[Gimp-user] creative ideas for blending a cropped + rotated image?

[saulgoode at flashingtwelve.brickfilms.com]

Quoting Anthony Ettinger <anthony at chovy.com>:

> I have a photograph of a client that I would like to rotate so the
> angle is not crooked, but I end up with a "V" shape after
> rotation...does anyone have any creative ideas for blending something
> in to get a full rectangle?
>
> This is the image in question...I can't crop it down to a square
> because I would loose the book he's holding, and that's the point of
> the web site:
>
> http://holocaustsurvivor.info/img/press-lg-weekly_redux.png
>
> Looking for ideas, thanks.

I would suggest taking a new photo of a different subject holding a  
similar pose -- particularly aiming at matching the neckline and the  
position of the arms. Then you could cut out your client's face & book  
and paste them into your new photo.