Removing window reflection/shine

[Krebstar4000]

I shot this today at the zoo... a lot of times zoo animals are kind of boring so I was pumped that this lion woke from his slumber for about 25 seconds to let out a roar (or a hairball I'm not sure) but it was behind glass and I was rushed so I ended up with this glare. I'm not the best in photoshop can someone point me in the right direction or is this not fixable? This is the photo 'As shot' I made several attempts myself but I couldn't get going in a positive direction with it...



Thanks for any help

[edbayani]

select the first lighter strip (glare} with the lasso tool a bit wider than the actual glare and put this in another layer. adjust with levels so that the shade is the same as the whole image. use layer mask to remove the resulting dark lines in the edges. merge. do the same with the other streak. fine tune with dodge and burn and rubberstamp tool.

[Krebstar4000]

I see what you did there...I'll give it a try, thanks

[Murtasma]

For future reference you always want to bring a polarizer with you when visiting zoos since a lot of times they are behind glass or Plexiglas. With the polarizer you can usually eliminate the reflection from the image with 0 post processing.

[peejay52]

It just shows how one question can answer a dozen others....As a newbie I now know what a polarizer does