I've always been impressed by the pros who can make items disappear from photos. I know this can be done in Photoshop, but as I understand it's a pain in the ass and very time consuming for us amateurs.
That's why when I heard of a program called Snapheal I was intrigued.
I must say, it does a decent job of doing what it advertises:
This is one of the photos I took for May's 12 on 12 that didn't make the final cut. It took only a few minutes for me to make the sign and the skateboarder in the background disappear. Yeah, there are some obvious areas where adjacent areas were cloned to fill in where the sign was cut, but that's only because I used a pretty large brush. If the areas themselves are smaller, or you're willing to take more time to use a smaller brush multiple times, the program really does do an excellent job of removing unwanted items from your pictures.
In any case, it's super easy to use.
If you have a Mac and have a lot of photos that need doctoring, this might be for you. (It also includes the normal suite of tools for retouching/adjusting image quality and removing dust and scratches.)
Don't forget about the sign's shadow on the ground….
Shadow? What shadow? 😉