Photoshopping out a drop of moisture on the lens?

[Lynton]

Hi there,

We were recently up in North Yorks / Lakes / Teesdale - so the camera went on holiday. Took what I thought was a really nice picture of AIra Force by Ullswater, with ND4 and ND2 filters, to get a 4 second exposure.............

Printed it out 12 x 8 and there is (to me) a huge glaring spot on the picture - not dust as is transparent, but is significantly darker.........than the rest of the pic............ and yep - it draws your eye straight to it!

Here's a link to the pic (I hope)




As you can see - halfway down between the bottom of the bridge, and the jutting out rock on the right....... on the left is an elliptical dark spot - where rock and waterfall meet...........

I've had a go at photoshopping (with my limited self taught experience)... and have tried to clone out the blob............





However, is there a better and easier way to do this and retain the original detail.... i.e. can i lighten up just that one part of the picture? Or what is the best way to do it?

Thanks




Lynton

 

[Shadow]

Until I compared the 2 different pics I couldn't even see the drops.

However, I think your cloning has fixed it enough that only you would ever know about the original drops.

 

[106Lad]

Until I compared the 2 different pics I couldn't even see the drops.

However, I think your cloning has fixed it enough that only you would ever know about the original drops.

Nor me.

I would never have seen it. I had to flick between the two tabs to find the differences

 

[Rocket58]

I would never have seen it. I had to flick between the two tabs to find the differences

Me Three.

 

[Harvey_nikon]

I know i've been up all night and have a stonking headache, but I just can't see anything on the first image