The nephew explored the lakefront at Oak Street beach last July, and we took a million pictures to document the event. We have pictures of Goran playing in the tide, Goran dumping water out of a coca-cola bottle, Goran eating flavor-ice popsicles.
I wanted to frame one of the photos in which he’s setting about with his coke bottle and a plucky expression on his face, but some of the surrounding scenery made the idea less appealing:
Love the skyline backdrop.
Not loving the sunbathing dude at 3 o’clock.
Fortunately, I took a photoshop course a few months back and I am now a photo retouching powerhouse.
It took me about 20 minutes to eliminate the sunbathing dude. Once he was gone, I couldn’t stop myself:
If only the real beach was this empty on a summer day…
Larger, uncropped versions of the photos are here:
A Crowded Beach / Goran’s Beach
