sclay1234 Loc: Ocean county nj

Does the spots show up on all pictures in the same spot with any lens? If so, i would start with the sensor. If this is the only picture i would think it is just in the picture like a water.

fergmark Loc: norwalk connecticut

Screamin Scott Loc: Marshfield Wi, Baltimore Md, now Dallas Ga

I have an EXIF viewer in my Chrome browser as well and it didn't show the EXIF info.... Maybe I need a different one...The one you linked to shows as a "not secure" website. Could just be my Norton anti virus though...

Edit:
If I download the image and right click, then the EXIF info link shows. If I try to view it from the original post, it does not...

jaymatt Loc: Alexandria, Indiana

Have you tried removing the spot, whatever it is, with Luminar? Its spot removal tool works better than the one in Lightroom.

olemikey Loc: 6 mile creek, Spacecoast Florida

Can you see anything on the mirror or sensor when in cleaning mode, or mirror "lock-up" mode? If visible, then try blowing it out (I'm assuming you use the cameras self cleaning/sensor cleaning mode) with a bulb blower. If that doesn't work then go deaper. I noticed someone mentioned "bokeh", another possibility if it does not repeat, or moisture droplets in background.

If it repeats it's an issue, if not, probably an anomaly in the pic. If it repeats in test shots, or you can see it when you stop down, or with changing to another lens, probably on sensor. It does not look like typical dust spot I see on my own equipment, could be something other than a dust/dirt spot (those are usually dark). Unless a lens is really dirty, or has mold/fungus inside, you normally don't see the stuff there...but sometimes dirt on the rear element will show, especially close to the focal plane.

bleirer

If you are not fully happy with your efforts to fix the spot, try the 2nd healing brush (right click to see choices). With this one you alt click to pick source pixels then paint over the affected spot. Photoshop uses those source pixels and guesses what should be under the spot. If still not happy, switch the brush to replace and choose the source to use to replace with. This will be an exact replacement using the source pixels, similar to the clone tool.

If still not happy the big guns is the content aware fill tool in the edit menu. You roughly select the spot, then erase every part of the image you Don't want to use as source pixels.

In any tool some cleanup may be needed with the regular healing brush set to normal.

RustyM

Thanks again, bleirer. I experimented a little earlier and had to set it aside. Will get back to it with this new info. Question: Is there a way to anchor the source spot so that it doesn't move with the brush? When the source spot moves, it tends to pick up inappropriate colors.

bleirer

Yes there is a check box at the top in the tool bar area, I forget the name but it is evident what it does. Otherwise the caveman way is just alt click again in the source area.

FotoHog Loc: on Cloud 9

I am surprised to hear that PS was not able to remove the blemishes properly. It is such a basic operation that virtually ANY photo editor should be able to handle with the greatest of ease.

Phil Martin Loc: New Hampshire

Affinity Photo has an "Inpainting Brush Tool" that removes these spot nicely from the image.

bleirer

Where it butts against the antenna could take some effort to protect the antenna, and maybe some use of selection tools or layers depending on how particular one is. Usually using the tool as is should do a good job of keeping the antenna, unless it doesn't, then there are other strategies.

Blair Shaw Jr Loc: Dunnellon,Florida

They appear to be water droplets out of focus due to the shallow depth of field in this Macro shot and nothing more than that. If they reoccurred in other shots , clean the lens and if Not....then they could well be glare or bokeh related aborations.

Please let us know what you discover....we love Who-Done-its & What Did-its ?

Linda From Maine Loc: Yakima, Washington

I don't believe the thumbnail will ever display exif, but I'm not 100% sure.

amfoto1 Loc: San Jose, Calif. USA

Those aren't spots on your lens. Stuff in or on a lens almost never show up in images. Especially with a macro or other telephoto focal length focused very close.

Stuff in or on a lens, unless it's very big and VERY obvious, won't show clearly, but can cause reduced resolution and flare in images. The only exception are ultrawide lenses, which might in some cases show heavy dust or other obstructions on the lens. They will usually be way out of focus though.

That's not what's happening here. Those spots are too defined. The lens being used is no doubt a telephoto.

Those are almost certainly oil drops on your sensor. It needs to be "wet cleaned".

www.cleaningdigitalcameras.com

WELL, DAMN! Ignore the sensor cleaning suggestions above.

I just noticed, this was shot with a Sony RX10 point n shoot... non-interchangeable lens camera, where you cannot clean the sensor yourself.

Unless those spots are something out of focus in the scene, such as rain droplets or dew... if they are showing up in the same place in other images... the camera would need to be professionally disassembled to clean the sensor and inspect the internals of the lens for LARGE flaws. I'd be talking to Sony Service about it, if you are seeing those spots in all your images.

They are *easily* retouched in Photoshop....

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photosbytw Loc: Blue Ridge Mountains

EXIF says.......f/4