Thankfully someone invented the clone tool - otherwise I'd trash these two. It's easy to forget the utility of that little tool in your arsenal.
Her's the first of the two images after being "fixed"
![Image](http://stubbsy.smugmug.com/Places/Antarctic-Trip-2010/South-Georgia-Penguins/3PS6948-Edit/1171728853_yrgeh-L.jpg)
And here is what I started with - the experts out there will tell me I should have noticed I'd chopped off the end of the beak and recomposed BEFORE I took the image below. And they are right, but for some reason (stupidity probably) I didn't. Adding the fake "beak" and a bit more background with the clone tool took around 10 minutes - not perfect, but I'm happy with it.
![Image](http://stubbsy.smugmug.com/Other/Techniques/3PS6948-NoClone/1171731486_3pXWs-L.jpg)
This finished image presented a different challenge
![Image](http://stubbsy.smugmug.com/Places/Antarctic-Trip-2010/Macaroni-Gentoo/3PS6722-Edit/1171533597_jrdSv-L.jpg)
As you can see below, those pesky penguins don't prune the vegetation around their nest for us photographers. Again - clone tool to the rescue for a cleaner, less distracting image. 3 minutes well spent IMHO.
![Image](http://stubbsy.smugmug.com/Other/Techniques/3PS6722/1171733439_GDc5E-L.jpg)