So I've taken some pictures of my "new to me" car and need to get rid of the flash that's in the middle of the car. Any suggestions? I have lightroom 4 on my computer.

Any help that you guys can give me would be greatly appreciated.

Tom

 

Please post one of the pictures; it will make it easier to give advice. Photoshop would be my instinctual go-to. Consider downloading the free 30 day trial on Adobe's website.

 

Easy; don't use a flash.

 

Here's the image.

 

Photoshop is definitely the best way to clean this image up. A combination of the stamp tool and recreating little panels helps to clone out small problems like the flash.

 

This one does look easy to clean up with cloning or the healing brush in Photoshop. It is a small area surrounded by the color and texture you want.

If you ever want to avoid this during shot set-up you can set your flash off-camera and at a steeper angle to the car, aimed more from left to right or top left to bottom right for example. The hot spot is a direct reflection angled from the flash-to-lens, just like red eye in people shots.

 

Thanks gentlemen. You guys make it seem too easy.

I also appreciate the tips.

 

It's all pretty easy once you you learn how. It's the Not Knowing part that seems to make it hard. I would also suggest indirect lighting, not direct sunlight. Try for a fully shaded area, but not under a tree, which would give bright and dark spots to deal with. A camera-flash bracket could place your flash unit high enough above your lens to avoid the "flash" back.

 

I was trying to use the sunlight to bring out the color of the car, which unfortunately is a pain in the butt. I did get some good pictures of the car, this is just one of the pictures that I liked but it had the flash in the middle of the car. I'm thinking also that I should of had the sun at my back vs. on the left side, which should have shown the color a little more.

If I'm wrong in thinking this, any feedback would be great.

I do appreciate the feedback and suggestions though.

 

I would have probably waited for the sun to be a bit lower. The car itself is a bit underexposed as well.