Photoshop Dunnock

The first image I am going to look at with Photoshop is the Dunnock. Although happy with the picture with the subject in focus and the bright blue sky there is a couple of things I ant to change to try and improve this image.

The first thing I want to do is remove the shadow and twig that is being cast over the head of the Dunnock. To do this I will need to use the clone tool in photoshop. This tool allows you to select an area of the photograph and take a copy of and then using various brush sizes brush over the area you want to mask over. You can also select the hardness of the brush to either give a hard edge or a soft edge. For the feathers on the Dunnock I selected a soft brush. I then used the "[" key and "]" to change the size of the brush. With help from Richard in the class managed to select a suitable size to cover the shadow. Below are the changes in image.

The top image shows the original image and the second shows the photo after using the clone stamp. I have also reduced the size of the twig too so it is further away from the face of the Dunnock.

The next thing I want to do with this image is crop the image to give it a slightly better composition. I think this picture will look better in A4 size so I have selected this size in the crop section. This means it will select a crop to those measurements. I then dragged the crop tool over the photo then moved it around to find the best composition see the picture below.