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How to work around powerlines?


12 years 6 months ago #159572 by LSK01
They always seem to be in the way. Every time I take a picture, power lines are just so distracting and ugly to the image. How do you shoot without power lines being in the way?
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12 years 6 months ago #159575 by RogerS
There are 3 methods. You either clone them out, find another vantage point, or use them in your picture to the best advantage. I use all 3 methods in differing situations.
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12 years 6 months ago #159594 by Hoky Poke
Powerlines can be a pain in the butt, but what you could do is, move to the other side of the power lines (if you can) and see if you like that angle. If you don't, then try and include the powerlines as part of the photo..the subject. When you get home, if you don't like how the power lines show up in the photo, you could always clone them out.
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12 years 6 months ago #159597 by LSK01
Thanks, I do try to move around to not include the powerlines at all, but it seems, when I move to not include the one set of powerlines, there is another set in my way. urgh just too many, I tell ya. Power should be completely underground. It would make the world seem like a prettier place. B)
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12 years 6 months ago #159772 by cod
There are no universal solutions but this free plug-in for Photoshop, called Wire Worm , is a useful tool to help with cloning out wires in many situations.
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12 years 6 months ago #159774 by icepics
Did this the other day, aimed the camera more looking up into the trees than I'd planned but ended up with a more interesting shot. But I know what you mean, hard to always work around them, I try to look for a shot above or below them when possible. Or as others said, try to work them into the photo. (I shoot film more than digital so no cloning option).
Sharon
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12 years 6 months ago #159781 by Joves
I clone them out myself.
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12 years 6 months ago #159830 by Baydream
As I mentioned in another thread, I think there is a law in North America and maybe the UK that all historic churches must have power lines running in front of them. The word on the street is that the law was sponsored by Photoshop.
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12 years 6 months ago #160001 by Fology

cod wrote: There are no universal solutions but this free plug-in for Photoshop, called Wire Worm , is a useful tool to help with cloning out wires in many situations.


Thanks for the link. Never used this plug in before (since I never heard of it) lol but couldn't one just clone out the wires without using the plug in?
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12 years 6 months ago #160002 by Fology

Baydream wrote: As I mentioned in another thread, I think there is a law in North America and maybe the UK that all historic churches must have power lines running in front of them. The word on the street is that the law was sponsored by Photoshop.


Really? Wow. I would have never guess this was a law. Does anyone know why churches must have power lines running in front of them?
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12 years 6 months ago #160197 by cod

Fology wrote:

cod wrote: There are no universal solutions but this free plug-in for Photoshop, called Wire Worm , is a useful tool to help with cloning out wires in many situations.


Thanks for the link. Never used this plug in before (since I never heard of it) lol but couldn't one just clone out the wires without using the plug in?


Absolutely! All this plug-in does is copy part of the image from beside the wire and replace the wire section with it, with the ability to customize selections. It doesn't work for everything and some fine tweaking is usually needed. The plug-in can speed up the process in many instances though. I wouldn't buy this, but it's free and has helped me out at times.
Chris O'Donoghue
Winnipeg, Canada
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12 years 6 months ago #160948 by Happy Snapper
Photoshop content aware is your friend :thumbsup:
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12 years 6 months ago #161011 by steveheap

Photoshop content aware is your friend


Yes, I saw a nice tip in Photoshop user magazine this month. To easily clone out power lines, you can use the pen tool to draw a path along the wire itself. Pen tool is good for this as you can get very graceful curves. Then you right click on the path in the panel and choose "stroke." One of the options in Stroke is "content aware" and so it in effect draws a content aware healing brush along the wire - all automatically.

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12 years 6 months ago #161245 by Stealthy Ninja
Bombs, different angles and cloning in PS is your answer.
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