Hi all, I’m trying to learn by doing CS6 and have been retouching the attached 1.jpg. I want to add some more structure to the water to make the ripples stand out but, in this shot the tide was falling and weed was just beginning to appear on the surface. When I try to improve the structure of the ripples in the water by playing with exposure/contrast/curves the weed begins to appear as dots in the image as per 2.jpg
2.jpg has been tweaked to extreme just to highlight the problem. I have been using clone stamp to removes these spots individually but I'm not happy with the result and its going to take an age to complete.
My question therefore is this, is there a better way to remove these spots whilst retaining the ripple structure, I have tried using de speckle and remove dust and scratches but this just softens the ripple structure too much. Any suggestions appreciated.
Thanks in advance.
2.jpg has been tweaked to extreme just to highlight the problem. I have been using clone stamp to removes these spots individually but I'm not happy with the result and its going to take an age to complete.
My question therefore is this, is there a better way to remove these spots whilst retaining the ripple structure, I have tried using de speckle and remove dust and scratches but this just softens the ripple structure too much. Any suggestions appreciated.
Thanks in advance.