PS7 vs Sunspots
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#1. "RE: PS7 vs Sunspots" | In response to Reply # 0
Len Shepherd Registered since 09th Mar 2003Sat 27-Sep-03 11:12 AMYes you can remove aperture flare shots in PS7 if you have the skill.
There are several ways, the most common being via a layer mask and progresively dodging and burning and cloning.
You need to practice to get good results.
In the UK there are several PS7 tutorials on CD which, via movies, show you how to do it, and which controls to use.
IMO this is far better than trying to learn from a book.
The most useful IMO (but not the cheapest) in the UK are those by Barrie Thomas because they are produced by a highly skilled photographer for photographers.
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When shooting landscapes into the sun, using a tripod can help a lot although in these conditions it would need to be a heavy tripod.
The important point is watch for sunlight either hitting the front element or bouncing off the inside of the hood towards the front element.
Then you fire the shutter with a cable release having first positioned your body to prevent any sunlight hitting the front of the lens.
The lens hood (assuming you used one)cannot give 100% protection 100% of the time when the sun is in front of the camera.
A variation in to hold a Kodak gray card (or one of the more durable but less accurate plastic ones) so it protects the front lens area from direct sun.
Doing either will increase the contrast in the picture as well as eliminating the highlights you got but did not want.
Photography is a bit like archery. A technically better camera, lens or arrow may not hit the target as often as it could if the photographer or archer does not practice enough.
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#3. "RE: PS7 vs Sunspots" | In response to Reply # 0
These large overlapping internal reflections wouldn't, in my opinion, be very good targets for Photoshop repair. They're too big and too involved with the subject to clone away effectively. And adjusting the color and tone to remove them with masking will create noise and posterization problems.
I'd suggest you add a step to your shooting that will help you avoid flare and internal reflections. Use depth of field preview. This will stop the lens down to the shooting aperture and ghost images that you may not notice at the wide open viewing aperture will become sharper and more obvious. You could easily have shaded the lens with your hand to avoid the reflections in this shot. There are many situations where you can provide more effective shade manually than your lens hood will deliver.
I'd suggest you add a step to your shooting that will help you avoid flare and internal reflections. Use depth of field preview. This will stop the lens down to the shooting aperture and ghost images that you may not notice at the wide open viewing aperture will become sharper and more obvious. You could easily have shaded the lens with your hand to avoid the reflections in this shot. There are many situations where you can provide more effective shade manually than your lens hood will deliver.
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