Big Oops! Please Help

[dheaton]

I photographed a family 2 days ago and didn't realize that when the studio strobe went off it reflected very bad in a photo above the fire place.
Can anyone tell me how to fix this problem? Is there anyone out there that knows how to do this? I have played with cloning and healing but can't make it work.
PLease help
Here is a link to the photo I am talking about

http://www.heatonphoto.com/test.htm

Thank you in advance for your help

David

 

[theKeeper]

Hi David...

This isn't the hardest snafu i've seen to need fixin'. But looking at what you have to work with i'd hesitate to try and clone/copy over any part of that mirror and frame. The lighting specifically is what will cause you headaches.

My initial advice is to simply clone out the mirror altogether. Save yourself any further hassles over it. It doesn't 'make' the shot, so it's expendible. Clone the brick wall over top of the mirror.

The only thing you'd have to redo then would be to add a light cast shadow to the wall for that fella in the brown suit.

 

[chillman]

I agree with Mark. Get rid of the picture, or if the wall seems too empty after removing it, replace it with another shot of the picture, or a completely different picture.

 

[Sheba]

I'm a little tardy, (imagine that), did you take the image down? I'm not seeing the photo. I hope that means you solved your problem.

We had the exact same thing happen to us not too long ago. The clone and healing tool were my friends that day.