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remove shadows behind celing fans with filter or blend mode?


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I combine flash and ambient for real estate photos. (like a 40-60 blend)

If I'm not careful, the flash gets some hard shadows (like under ceiling fans)

I am familiar with lighten and darken blending modes. But I'm wondering if some combination of blend modes/filters could identify the shadow under the ceiling fan (by comparing it to the non-flash ambient photo) and mask it out?
 
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Is it possible to post the image?
 
IamSam said:
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HI, yes, for instance, I'd like to blend these two images but avoid the hard shadow (from the flash) under the fan.
 

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One image was taken during the day and the other at night. Which do you prefer as the primary image? I guess I'm asking, how are you planning to blend the two images?
 
Actually both were during the day (it's a powerful flash) The idea is for the ambient to be the primary photo. I layer

30% flash
30% flash (color)
ambient

on top of the ambient picture to reduce the color casts and fill in the blown out lamps - but I want to avoid the unnatural shadow the flash creates underneath the ceiling fan.
 
Not sure I follow but go ahead and blend the two images and then we can clone out the strong shadow of the finished product.
 
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