Butterfly

I took this photo while it was snowing and there were two noticable water drops on the lens that created white marks\glows.

How would I go about removing these marks? The big one is in the lower left. I also have the RAW file.

http://digitalinspirations.ca/images/DSC_0049.JPG (4.4mb)


Thanks

nitrobutler

Use the Clone Stamp Tool.

Butterfly

Thank you for the point in the right direction. I am a Illustrator guy and when I open photoshop I feel like a polar bear in the Carribean.

While this is very very basic Photoshop 101 to you guys it was a bit tricky for me.

so here is my before

http://digitalinspirations.ca/images/DSC_0049.JPG

and my after

http://www.digitalinspirations.ca/DSC_0049after.JPG

For those beginners who might find this tread here is what I did after learning about the clone tool. I created a new layer to clone onto. I selected the clone clone tool and in a area of black that I liked I ALT-Clicked to select the "sample". I used the magic wand tool (with the use of the shift key) and choose the areas I felt needed touching. Back on the new layer I use the clone tool set at Darken, Opacity 50%, Flow 50% and aligned unchecked.

I think it looks ok but I wonder what it would look like when output to a large format printer. Do you think you would noice my retouch job?

What else would "help" this pic look better?

Gaussian

Welcome abutterworth 8))

The cloning tool will do the job, but there is much faster way; select the burn tool (if you don't see it, it's under the dodge tool), set size to 150px, hardness 0%, range to shadows and exposure to 20%. Move the brush over the area that needs to be corrected, avoid the metals structure, zoom in an use a smaller brush size (use [ and ] keys) if you have to. In a pretty short time you're done (I was done in 20 seconds) and nobody will notice anything.

Tips: hold down the shift key, grab the magic wand tool (tolerance 50%) and select all the sections that need to be darkened (this do avoid color changes in the wrong areas). Use select/feather if necessary to soften the edges of the selection. You can also draw straight lines with the burn tool, by clicking in one spot, then holding down the shift key and clicking in asecond spot.

Btw, I've tested these techniques on your image and the results were as expected.