Can this photo be saved?
Dec 26, 2012 23:04:11 #
I took this photo on Christmas Eve of my sister and brother-in-law. They hosted a lovely dinner for our family and this is the only photo I took of them -- ugh! Is there anyone who can help me get rid of the flash reflection in the window? I would so appreciate it so I can share with everyone. Thank you!
Dec 26, 2012 23:44:21 #
Here you go Katymom. I gave it my best shot. You might want to play with the levels a little and maybe crop some of that stuff on the right out. I'll leave that up to you.
Dec 26, 2012 23:51:09 #
katymom wrote:
I took this photo on Christmas Eve of my sister and brother-in-law. They hosted a lovely dinner for our family and this is the only photo I took of them -- ugh! Is there anyone who can help me get rid of the flash reflection in the window? I would so appreciate it so I can share with everyone. Thank you!
A quick check of your histogram would have told you all you needed to know. This thing was underexposed so far that getting it decent without some distortion is not possible, but at least it is better. One thing is to NEVER use a flash with a flat, shiny surface behind the subject.
I could have painted in the whole area on the big black surface, but you can do that - just make it all black.
OOPs- here is the original
Dec 27, 2012 00:01:48 #
Thank you so much!! Ldm5 and Captain C - you both did great! I can take it from here! Appreciate you both!
Dec 27, 2012 01:38:15 #
I am not at all satisfied with the cabinet in the background, but you should be able to just black it out. So, here is my humble attempt.
Dec 27, 2012 07:47:48 #
LDM5 has done well, but it needs the level (horizon, door frame) levelling
Dec 27, 2012 08:07:49 #
katymom wrote:
I took this photo on Christmas Eve of my sister and brother-in-law. They hosted a lovely dinner for our family and this is the only photo I took of them -- ugh! Is there anyone who can help me get rid of the flash reflection in the window? I would so appreciate it so I can share with everyone. Thank you!
i thought i would give it a try.
Dec 27, 2012 09:16:18 #
Thanks everyone! I cropped and leveled it after the editing and it was already shared!
Dec 31, 2012 11:28:30 #
One more attempt.
A different choice for leveling and a lot more simple.
A different choice for leveling and a lot more simple.
Jan 19, 2013 16:59:06 #
I did some cloning, duplicating layers with increased exposure and high pass filter; probably the photo could use maybe a reduction in size to 60% of the original. I hope this helped.
Jan 19, 2013 17:04:32 #
Sorry, I didn't click on (store original). Here it is with the 60% reduction.
Jan 20, 2013 16:08:02 #
Jan 23, 2013 18:19:04 #
Katymom, there are many ways to redo this picture. I hope you like this version.. [
quote=katymom]I took this photo on Christmas Eve of my sister and brother-in-law. They hosted a lovely dinner for our family and this is the only photo I took of them -- ugh! Is there anyone who can help me get rid of the flash reflection in the window? I would so appreciate it so I can share with everyone. Thank you![/quote]
quote=katymom]I took this photo on Christmas Eve of my sister and brother-in-law. They hosted a lovely dinner for our family and this is the only photo I took of them -- ugh! Is there anyone who can help me get rid of the flash reflection in the window? I would so appreciate it so I can share with everyone. Thank you![/quote]
Jan 23, 2013 22:59:33 #
lightchime wrote:
One more attempt.
A different choice for leveling and a lot more simple.
A different choice for leveling and a lot more simple.
Nicely done!
Jan 30, 2013 18:02:11 #
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