CT
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Cloning is a skill you should really get a handle on, but don't go confusing it with photography or thinking it needs to be a regular part of your work flow. I do lots of stuff in restoration work I wouldn't dream of doing to my own images. Just 'cos you can do it doesn't mean you should. Sure, I'd clone out the odd minor distraction - perhaps the odd leaf or twig, but there's a point where you should really be biting the bullet - binning the shot and taking it again.
Any time spent in editing practice is time well spent though. Looking at the edits it looks like you used a selective mask to keep that bonnet line. Selective masks - now there's a really powerful tool which you can use to good effect in your shots and it's no different at all to dodging and burning with film printing.
Any time spent in editing practice is time well spent though. Looking at the edits it looks like you used a selective mask to keep that bonnet line. Selective masks - now there's a really powerful tool which you can use to good effect in your shots and it's no different at all to dodging and burning with film printing.