Removing Flare by Masking off the Sun
Lens Flare is caused by a bright light source directly or indirectly in the path of the camera lens. When a bright light source is present, two things are also usually true: there will be a noticeable flare somewhere (and sometimes all over the place) and there is usually a loss of contrast - the loss of contrast is called "veiling flare" or "veiling glare".
View this image larger to better understand how the two shots at the bottom of the picture were combined to produce the shot at the top.
In Photoshop or GIMP what you do is use a left to right gradient to blend the shots so that the right shot replaces the blacked out area and the left shot with the bright light blocked is used to remove the flare. Of course you need a tripod to do this well because the two shots should otherwise be identical.
By the way, a great resource for understanding how to combine these images is Harold Davis's The Photoshop Darkroom.
© Copyright 2010, Steven Christenson
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Removing Flare by Masking off the Sun
Lens Flare is caused by a bright light source directly or indirectly in the path of the camera lens. When a bright light source is present, two things are also usually true: there will be a noticeable flare somewhere (and sometimes all over the place) and there is usually a loss of contrast - the loss of contrast is called "veiling flare" or "veiling glare".
View this image larger to better understand how the two shots at the bottom of the picture were combined to produce the shot at the top.
In Photoshop or GIMP what you do is use a left to right gradient to blend the shots so that the right shot replaces the blacked out area and the left shot with the bright light blocked is used to remove the flare. Of course you need a tripod to do this well because the two shots should otherwise be identical.
By the way, a great resource for understanding how to combine these images is Harold Davis's The Photoshop Darkroom.
© Copyright 2010, Steven Christenson
All rights reserved. Curious what "all rights reserved means?" it means that without written permission you may not: copy, transmit, modify, use, print or display this image in any context other than as it appears in Flickr.