Removing a tree branch from a photo

[pcride]

I have been working on removing a tree that I photoshoped out.. the problem I have its over the top of buildings an I have been reproducing other areas of the building then reconstructing the building. I have one section that I can't really do this. What is the best suggestion here?

I stitched a photo together, I found another part of the image that I can use, but I need to blend it all.

Thoughts?

See photo

 

[pcride]

Here is the photo. Any suggestions will be great.

You can see in the right photo the branch is darkening the building.

 

[pcride]

I am making a mess of this.

How can I remove this tree, or take the section behind the tree and blend it into the top pic?

 

[Twelvebitstyle]

It looks like you are going about this a good way. This is just a matter of cutting, pasting, blending, time and patience. You're lucky that the buildings have good source areas to pull from, although I could see the church at the bottom being a little more complicated. Would it be possible to see a less cropped version of this image to get a feel for how it looks as a whole after the branch removal?

 

[pcride]

Surely!

Here is the entire image. Its almost done!

The tree before and after.

 

[Twelvebitstyle]

Are you using the healing brush on the mountains? Focus on areas of transition and contrast and take time to align your clones. Try cloning on to a separate layer and moving/transforming small areas until things line up. once you get the edges lined up, come back and clean up. Here's a little two step screen shot of what you're working on. I hope that helps

 

[Hoogle]

You should be able to finish it off with the healing brush and maybe some colour correction with contrast to give the picture some boost.

 

[Twelvebitstyle]

Thats a great shot! Your retouching isn't attracting my attention, so thats good. But knowing what and where you are modifying i detect some dark smudginess. Good work, keep it up!

 

[pcride]

Well, here is the final product. I think it looks pretty good.

 

[ibclare]

what version of PS do you have?

so you have content aware? I don't know how well it would work on this example.

I know you're finished and it looks good though I haven't examined it close up, but if you have content aware, you might want to experiment with it.

 

[pcride]

CS3. Where is that option? I have used it once but really don't know much about it.

 

[ibclare]

It is under "edit."

I believe, however, that it isn't available before CS4 or 5, so not much help unless you upgrade.