Sandhill Crane in Flight...

Ric GrupeRic Grupe Registered Users Posts: 9,522 Major grins
edited January 9, 2011 in Wildlife
...or, what you can do with Content-Aware Fill in PS CS5.

This was the original uncropped full frame shot.

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Mike (Osprey Dude...or whatever he calls himself these days :D) might think this was a bit too tight...Sooooo.....enter CAF!

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First I selected the crop tool with a 9 X 16 ratio. Then I expanded the borders of the crop past the image borders to create more room. I chose a really gaudy bright green for the BG to make it simple to see the borders.

I found that using the Rectangular Marquee Tool to select one side of the new canvas at a time to work better than selecting all of the new canvas to do a much better job. Make your selection on the BG layer (won't work on a copy) and hit delete. Accept CAF and hit OK in the dialogue box that pops up. Repeat for each border, remembering to overlap the edge of the original image...and like magic you have more space that matches the original image! You may have to do a little cloning and healing to make it perfect.

Almost scary how good it works.

Comments

  • kdogkdog Administrators Posts: 11,681 moderator
    edited January 4, 2011
    Excellent capture and terrific job at editing, Ric. I'll have to try your procedure, as I have a couple candidates for it. :D

    Cheers,
    -joel
    Moderator of Landscapes forum
    Link to my Smugmug site
  • PGMPGM Registered Users Posts: 2,007 Major grins
    edited January 4, 2011
    Amazing, Ric! Good work, and thanks for sharing the technique.
  • puzzledpaulpuzzledpaul Registered Users Posts: 1,621 Major grins
    edited January 5, 2011
    Great shot and interesting to see a practical use / result of CAF - even though, as you say, it needs work - especially the bottom L corner.

    Btw, I still think you set the bar very high with the Sandill pic here :)

    http://www.dgrin.com/showthread.php?t=152908&highlight=sandhill

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  • Dennis KaczorDennis Kaczor Registered Users Posts: 2,413 Major grins
    edited January 5, 2011
    Very nice work Ric, and this is one thing that I use every now and than. Content Aware sure is a time saver most of the time. Good work.
    Regards - Dennis

    Dennis Kaczor Photography
  • Ric GrupeRic Grupe Registered Users Posts: 9,522 Major grins
    edited January 6, 2011
    kdog wrote: »
    Excellent capture and terrific job at editing, Ric. I'll have to try your procedure, as I have a couple candidates for it. :D

    Cheers,
    -joel

    Thanks, Joel!

    I'll look forward to yours. :D
  • Osprey WhispererOsprey Whisperer Registered Users Posts: 3,803 Major grins
    edited January 6, 2011
    Don't you love all the things you can do in CS5. Nice manipulation Ric. Definitely improved without the crowded house feeling.
    Mike McCarthy

    "Osprey Whisperer"

    OspreyWhisperer.com
  • Ric GrupeRic Grupe Registered Users Posts: 9,522 Major grins
    edited January 7, 2011
    PGM wrote: »
    Amazing, Ric! Good work, and thanks for sharing the technique.

    Thanks....and...you're welcome, Pam. :D
  • Ric GrupeRic Grupe Registered Users Posts: 9,522 Major grins
    edited January 7, 2011
    puzzledpaul wrote: »
    Great shot and interesting to see a practical use / result of CAF - even though, as you say, it needs work - especially the bottom L corner.

    Thanks. :D
    Btw, I still think you set the bar very high with the Sandhill pic here :)

    I drove 2.5 hours and arrived at my destination 5 minutes before I got that shot just after sunrise. I jumped out of the SUV with my 40D just in time to get a dozen or so frames.

    I had been busy with preparations for our youngest son's wedding...and just plain took time out to go. Glad I did.
  • kdogkdog Administrators Posts: 11,681 moderator
    edited January 7, 2011
    Ric Grupe wrote: »
    I jumped out of the SUV with my 40D

    Having a flashback, Ric? rolleyes1.gif
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  • Ric GrupeRic Grupe Registered Users Posts: 9,522 Major grins
    edited January 7, 2011
    kdog wrote: »
    Having a flashback, Ric? rolleyes1.gif

    Paul was talking about this shot.
  • kdogkdog Administrators Posts: 11,681 moderator
    edited January 7, 2011
    Ric Grupe wrote: »
    Paul was talking about this shot.

    Oh! Never mind then. :D That's a truly awesome shot, especially with a 40D. thumb.gif
    Moderator of Landscapes forum
    Link to my Smugmug site
  • Ric GrupeRic Grupe Registered Users Posts: 9,522 Major grins
    edited January 7, 2011
    kdog wrote: »
    Oh! Never mind then. :D That's a truly awesome shot, especially with a 40D. thumb.gif

    Yeah...I didn't reference it in my reply to him.

    Thanks.:D

    The 40D wasn't as fast or have as many MP but it had a cleaner image.
  • HarrybHarryb Registered Users, Retired Mod Posts: 22,708 Major grins
    edited January 7, 2011
    Nice work Ric. Adding canvas to an image has saved a number of my captures.

    You can find a tutorial on adding canvas here.
    Harry
    http://behret.smugmug.com/ NANPA member
    How many photographers does it take to change a light bulb? 50. One to change the bulb, and forty-nine to say, "I could have done that better!"
  • Ric GrupeRic Grupe Registered Users Posts: 9,522 Major grins
    edited January 8, 2011
    Dennis Kaczor wrote: »
    Very nice work Ric, and this is one thing that I use every now and than. Content Aware sure is a time saver most of the time. Good work.

    Thanks, Dennis. :D

    CAF is either very good or not a viable option in my limited experience. You know that when you hit delete and you don't like the results, you can undo and hit delete again with varied results.
  • Ric GrupeRic Grupe Registered Users Posts: 9,522 Major grins
    edited January 9, 2011
    Osprey Whisperer wrote: »
    Don't you love all the things you can do in CS5. Nice manipulation Ric.

    Taking winter before last and devoting it to learning PS was the best thing I could have done. I stubbornly resisted too long.

    Thanks, Mike. :D
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