Worth a re-shoot?

[PhoebeG]

I found this in the park today but didn't have a tripod (also had Phoebe the dog on a lead pulling at my left arm), and I think the shot is too soft in some areas (need to increase the DOF a touch). I like it - is it worth a trip back to the park for a do-over?

Thanks,

Phil G.

[Frog]

I couldn't tell you because it depends on how much YOU like it.
Is it near something that can support your camera..a picnic table, a stump?
Can you tie the lead to something while you shoot?
Definitly pleasing colors but has some blown out leaves in bg. Might want to shoot from a bit higher position.

[tayl0124]

Is it worth a re-shoot?? That is up to you. If it was me I would zoom out a little so that there may be other items of interest in the photo. Maybe so you can see what it growing on and such. Let it tell some sort of story. If you keep this shot or re-shoot the same angle, I would like to see the objects in the foreground that block the image removed. I am sure it looked really cool when you stumbled upon it though. It is amazing sometimes how cool something can look but lose that coolness when photographed.

[draymorton]

Does it have potential? Yes.

Is it worth a reshoot? Yes.

Maybe shoot closer up (do you have a macro lens?) and in better light, even if you have to bring in a speedlite.

[jetrim]

Yep, worth a reshoot.
Also worth doing a little weeding down front as previously suggested.

[PhoebeG]

Thanks everyone for the comments. Went back and re-shot and used some of the suggestions. Used a tripod w/o dog and got a lot sharper image, but I can't figure out waht to do with the bright spot of grass in the foreground. If I crop it out, I don't like the image as much.

Suggestions?

Thanks,

Phil G.

[draymorton]

Phil,

I like that crop. You could probably do a few different things as regards the bright spot. I might try cloning it out, which might take some work to get it to look natural.

[jetrim]

My suggestion - Use the clone brush BUT set the opacity between 65-75%

It's fairly fast and aggravation free:

[Frog]

You managed to get rid of those bright leaves in bg and I think some careful cloning could get rid of that piece in front as was suggested.

[draymorton]

Nice work on that, jet. Looks great.

[PhoebeG]

Thanks Jetrim, that looks great, and more importantly, I've learned a new technique.

Phil G.

[PhoebeG]

OK, used Jetrim's suggestion for getting rid of the hot spot. Not nearly as good as he did, but pretty good for a first try I think. I'm going to use that method a lot, very usefull.

Now if I can only figure out how I put that smiley face on my post??

Thanks gain,

Phil G.

[Frog]

You've done pretty good and if you shot in raw, you can keep going back to get it just how you want it.
To get the smiley face, you have to click Go Advanced and then you have options to get the emoticons.

[customminds]

I thought this image could use a caption... Hope you don't mind the pun.

;-)

A mushroom walks into a bar and the bartender says "We don't serve your kind here." and the mushroom says - "Why not? I'm a fungi."

[gahspidy]

Ha, good one CM.

Phil, sure its worth a reshoot. When cloning, its important not to have repeating patterns as you have in your attempt. It is easy to see that you have cloned something out. It takes practice and a little time. Another method, if your using CS3 or 4 would be the all incredible "patch" tool. You simply circle the undesired area and then move the selection over to a similar looking spot and then PS does the cloning and smoothing for you. Usually works, but like everything else some tools are better at some things than others. Keep practicing, the cloning technique is an all important one.

[PhoebeG]

The patch tool sounds great, but I'm using PE 5.0. I'll keep that in mind when I go to upgrade.

Yes, funny joke CM. I had to read it out loud before I got it!

Thanks,

Phil G.