Photographic Tips & Techniques

How to remove backscatter with Photoshop

Despite your best attempts to reduce backscatter during exposure, there will be times when you will want to remove or hide unsightly or distracting elements.  Tools such as Photoshop's clone/rubber stamp tool and median filter can be used alone or together.  With practice and time these tools can be employed to tackle images you would have otherwise discarded.  

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Draw selection using Freehand Lasso Tool, Feather 10 pixels 

 

 

 

 

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