A before in need of after suggestions

[Twister65]

I was browsing around my photos and came across one that I took last year.



I like the shot, but I'm not to keen on the fact that I can just make out the foreground fence that I had to shoot through. (two diagonal, hazy white strips)

I tried a few different methods to try and fix it using effects brushes but I usually end up with the reverse of the problem, where those areas end up too dark.

Soooo, I thought I'd see what suggestions that might come up here. Has anyone managed to fix a similar issue with a photo? If so, how did you manage it?

[Jamfke]

Hi, I took the liberty of trying to fix this in Corel Paint Shop Pro. I can post up the results if you don't mind my doing so.

[Twister65]

Originally Posted by Jamfke

Hi, I took the liberty of trying to fix this in Corel Paint Shop Pro. I can post up the results if you don't mind my doing so.

Yes, please. I'd love to see it and know how you did it, thanks!

[Jamfke]

Okay, here it is. You will likely be able to see very quickly what I did. Basically, I increased the contrast levels of the entire image, and then went back and used the lasso select tool to select the remaining white areas. I then adjusted the contrast and brightness of these areas to match their surroundings. It kind of darkens the whole image, but it also sharpens it up a bit at the same time. This is just a quick fix, I did it in about three or four minutes. I'm sure if you spent some time with it you'd come up with a better image than what I did.

[chalkie7]

I'd say Jim did a pretty good job on this one...

[Jamfke]

There's still a bit of a ghost image, but with further tweaking it can pretty much be eliminated.

[Twister65]

Originally Posted by Jamfke

Okay, here it is. You will likely be able to see very quickly what I did. Basically, I increased the contrast levels of the entire image, and then went back and used the lasso select tool to select the remaining white areas. I then adjusted the contrast and brightness of these areas to match their surroundings. It kind of darkens the whole image, but it also sharpens it up a bit at the same time. This is just a quick fix, I did it in about three or four minutes. I'm sure if you spent some time with it you'd come up with a better image than what I did.

That looks really good! It's definitely better than I was able to do. Thanks!

Scott