Background smothing

[coldpenguin]

Is it worth trying to save this photo?
View attachment 2394

In my view there are two things that need to be done.
1) the background smoothed out, the dark line going horizontally through it mainly

2) the white fabric at the front of the image.

I don't think cropping it would quite be the same (although I am looking for a 6x4 ratio, at the moment that leaves a lot of space at the top). A crop around the head would mean that the dark line would need smoothing at least I think.

How would people go through with it?
Full size image is 5148 pixels wide, with the amount shown around 80% of it.

 

[Phil-D]

Hi coldpenguin, now I've only been doing this sort of thing a few weeks, but this has only took me about 10 minutes in E11 with the cloning tool

I'm not sure if its what you were after, I just enjoy doing it and need the practice

I'm sure it could be done better with more time spent on it


pp not mine_edited-1 by Phil D 245, on Flickr

 

[coldpenguin]

Great, thanks, looks like it is worth me investing some time. I thought there would be artifacts with the clone tool, but possibly not.
Thanks

 

[Phil-D]

Np As I said, I wasn't sure if its what you were looking for.

It would be quite easy to blur/smooth out the creases in the background if you wanted to spend more time on it

Ill leave it on flickr for now, but set to private with it not being my image