Need help/ideas to clone out some flare

HiSPL

I was really fortunate to capture this image right as someone in the crowd fired their P&S. I really like the fill that it gives, unfortunately it gave me alot of flare as well! Can some of you Pshop gurus give me some pointers on how to clone out or otherwise minimize the flare while still looking natural? Does anybody have a trick for a complex patterned trouble spot like this?



Full size 300 ppi jpeg here. (1.4 meg)


BTW, the band is Crossfade. TIA for anything you can share....

-=Tim=-

Lovesong

There are images that can be fixed and there are those that can only be made acceptable. In this case, the flare is pretty bad, essentially ruining the crowd, but having no effect on the band members. In this case, you basically try to make things look "pretty" and toss historical acuracy out the window. I used the burn tool to simpy make everything that was flared out to dark.

Edit: Sorry, I'm at home on my glossy MBP, and just noticed I missed a few spots.

nikos

Added two layers in multiply blend mode and then used layer masks with a soft brush to darken the areas of distraction and non-interested. I then finished it with a crop.

HiSPL

Niiiice! See i knew there was a trick out there just waiting to be discovered. I wish I knew more about blending modes and what they do.... Got any recomended reading on the subject?


Thanks!

nikos

HiSPL wrote:

Niiiice! See i knew there was a trick out there just waiting to be discovered. I wish I knew more about blending modes and what they do.... Got any recomended reading on the subject?


Thanks!

Yep, and it's right here on DGrin. Simply click on the Tutorials link at the top of the page and check out the Photoshop stuff.

Nikos