Clingman's Dome II

The tree limb continued to bug me so I worked on removing it in photoshop.  I don't know if there is a better way than with the clone tool, but it was pretty tedious to try and get the mountains and shading to look right.  I am sure many flaws can be seen by those looking for them. 

I tease my husband, as he is with me on most of these adventures, to hang out over that ledge or wade into that raging river and removed this or that eye sore for me.  Unfortunately he is not committed to risk life or limb for my "obsession" as he calls it.  He feels his standing around waiting on me for hours while I take 100 shots of the same flower from every possible angle and aperture is sacrifice enough to get him that special place in heaven for stoic husbands... he is correct.  His patience with me is saintly. 

My boys, who are in their 20's, have expressed to me that they don't think anything should be photoshopped out of a photo because it is not a true rendering of the scene.  For me it is about not letting something insignificant from destract from the scene that was so awe inspiring.