Fix It Fast: Sun Block

Before

After

The big sun,
captured
using a
lens racked
out to
500mm, is
now closer
to a Rule of
Thirds
placement.

The Fix-It Team rarely engages
in this sort of hanky-panky, but
when we saw Manjeet Jadeja’s
charming photo of wild asses, we
knew that sun had to move. The
Gujarat, India, resident captured
a neat moment, with the nuzzling
duo near center, but the
glowing orb fights it for attention.

So, in Adobe Photoshop CS4,
we made a duplicate background
layer and slid it upwards for
more sky. We cut-and-pasted
to move the sun, then used the
Clone Stamp and Patch Healing
brush to smooth over its original
location. Time spent: 30 minutes.

Shot using a Nikon D40 and
50–500mm f/4–6.3 Sigma DG
lens. Exposure, 1/60 sec at f/8;
ISO 800. Minor adjustments
made in Adobe Camera Raw and
Photoshop CS2.

-- Dan Richards and Debbie Grossman