Robert Feinman <robert.feinman@gmail.com> wrote:

> I know I have seen some some tricks for selecting telephone and
> electric power lines in order to remove them from the photo, but
> I seem to have forgotten them.
> Currently I use the magic wand tool which is slow and somewhat
> inaccurate especially when the wires are out of focus. After I
> have the wire selected I expand it by a pixel or two and then use
> the patch tool followed by some extra touch up, if needed. This
> is all slower than I'd like.
>
> So, does anyone have some good tricks for selecting wires?

I don't know any good trick, but just the very BASIC command would do. And
pick your choice

- Clone Tool

- Heal Brush/Patch

- Duplicate

And how well you do those basic commands is up to you.