Glaire on the cheek?

[Aaron]

Hello im new to the site i was recommended by a friend, I have noticed everyone seems to be very helpfull and i was wondering if i could get some opinions and some editing a picture i cant seem to get rid of the glaire on the cheek

http://www.flickr.com/photos/65393225@N07/5954222954/

Thank Aaron

 

[stormcrow]

Here is my quick attempt
I removed the glare by cloning in multipy blend mode at a low opacity of 10-15%
I also di a little selective sharpening of the eyes.
The skin tone needs a little more work but as I said this was just a quick attempt.

Before

After

 

[Aaron]

That's much better thank you, How did you get rid of the glaire and darken the skin tone

Cheers Aaron

 

[Coley.]

Well done Dale- what a transformation !!!!

 

[stormcrow]

Thanks

I’m sure someone will be along with a much better image than my attempt.

The glare was removed by

• Selecting the cloning tool
• Change the cloning tools bending mode to Multiply
• Change the opacity of the cloning tool to 10-15%
• Create a new empty layer
• Select Aligned Sample & All Layers from the cloning tool options
• Select the empty layer in the layers palette
• Press Alt to select an area you want to clone from (brush size was about the same size as the pupil)
• Clone over the blown out areas carefully. Press CTRL ALT & Z to undo any mistakes.

Colour was changed by adjusting individual colours in a curves adjustment layer.

Eyes were sharpened with a High Pass Sharpening then I used an Inverted Layer mask to add the sharpening to the eyes.

Hope some of that makes some sense.

 

[Aaron]

Yes thank you it does make sense its just the donut operator that cant do it lol. I still cant seem to loose the glaire Ill keep trying and see how it goes.

thank you again