Lens Flare, reflected image?

[Steven Lee]

I have a problem. I took pictures of my friends' band Sunday and now that I'm editing I see that some of the better images have a lot of lens flare or something through them. I'm not sure if thats what you call it. It wouldn't be a big deal but it goes through one of their faces. I was wondering if there was any way to photoshop it out? If not, then I was wondering how to avoid it next time. Would a hood have prevented it? Some type of filter? By the way there was a UV filter on the lens. Heres the pic.

[fletch]

I'd be willing to bet it was the UV filter that cause the majority of this flare. You may need to reshoot without it as you have a lot to clean up. Probably could be done in PS but not a small job so prob quicker to reshoot.

A lens hood can't hurt here but as you are shooting directly at the light souce it won't fully eliminate the flare.

[t blanchard]

I would also recommend that next time try to avoid shooting directly into a bright window like that. What time of day was it? You can see because of the positions of each band member than some faces are well exposed and others or not. Maybe if you want something dramatic light that try and find some more consistent lighting.

[Steven Lee]

Thanks. I was afraid of that. Thing is, I didn't see this in the camera display. It was actually taken right before sunset. The sunlight through the window was not very bright. I was purposefully overexposing for effect. Also, could some lighting from the front help with the faces if I toned down the exposure a bit?

[kencaleno]

Yep,toss the uv filter and use a lenshood,and/or your hand to help block extraneous light.Regards, ken

[oldwolf]

could also try the circular polarizer filter.