Speaking of photographic ideas (previous post,) I saw advertised a piece of software that will easily zap out unwanted people and things in your photos. (Too bad there isn’t a real life equivalent of this that would allow you to purge people and things from your personal life!) While Photoshop has long had an erase feature to do this task, it isn’t the most user friendly tool around. These latest software tools have made the process much easier to work with.
It made me think of the roll of film that I shot up taking photos of the Taj Mahal when Buzzy and I visited there several years ago. After visiting the Taj in late afternoon, we returned to our hotel in Agra and I made my way down to a gift shop that also processed photos. Because we were scheduled to make a return visit to the Taj the next morning, I wanted to see how my first round of shots came out so I would know what and where to focus on the next day.
However, as I was filling out the paperwork to process the roll of film, I saw behind the counter this great photo of the Taj for only $5. I immediately instructed the clerk to give me back my undeveloped roll of film and instead sell me the photo on display. Here it is hanging in Buzzy’s Country Store today.
Compare that to the one I shot with all the people in the image:
