Dealing With Glare

[MichaelRS]

Hi all,
I have this picture of my wife I took in Quebec last Thanksgiving and I like it very much. I've made a few minor adjustments and am, for the most part, pleased with it. In fact it's made me like the picture even more.

But, and we all know there is always a but, there is one adjustment that I can't figure out how to make. Want to guess? http://www.pixentral.com/show.php?picture=1XYFkxsaMcx4sOWuZM5jKerBgfjTJ

How can I reduce that glare on the glasses? And please don't tell me to take 14 hours with the clone tool because that's just going to make me want to go sit in the corner and eat worms.:(

Michael

[Carbone]

Michael,

I a good starting results by selecting the glare area, copy & paste (on a different layer), change that layer to Multiply and reduce opacity to around 65-70%.

You'd still need some more adjustment, but this could give you a start.

Ray

[Juergen D]

Michael,
This one can be done without cloning. I mostly used the Burn Tool (Midtones) and a little contrast adjustment and then I sharpened. I placed each eye (and frame) on a separate layer, just in case.
http://www.pixentral.com/show.php?picture=1iY6YZYf1fXcLXEm2ZAqr15FFTkuQ

Juergen

[Wendy]

Michael ...

Oh you are lucky with this one ... most need lots of adjusting !!

So pleased that you won't have to go away and eat worms :) :)

Wendy

[Daviskw]

Hi Michael

I just opened a blank layer set to color blendmode. Sampled some color from the cheek then painted the glare away. Did a little adjusting with opacity and evened a few areas out with the healing brush and spot healing brush

Butch

PS forgot to add.....apply little gaussian blur on the color layer and set to sample all for the healing brushes and use on a new blank layer...incase you don't like the result

http://img66.imageshack.us/img66/8412/1xyfkxsamcx4sowuzm5jkerbgfj8jr.th.jpg (http://img66.imageshack.us/my.php?image=1xyfkxsamcx4sowuzm5jkerbgfj8jr.jpg)

[Wendy]

Hi Butch ...

That turned out really well ... I never thought of using that for glare. Thanks for the tip :)

Wendy

[MichaelRS]

Thanks all. I'll post the final product.
Michael

[Grant]

While most have given you very good advice on how to remove glasses glare can I offer some advice on how to avoid glare. The first thing is to be aware of it before you trip the shutter. We tend to look past things when we take photographs but if you are aware of the possibility of glare it will stand out like a sore thumb before you take the image. Once you see this there are all sorts of bizarre was to lessen this but for me the easier one is to have the sitter tilt their glasses. If you have to tilt them too much it will look artificial so balance this technique wisely.

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