Removing Reflections - Help Please

AnthonyM

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31 Mar 2008 - 11:16 PM

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As always, there are at least twenty dozen different ways to attack a problem in PhotoShop...

You could try selecting the green color with the eye dropper tool.
Create a new layer and fill with that, then inverse (negative so it turns somewhat purple.)
Set blend mode of that new purple layer to Color
Then add a layer mask.
Fill the mask layer with a black to white gradient so that white is where you want the color to change (lower right... I dragged from upper left to lower right)
Play with the opacity until the green pretty much goes away but is not overpowered by purple.


OK, not easy for someone who doesn't know photoshop, and doesn't completely solve the problem... but it gets a pretty good start on getting rid of the color.

Using similar methods you could fix the bright areas of the reflection...

But don't expect miracles without some amount of work.

I know you don't know a lot of Photoshop, but what I wrote isn't that hard and it is a good starting point to understand some of this... assuming you have a desire to do so.


Best thing, shoot from another angle or ask to go inside the cage.

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AnthonyM

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31 Mar 2008 - 11:38 PM

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FYI, I uploaded a real quick mod. I don't think I really did it justice but I don't think I made it any worse either.
The gradient was just for a quick instructions. I did, of course, have to touch up the mask a bit to clean up some areas.

Anyway, hope that was a helpful start. Hopefully someone will have other ideas.

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accystan

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1 Apr 2008 - 1:03 AM

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Michael:

You're probably familiar with Scott Kelby's book "The Photoshop Book for Digital Photographers. (If you're not I highly recommend it) He has a suggested method for removing colour casts....

Image>Match Colour.... When the dialog box opens up tick 'neutralize' and adjust the three sliders to get the desired/satisfactory effect.

Since your colour cast is restricted to one area of the pic you might want to select that area and feather it first.

I took the liberty of giving it a try with your pic and I think if you play around with it a bit you might get it to your liking.

Good luck,

Dave D

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