Photo re touching

The first picture was taken in my front yard, I want the focus to be on the kids, but there is alot going on in the background, I have been playing with removing things, I know I still need alot of work, but here is my first attempt!!

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BEFORE


This picture has the items removed

AFTER


This next shot again, has items in the picture that I wanted to remove.

BEFORE


AFTER