Removing a Shadow

I took a picture of a wall in my house. On it is a picture one of my friends took of the Statue of Liberty and above the picture is an Uppercase Living saying. First I just took the picture but there was a reflection of the flash on the glass of the photograph. I retook the picture without flash and it was much better. When I looked at the picture on the computer I noticed there was a shadow on one side of the picture because we have windows near the picture. I made an attempt to remove the shadow from the picture.

I used the clone feature in Paint Shop Pro X. This feature allows copying sections of the picture while essentially using a paintbrush. There are several "brush" shapes to select. I selected a square with soft edges since the edge of the picture is straight. To select the section to copy I right clicked and then used the left mouse button to begin the cloning process. I went around the right side and top of the picture. I tried to blend the cloned parts with the rest of the wall.



I really zoomed in the picture during this process and it took about 30 minutes to get it done. The cloning feature is really cool and you can do some neat stuff with it but it doesn't happen quickly.