Good stuff!

Once you are comfortable with the results obtained try using the different effects

What do I mean?

Well, you will have the original image with blown highlights and the repaired or amended image

You can use these as source and destination images with the clone tool yet again. This time add complexity to your results by cloning between layers using Normal, lighten, burn, .... options seeking finesse of final result

Happy cloning! :-)

Arts

"David" wrote in message

Thanks for the help, I'm cloning away and the results do look promising

David

Hmm - an interesting possibility, try this

1 - open the primary image (one with people and highlights)
2 - open a secondary image (can be any pool shot provided the water looks good)

3 - use the clone tool at different levels of opacity to clone bits from

the

secondary image into the primary image

If you do this carefully the final image may blow your socks off!
The idea with clone tool in this mode is to try and avoid cloning obvious patterns into the destination image.

When opacity is set at 100% it will clone over. The trick is to use

opacity

selectively say at 80%, 60% 40%, ... to fill in highlights
Have phun - I am sure that this will work :-)

Arts

ps - let us know what technique worked best for you and how you got on
A

"David" wrote in message

Thanks for that. Another thought has just struck me... If I take a second shot to exposure the water correctly could I use that image as a layer then make the layer transparent where the kids are. I'm not sure exactly how to do this, but is it worth persuing?

David

you could try curves mixed with the dodge and burn tools not very
technical

but might help.

Rob

"David" wrote in message

With summer children take to water. I've been trying to get photos

children in our pool, but the harsh light is more than the camera

can

cope with. Naturally I expose for the faces, but the water gets

burned

out, just plain white. Can anyone suggest a way of getting at least some colour back? I've tried Level without success, and the Paintbucket tool, but that just produces an un-textured blue

expanse.

Thanks

David

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