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Jun 9, 2012 14:29:23   #
dame_wolf Loc: Oregon
 
Last night I took photos of my step daughters graduation and party. Last shot of the night my flash gave out but instead of not firing it really fired and over exposed the shot. Tried all morning but this was the best I could manage.

I need some help/suggestions on how to correct the hot spots on their skin.



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Jun 9, 2012 14:35:05   #
snowbear
 
You generally can't recover any details in a blown-out area. I've been able to reduce the size of the areas with a clone tool, but that was on an inanimate object, not people.

Good luck.

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Jun 10, 2012 05:41:51   #
vooda Loc: Bribie Island,QLD,Australia
 
I'm no expert but I tried with Vivenza and had to reduce some of the colour..Is hard to get something from nothing eh..



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Jun 10, 2012 08:08:54   #
Wanda Krack Loc: Tennessee, USA
 
Try changing them to black and whites.....might retain the purple color.

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Jun 10, 2012 08:11:49   #
flyingcrown1 Loc: Moravian Falls
 
If you have Photoshop or another good editing program, you might consider an "artistic" approach if you don't absolutely have to have photo-realistic. I have found many, otherwise "unusable" photos, to be very acceptable when processed using an artistic filter such as dry brush or this one...conte crayon. Hope this helps!

"conte crayon" CS3
"conte crayon" CS3...

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Jun 10, 2012 11:15:26   #
dame_wolf Loc: Oregon
 
Thank you for the suggestions everyone, I'll try an artisitc filter on it.

Anyone have any suggestions as to why my flash over fired instead of just dying? That really sucked!

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Jun 10, 2012 11:28:44   #
allen finley photography Loc: Sunshine State.
 
can you post the raw image, not one that has already been worked on? It makes it a lot easier for me to fix.

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Jun 10, 2012 11:40:28   #
gdwsr Loc: Northern California
 
allen finley photography wrote:
can you post the raw image, not one that has already been worked on? It makes it a lot easier for me to fix.


Ditto

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Jun 10, 2012 17:10:01   #
aram535
 
I sent the full sized one via email, but just to share it with everyone.



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Jun 10, 2012 19:26:19   #
marcomarks Loc: Ft. Myers, FL
 
dame_wolf wrote:
Last night I took photos of my step daughters graduation and party. Last shot of the night my flash gave out but instead of not firing it really fired and over exposed the shot. Tried all morning but this was the best I could manage.

I need some help/suggestions on how to correct the hot spots on their skin.


Well, as has already been said, blown out detail can't be returned but here's a bit of fiddling around that I did. Maybe it helps, maybe not.

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Edited...

Original You Posted
Original You Posted...

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Jun 11, 2012 00:05:34   #
CajonPhotog Loc: Shreveport, LA
 
Boy, blown out photos are the worst. This is what I was able to do with 2 hours of fiddling with layers, blending modes, hue and saturation, and opacities.



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Jun 11, 2012 01:03:30   #
CaptainC Loc: Colorado, south of Denver
 
I don't see any of the "help" that worked. Just more versions of blown highlights. Small areas of blown highlights can be cloned in, but large areas like this can be a tedious deal.

You might try some "artistic" stuff, but my guess is you will end up with blown highlights surrounded by artistic stuff. :-)

What may have happened is low batteries. If batteries are low, the whole TTL thing can be off. OR you have a +EV set in either the flash or camera.

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Jun 11, 2012 14:04:05   #
MMC Loc: Brooklyn NY
 
This is my attempt to convert this picture to B&W.
dame_wolf wrote:
Last night I took photos of my step daughters graduation and party. Last shot of the night my flash gave out but instead of not firing it really fired and over exposed the shot. Tried all morning but this was the best I could manage.

I need some help/suggestions on how to correct the hot spots on their skin.



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Jun 12, 2012 00:20:10   #
dame_wolf Loc: Oregon
 
Thank you all for the help and suggestions. I was really surprised when the flash did that, I would think that batteries dying would mean it wouldn't flash. Guess not.

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Jun 13, 2012 11:34:59   #
CaptainC Loc: Colorado, south of Denver
 
dame_wolf wrote:
Thank you all for the help and suggestions. I was really surprised when the flash did that, I would think that batteries dying would mean it wouldn't flash. Guess not.


Eventually, that would be the case, of course. But when the voltage drops from optimum, it has been known to cause erratic TTL behavior. I am not saying that is your problem - only that it is one possibility.

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