In my previous post I forgot to straighten the photo when I was post-processing it (thanks for the reminder Mariane). In this photo I used the Spot Healing Brush in Photoshop to remove all the feathers that I found disturbing. The “spot healing brush” tool really comes in handy sometimes.
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Apropos ducks: Did you know that when you search the internet through Google, your every move is being tracked? (read more and see examples at http://donttrack.us/?kad=en_US)
I suggest that you, instead of Google, use the search engine DuckDuckGo (https://duckduckgo.com/), that way you remain anonymous.
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Cardinal Guzman 
might just look it up.. great pictures though,, and apt.. love em’ 😉
I can definitely recommend DuckDuckGo.
Great picture. Wonderful information that is good to know.
BE ENCOURAGED! BE BLESSED!
Thanks. I hope you’ll find it useful.
Real beauty – Tak for at du nævnte mig 😉 og tak for at få DuckDuckGo – Det vidste jeg ikke at den fandtes – jeg vidste det med google – Det er et smukt billede du har lavet – taget – og dejlig at man kan bruge Photoshops elementer ved siden af 😉 Tak du kære ven
Photoshop er et nyttig verktøy og DuckDuckGo er også veldig bra – mye bedre enn Google.
I like both,,,But the first is cleaner, you are right…Is it not difficult to do that?
It’s very easy. You just choose the spot healing brush and click on the stuff you want to remove. The only problem here was that it was a whole lot of clicks.
Nice shot, Cardinal! Never used that tool – I’ll investigate later.
It’s very useful, especially in photos like this with a lot of clutter.
Sweet ducks Cardinal and thank you for the heads up on the search info!
DuckDuckGo is an excellent search tool.
I am currently starting to learn how to use photoshop and I’ll definitely keep this in mind. Thanks for sharing it as well as the search engine. 🙂
No problem Inge. Thanks for commenting.
That’s awesome! I need to look into that tool — I’ve only used the clone stamp. It’s been quite some time since I did anything at all there, but when Autumn rolls around there will be more
I already use duckduckgo 🙂
DuckDuckGo is the best, no doubt about it.
The clone stamp tool is very handy when you’re removing large items from the picture, but the spot healing brush is often quicker and more simple to use.
I hate how google tailors results to what it thinks you should see rather than random results like in the old days…duckduckgo is a small start-up that deserves our attention!
I agree. It’s much more interesting to be able to discover new things, instead of just being served with the same old stuff that you already know.
After just finishing my photography class where we had to get rid of as much spotting before printing and then use a tiny tiny brush and very diluted ink to get rid of the rest (very painful) I am thrilled about this tool. I know it’s more for digital but still, I am still a little sore about manual spotting, this tool looks amazing!
If you’re working on film you can digitally remove the spots from a scanned file before you print it. I guess it’s easier and quicker that way.
Digital rules! (as long as there’s no power shortage)
Or unless you are taking a class and your prof won’t let you use digital means 😉 oh well, class is over – back to using digital!
Digital! 😀