rmalarz Loc: Tempe, Arizona

JEEPER, you're quite welcome. Anytime. Good work on your part.
--Bob

mborn Loc: Massachusetts

Clone tool in PS or the content-aware tool

jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY

That's most likely lens flare, although it's usually sharper. You have a beautiful blue background, so any processing program should let you remove them easily.

Jerry G Loc: Waterford, Michigan and Florida

Try blemish removal.

amfoto1 Loc: San Jose, Calif. USA

It is NOT dust on (or in) the lens. Those are "ghost flares" that are caused by strong oblique light striking the front element of the lens. A lens hood might help, if you're not using one. A filter can make that type of flare worse or even cause it (especially a low cost, uncoated or single-coated filter).

But even if you do everything right, sometimes ghost flares just can't be avoided. Retouching them out of an image is usually pretty easy.

Dust on or in a lens can cause other types of flare... but it takes a surprising amount of dust to have a noticeable effect.

If using Photoshop, the Clone Tool can fix that in about 2 seconds. In this case it's a super easy fix and one of the most basic things in Photoshop. Maybe you need to buy some books and take some classes, learn to use Photoshop. Since it's one of the most complex image editing programs available, learning to use it really well might take about a year's worth of college-level courses & books. That's why I don't recommend Photoshop for most newbies. I recommend much easier to use Elements, which has built-in user assistance and can do the vast majority of things most non-professionals need. Photoshop doesn't have any built-in support. It assumes a fairly high level of expertise and training.... or that you'll sign up for classes and buy the necessary books to learn it.

JEEPER Loc: Labrador City NL Canada

Thanks for the advice I personally have. Chosen psp because it is still a standalone software package that I just pay once for, I have to many monthly bills now, once bob told me what to look for I found the tool easily. It worked wonders as you may see comparing bobs fix of my photo to my own.
Little bits of info like that given by bob and yourself really help me, find a direction or path to the solution of my current tribulation of the moment,
I'd like to take this opertuniy to that you all once again,
I'll get there one day at a time!!

rmalarz Loc: Tempe, Arizona

You're welcome, JEEPER, anytime. There's lots of really good people on this site that are great for lending assistance.
--Bob

glyphtrix

Aka "clone stamp" in other apps.

glyphtrix

Inpixio photo director 7.o by avanquest software if you can't handle lr. Also can be done on a phone
For $4.99 with touch- retouch or photodirector apps for Android. Not sure about iphone apps.

glyphtrix

CORRECTION: INPIXIO PhotoCLIP 7.0 PRO by avanquest $79 (features "PhotoDirector with many neat filters) Photoclip 7.0 $ (49.95) without added filters. BOTH REMOVE backgrounds, Extract foreground objects, remove unwanted objects with VERY simple to use but highly effective masks : Just draw over what you want to keep and then draw around what you want to remove. There's also an eraser feature to erase your masks if they cover areas that were supposed to be kept or removed. It took some searching and trials to find this object removal program but it works very well.

Android photoDIRECTOR is by cyberlink.

photoDirector & Touch-retouch
both feature android cellphone object removal including "spot healing" and cost about 5 bucks to download.

The PC based Inpixio works BESTof these.

aellman Loc: Boston MA

If you are referring to the small spots above the bridge, any photo editing program should easily fix them (airbrush tool).

via the lens Loc: Northern California, near Yosemite NP

You don't say what software program you use? Most of them have some sort of removal tool. These look like they would be very easy to delete. If you don't have a software program and you are on a Mac you can purchase Macphun Snapheal, very simple to use (not in PC version yet but might be at some point soon). Otherwise look in the help manual for your software program. If you were to post your software program name (maybe I missed it?) then someone might be able to provide specific information.

photon56 Loc: North America

A hood on the lens would help reduce the sun glare. Most photo software can remove the glare as has been demonstrated.

aellman Loc: Boston MA

There is no such thing as a "trussel," unless it is a previously unknown combination of two common bridge-related words: "truss" and "bagel."
>Alan

JEEPER Loc: Labrador City NL Canada

I am learning psp paint shop pro right now !