Editing photos on Flickr

Earlier, the original photo (see below and click to enlarge if desired) had a blurred out tree sticking out of the Moose's head. I love the shot but not too fond of that tree, and I didn't have the time to do some editing. With a bit of time tonight and with Dennis D's encouragement (that the photo would be better without that tree), I removed that hideous distractor out of the photo via Photoshop. I also added some contrast to the eye to make it stand out more.

A list of techniques applied here:

- Clone Stamp, Spot Healing Tool, and Healing Brush Tool to remove the tree and reconstruct the edges of the ears that are next to the blurred out tree.

- A Brightness/Contrast layer mask on the eye.

- Selective desaturatiion on Yellow and Green colours using Hue/Saturation layer mask.

- Selective sharpening on the Moose's fur strands using Unsharp Mask. (Note: The original shot was fairly sharp itself, even at the widest aperture of my SigmOS lens. Further sharpening will make the sharp fur details standout more.)

Again, I'd like to point out that I don't find cloning out distractors to be unethical in nature photography as long as one doesn't modify the intended subject, move the subject to a completely new background, and/or add enhancers to make the subject better. Another word, minor fixes only! Tough call for landscape photography because the whole scene itself is the subject. Nonetheless, nowadays, I try to capture my subjects correctly then do minimal adjustments instead of wasting time cloning this cloning that, which is not really photography anymore.

IMG_3489-Edit by Мария Гомолова

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Lockheed Chief Test Pilot Anthony "Tony" LeVier standing in the cockpit of the Lockheed YF-104A "Starfighter" prototype at Edwards AFB. by Robert Sullivan

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Douglas SC-47D "Skytrain" (s/n 43-16277) of the "C" Flight of the 6th Rescue Squadron, USAF Air Rescue Service by Robert Sullivan

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_DSC6325-Edit by on9 loc

Koi by Jannygirl

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Edited in Camera+

by Just... Play

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edit-7 by John Lutherborrow

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_DSC6473-Edit by hoaint

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Edits-1 by MaddyKieneker

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edit 3 by Priscilla

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Douglas A4D-1 "Skyhawk" of VA-34 'Blue Blasters' (BuNo 139963) by Robert Sullivan

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Edits-26 by MaddyKieneker

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edits-666 by Ben_Hansen_

edited-jl-150 by uwfroshmedia

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edited by Joanna

DSC01521-Edit by Hopkins Public Schools

Edits-17 by MaddyKieneker

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Edit-0127 by Thomas Skinner

Lockheed F-94 "Starfire" by Robert Sullivan

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From the Heart | Infamous: Second Son by Jamie Wynder

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North American F-100D-90-NA "Super Sabre" (s/n 56-3262) of the 48th TFW, RAF Lakenheath, England by Robert Sullivan

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edited lizard by Walter Wijesuriya

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Lizard in my Garden

Edit -1-10 by Dane

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Adams Edit by Jared Polin

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How would you edit this RAW file, click the link above to try.

Douglas C-118A (DC-6) "Liftmaster" (s/n 51-3827) by Robert Sullivan

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Cherry_edit by Tiina Twine

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DJ Cherry came out of retirement for at least one set and played great music for 3 hours at Fride Club on Saturday 26th August 2017

IMG_3133-Edit by avneesh jaswal

IMG_6579_edited by Robert & Priscilla Jensen

edited in fotoflexer by David (dix) dixon

I miss picknik... Some things I can do in foto flexer I couldn't do in picknik, but it is damned inconvenient to have to switch. I hope google paid flickr a ton of money for it!

edited-jl-37 by uwfroshmedia