Cory, I'd simply cloned out the power line by selecting areas adjacent to the line. As you move along the line, it's necessary you anticipate the changing background and, at times, click either ahead or behind your progress to maintain its integrity. Am including a link to my quick fix.
Jack http://photolightimages.com/aspupload/detail.asp?ID=452 --- On Mon, 1/18/10, Cory Waters <[email protected]> wrote: > From: Cory Waters <[email protected]> > Subject: Need some chop help > To: "Pentax-Discuss Mail List" <[email protected]> > Date: Monday, January 18, 2010, 8:01 AM > I have this image: > http://cwaters.smugmug.com/gallery/2793835_9yqag#767494754_zgCjn-A-LB > There were some other power lines running through the sky > portion. I was able to get them out with the spot > healing brush in PS Elements 5 but it's not working so well > on this one down in the trees. For some reason I end > up with a stripe of clarity running through the noise where > the wire used to be. The trees actually ended-up > looking OK. > What you you guys do? > If anyone's interested, I can put the full-res image > online. > Cory > > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link > directly above and follow the directions. > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.

