how's my cloning?

[Quirk]

i needed this image to be 10x16 and it was only 10x14. i added canvas to the right side of the image and cloned away..

how does it look?

let me know if it is over worked or if there are major tell tale signs of cloning present. i would appreciate it much.

http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d178/emdurham/foggy_forest_1_2592-1web.jpg

[Quirk]

ah, already i notice the three branches on the far right right exactly mirroring the three branchs on the far left... i think i'll try to tweak that a little.

[cmont]

lol. thats what I was going to say. they aren't dissimiliar enough for me not to notice. theres also a very hard stop there where the other branch from the foreground had been. try blending modes to get it to fade better. or a feathered brush with the eraser tool. it woudlnt be as noticable if you hadn't continues the trees all the way to the top.

[Quirk]

does this look any better? are you saying i should blend in the tops of the trees so they don't go all the way to the top?

[Quirk]

http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d178/emdurham/foggy_forest_1_2592-1web-1.jpg

a picture would help.. haha

[budafist]

I don't think a normal person would notice. Good job.

[Quirk]

haha... i love it, "i don't think a <i>normal</i> person would notice"...

it just makes me chuckle.

thanks btw.

[budafist]

Well, we're not normal. We are pedantic perfectionist geeks. In the nicest possible way of course! :D

[Quirk]

yeah, i would definitely rather be un-normal. :)

[cmont]

Yea this is definitely better! Good job!

[red cloud]

Looks good to me overall, although my eye goes back and forth between the two identical fallen logs on the corners of the horizon.

I cloned out the right side a little:

http://img95.imageshack.us/img95/6890/foggyforestiu0.jpg

[PrintDriver]

It's still a mirror image. The leaf clump and the reversed 3 tree trunks are very evident. The fallen tree is also very evident. See the 5 easily spotted redundencies? It's not about what you removed, it's about what you've left behind.

Nothing in Nature is reverse and repeat. Don't expect a lay audience to accept this image as anything other than cloned. Non-designers are not as stupid as they lead you to believe they are.

[BJMRGTIVR6]

upon quick glance it looked good. i like the tweaks that Redcloud made with teh stick on the ground.
overall a good job.

[PrintDriver]

It's lazy.

Technically it may look ok as far as the stitching but if the intent was not to have it look like there are R&R elements then it is not good.

I'm serious. People are not as A.D.D. as you would hope in order to get away with this piece. Depending on your final use and if there are other elements covering what is repeated you may get away with it. If I was your AD, you wouldn't.

[Tsmalldon]

I agree with Print Driver about the redundancies. I noticed them right away.

But man I love that image, real creepy feel to it,

Trevor

[CamarotaDesign]

I liked the first one the most actually, the mirrior images had a bit of a fish eye effect and it looked cool. second version looks more cloned and i think would be noticeable to more observant viewers. I think it would be fine if you used it as a background image and through text and designs on it, but as a stand alone photograph It's noticeable.

[C.E.]

I agree w/ PD, those redundancies are a little blatant. The image is awesome, and your mirror doesnt look bad, but it does look mirrored. Perhaps skewing and resizing some of those trees will help break up the mirroring.

[SurfPark]

Is this a new ad for a hot vacation spot? LOL. My inner goth is "dying" to go. LOL. I say airbrush out a few of the branches and maybe add in a random tree on one of the sides.

[Quirk]

thanks PD, that really helps a lot.. all of your suggestions did.

i fixed problem areas 1 and 2 earlier today by fading them in more.

3,4,5 i didn't notice, thank you for pointing them out. i think i will also surfpark's advice of adding in other random tree. i'll take a stab at them tomorrow when i get back into the studio.. i didn't send myself the file to work on tonight.

anyway. this image is just going to be used as a background for a surreal poster integrating a poem (or lines of a poem). it is hypothetically for a poetry convention. i'll probably be posting more as it progresses.

you guys are extremely helpful and i really appreciate it.

ella

[foxo]

Well, we're not normal. We are pedantic perfectionist geeks. In the nicest possible way of course! :D

you forgot 'cool' buda... pedantic perfectionist cool geeks. We're in cool-IT :cool:

[Quirk]

here is a little progression on the project i am working on... let me know what you think, or if you have any suggestions.

i will still be putting in an arrow through the tree and incorperating the title and author somewhere.

thanks,

ella

http://i35.photobucket.com/albums/d178/emdurham/EMD_poemWeb.jpg