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Preparing your photos for the net.
 

Using Photoshop Elements 2

Stage 5.

Photo Original article

Original photo

Photo 18 the finished article

The image ready for submission

One can go too far with PS2 and come up with the image below.

Photo 20 Clone tool
Note the double image under the tail, I would have normally removed this but left it in as an example of how the clone tool can catch the unwary out. The other pitfall is a shadow image.

How not to get caught

Photo 21 How to get caught

How to get caught

With care one can remove a lot of imperfections using the clone tool but the practice is not advised for submitting images for on-line data aircraft photo bases, the screeners are a wily bunch and they can spot where the clone tool has been used. Resist the temptation.

I have also boosted the saturation a little to bring out the blue but that is another story....