I think that’s what I wrote, but to me, the subject was the bridge. Maybe I should have cropped it tighter. On the other hand, the only reason the bridge is even there, is the river.
I agree with your observation on the previous image - the boys up front ARE the reason for taking the photo, and the boy in the background looking at me just detracts from the image. Now that you’ve said it, it’s obvious. Unfortunately, it wasn’t obvious to me before you suggested it.
I suspect that’s because I took the photo OF the scene, and never had time to think of ways to improve it. The photo of the boys was a grab shot, no time to think. The bridge photo was the opposite, I had all the time in the world to think.
I guess I need to spend time later today learning how to “mask” in PhotoLab. So, I did some searching, and found your post here:
auto-mask
I didn’t want to over-do it, so it would be noticeable. Is this what you were suggesting?
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(Oh, and thank you @Wolfgang - thanks to you, I finally understand how to make a mask! I didn’t see any way to remove detail from the boy in the back, but what little I was able to do seems to have helped. One more tool in my “toolbelt”.)