How can I get rid of telephone poles?
I take lots of pictures of buildings in urban settings. Quite often, I take a shot against a blue sky, and there is no way to frame or crop the picture to avoid having things like telephone poles or street lights in the photo.
I can use the retouch tool to "erase" telephone wires, but anything thicker than that leaves a smudge on the photo. The problem is especially acute when the object is close to trees or other non-sky elements because it's almost impossible to avoid the dark color of the trees.
The ideal solution would be to be able to copy a section of nearby sky and paste it over the offending object, but if there's a way to do that in iPhoto, I haven't found it.
I am strictly an amateur, so buying and learning PhotoShop is not an option. I've tried Picasa and a couple of other free editors, but none seem to do more than iPhoto. I've also downloaded GIMP, but I must admit that I haven't been able to master the interface.
Any ideas?
I can use the retouch tool to "erase" telephone wires, but anything thicker than that leaves a smudge on the photo. The problem is especially acute when the object is close to trees or other non-sky elements because it's almost impossible to avoid the dark color of the trees.
The ideal solution would be to be able to copy a section of nearby sky and paste it over the offending object, but if there's a way to do that in iPhoto, I haven't found it.
I am strictly an amateur, so buying and learning PhotoShop is not an option. I've tried Picasa and a couple of other free editors, but none seem to do more than iPhoto. I've also downloaded GIMP, but I must admit that I haven't been able to master the interface.
Any ideas?
MacBook Pro, PowerPC G5, others, Mac OS X (10.6.2)
