Background clean up - face removal

[sla453]

Photo from my daughters yr12 formal. Trying with complete disasterous results to remove the face of the girl in the background and her left shoulder/arm/hair (rest of the photo will be cropped out to just have my daughter and her friend)..  After numerous attemps at trying to acheive what I'm after, I have given up.. Any tips on how to acheive this..?? TIA..

 

Shaun

[Damien Symonds]

Is this the method you're using?

[sla453]

I have been cloning but not using the mask technique..!  I'll give that a go.. 

[sla453]

What d'ya reckon..??  

[Damien Symonds]

I think your masking brush was a little too big.

[sla453]

Ah ok...  it's just for a print (8x10) for my daughter and her friend...  Would it print reasonable..??  

[Damien Symonds]

No.  Definitely not at 8x10.  The edges of your masking are too fuzzy.

[sla453]

OK - I'll have another attempt.. 🙄