Clone it out mate

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Just been catching up on the various galleries and ive come across lots of posts with the suggestion that an item is cloned out why i ask it is part of the picture,the one that made me giggle was a nice castle with a tower crane sticking out the top with the comments clone out the crane why.:shrug:

mick.
 
Oh :bat: :D
 
I can understand cloning a bit of rubbish out bit of paper beer can etc but not half the subject.

Mick.
 
prime60 said:
I can understand cloning a bit of rubbish out bit of paper beer can etc but not half the subject.

Mick.
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ahh, but thats the point isn't it, what was the subject? I think I know which shot you refer to, and whilst I actually liked the crane, the subject was the castle, the crane was an unwanted background distraction that couldnt be avoided at point of shooting and whilst the poster didn't suggest removing the crane, it was suggested it was possible. The wonders of modern digital photos are of course that the camera can lie a whole lot more than it used to - well, the post processing can. Have you never looked at a scene before you shot it and thought 'I wish that 'insert appropriate eyesore here' wasn't there'? As has already been said, its because you can ;)
 
I clone out over line cables almost all the time, the image might be an 300 yr old brick and thatched house with modern electric cables running through, some how the two just don't mix. so the cables have to GO...
 
i have cloned out a hole in the wall in a picture i took of my friend as it makes the picture look horrible.
 
I've found that there are way too many lamp posts, road signs etc... when taking some photos. I wish they weren't there but a bit if cloning can get rid of them most of the time.

I hate road signs and lamp posts but it's not like you cn move them, take your pic and put them back, LOL
 
Yv many a time ive looked at a subject and due to unwanted clutter ive not shot the subject or composed the view to eliminate it from the frame.

Rocket i wont argue over your cables but the subject is being shot now not 300years ago so therfore i would leave it in.

Mick.
 
prime60 said:
Yv many a time ive looked at a subject and due to unwanted clutter ive not shot the subject or composed the view to eliminate it from the frame.

Rocket i wont argue over your cables but the subject is being shot now not 300years ago so therfore i would leave it in.

Mick.
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yes, which is personal choice, the option to clone something out is there if you want it, or leave it in, or just don't take the shot. Life would be very boring if we all chose the same options ;)
 
Yv i agree.
 
I guess the main reason is to make the image more astheticly pleasing..unless its a record shot in which case its a no no.:nono:

I guess your opinion will depend on if you class your self as a pictorialist or record photographer.:shrug::D
 
I understand what you say Paul and agree i spose the question is what is digital art and what is photography but im not going down that road i will keep my views to myself on that topic.

Mick
 
I know the shot well :D

The shipyard backs directly onto the castle and if I could I'd get rid of the castle and have the sillouhette of the crane but I can't do that either so I'll let it stand as a record shot.
 
I suppose it's what gets on yer thrupennies.

For instance, if a telegraph pole is growing out of somebody's head, because you made a wee mistake, surely it makes sense to clone it out?

On the other hand, if someone take a photo of a lovely car at a busy event, is it right to spend hours cloning out legs, arms etc. etc.?

This has happened here recently, with folk making the comment that their eyes were distracted by the people around the vehicle, which I found it rather amusing.
 
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