Take pictures in the busy tourist destinations with no people in the shot

As a frequent traveler and architectural photographer I often come across scenes where the platform or the view to the Centre of gravity of the image, free of passenger cars in the shot. In busy tourist destinations or somewhere very interesting, this can be very difficult. There are some locations who are looking for a good time are so popular, there is almost never a time where the scene no people or distraction in it. Fortunately, there is a relatively simple technique that you can use them to capture scenes. It only requires a tripod and your photo editing software.
I will describe the basic shooting technique and principles of the editing here, instead of getting into the technical details of each a specific image editing package, so that everyone can apply on what software you are using.
The basic method for shooting scenes with no people in the shot is based on the fact that people go into at the scene as time goes by.This allows you to a few pictures of the scene store as the people move, and then easily in the software add remove of the people. all you have to do is a few pictures, so the appearance of a particular part of the scene is second to none in at least one photo. Here's an example:
The picture below is of the view area at the top of a skyscraper in New York City.I wanted to get a clean shot at the skyline of NYC without any people in the foreground, but it's hard, such as the area groups often you're about to enjoy the view. this picture there is a person in the photo on the left side of the frame, block the view:

A minute later the person was together with his partner, but now they are further to the right, so I took a shot. See below:

What if I could combine the two images, creating clean on the right side of Photo # 1 can be combined with clean left in Photo # 2?That's all that you have to do to get the shot of a clean.
There are a lot of ways to do this. I will Of a few below and you can choose which one works best for you with the editing software that you are using.
I use Corel Paint Shop Pro, so I copied and pasted "" Photo # 1 on the top of the Photo # 2 them on top of each other layers.Use the Eraser brush, I simply cleared about Photo # 1, where the person was revealed the clean "people" space in the layer below it. here you can see how it looks after the first sweep with the Eraser brush:

The last picture is as follows:

If your editing software layers supports it, you can use a layer mask.Only one photo on top of another layer and create a layer mask.Paint with a black brush clean reveal the layer below the people.
Another method that works, although a bit less precise, is to use the clone brush.Clone the clean section of a picture to the same area in the other photo where people are located.
Photoshop Elements also includes a feature called "Photomerge Scene Cleaner" to assist in the process.
During photographing, you should more than two pictures to clean areas, but the process is still the same. the editing process repeat until you have cleaned all areas of distraction.
Here is another example.The picture below is of literary walk in Central Park, NYC.I wanted to get a clean shot of the walkway without any people in the foreground, but it's hard, because the path is often you're about to groups enjoy the Park. in this picture there are a few people walking through the photo on the left.

A minute later, the people on the left moved, so I took a shot. the area was still working and someone ran by the shot, but this time on the right side of the frame. see below:

Here is the photo after the first sweep with the Eraser brush:

The last picture is as follows:

Once you have the technique mastered, you'll be able to quickly create photographs that really show off the beauty of the locations you are photographing. Both the above examples took me less than a minute!
Paul Timpa is the creator of the iPhone/Android app "photography trainer" that users will learn photography and he answers questions on his daily photography Facebook page.

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