you will get a nice clean straight line.

Dave

[MrB]

If you don't mind a bit of cheating, Dave, you could move the lower half to the right, then crop. The lines of the dock planks will then lead the eyes more towards the snow-capped mountains. E.g.-



Philip

[dje]

Yes Philip, that's another possibility. Thanks for that. I now have so many ideas on this my head's starting to spin !

Dave