Removing Glare and Reflections

Hi all. Does anyone have an idea on how to remove the glare and reflections

from the glass in this picture (i.e. make it look like there is no glass)? I

have PS CS2.

 

 

Nak

use the burn tool on top of the monkey haed to add some density.

Taken at Zoo Atlanta?

No, Columbus.

One classic solution is to use an SLR with a lens that will accept a screw-in filter. Get yourself a good Polarizer filter, either the 'circular' type or the 'plain' (ie, non-adjustable) type. Screw the polarizer filter on the lens. Get ready for the shot. Position yourself so that you are pointing the camera lens at a 30 Degree angle w/respect to the glass. At this angle, the polarizer filter will remove almost all the surface glare and reflection from the glass, letting the lens 'see' through the glass muc more clearly. If you use the 'circular' type of polarizing filter, the effect will vary (more or less) as you rotate the adjustable ring around different ways. Also, with a circular polarizer filter, you'll get the best effects by keeping the sun at a 90 degree angle to one side or the other.

 

I hope i've described this well enough. If its still not clear, look in one of the photography books, in the Index, and look up Filters, and Polarizing Filters. They will probably explain it a lot better.

 

Happy shooting.

How is a polarizing filter going to remove glare from a photo that is already taken?

 

Patrick's method will help, but you can also try duplicating the background, setting blending mode to multiply, make a layer mask, invert and then paint over it to open up the areas you want opened up.

The polarizing filter will remove the glare before you press the shutter. There's an old saying somewhere, something like, 'an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure". Something to think about, even in the computer age.

He isn't asking about the next time, he's asking about the current shot. This is the Digital Darkroom Forum, and it's most useful when people answer the question asked, not the one not asked.

I would tame down the highlight above the chimp's head first before darkening

its body - otherwise it would look unnatural. The reflection/glare is quite

severe so it may take a lot of patience to get rid of it - but it can be done in

PS (with zoom-in up close bit-by-bit).

Tall order man on such a lowres image. Had a quick go:

 

-largest reflections on the left; partial patching

 

-cloning head

 

-dodging and severe burning

 

-adding contrast

 

-adding some noise because of the lowres

 

really something not to be done on a lowres one. This was a 10 min job

and can be done a whole lot better. Have a go at it yourself<div></div>

forgot to mention using a layer mask

Hi. Thanks for the go. I am not sure what res you want. It's available at 3888 x 2592 on my flickr page. How to best use a filter mask? I got a similar (but not as good) result as this by using just cloning and burning.

I meant "layer mask".

Must have right-clicked the small version then, my mistake; check your e-mail and have fun with it

Lot of problems, but gave it a try.<div></div>