Can the Photo be saved?

Is there any software that can correct this photo? I discovered that I had a smudge on my lense that cause half the phot to look cloudy. I currently have LR3 but figure

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In general, you need to increase the contrast on right half of the image to cut through the haze and match that of the left half of the image. Likewise, a second, similar adjustment should be made to the bottom center of the image (the photographer) to equalize the contrast there. There are many ways to do this. In Photoshop, you can use a Curves or Levels adjustment and then a gradient mask to apply the adjustment to the affected area, blending the adjusted part of the image with the good portion of the original. Google "haze cutter" or similar to find some Photoshop tutorials.

Secondly, in Photoshop, you can make sure that those kids don't get made fun of in school - the easiest way to do that is to selectively replace the Red Wings and Penguins jerseys with Black and Orange. Done!

Kirk

Photoshop can do it. I don't know about Lightroom.

kirkt wrote in post #11895363
In general, you need to increase the contrast on right half of the image to cut through the haze and match that of the left half of the image. Likewise, a second, similar adjustment should be made to the bottom center of the image (the photographer) to equalize the contrast there. There are many ways to do this. In Photoshop, you can use a Curves or Levels adjustment and then a gradient mask to apply the adjustment to the affected area, blending the adjusted part of the image with the good portion of the original. Google "haze cutter" or similar to find some Photoshop tutorials.

Secondly, in Photoshop, you can make sure that those kids don't get made fun of in school - the easiest way to do that is to selectively replace the Red Wings and Penguins jerseys with Black and Orange. Done!

Kirk

Flyers haha.. Actual this was a team from Cole Harbour, home of Sidney Crosby( notice the 87 on their Jerseys). We were playing for the Crosby Cup aka Stanley Cup replica while we were in Quebec for the International Peewee Tournament last week. And I'm happy to say the Jr. Pens won.

btw... The jr Flyers were at the tournament.

Glad to see that the photo can be corrected. Can photoshop elements correct this as well?

Freeze_dslr wrote in post #11895498
Glad to see that the photo can be corrected. Can photoshop elements correct this as well?

I'm not sure. The essential tools are curves and unsharp mask. I also used selective color and the shadows/highlights filter.

EDIT: Don't overlook the greenish yellow skin tones on some of the people. Those should be fixed with masking.

Thanks for all the input. I'm glad to hear there are options to save the photos.

Freeze_dslr wrote in post #11895498
.... Can photoshop elements correct this as well?

I took another shot at this today using Elements, just for the practice. Might have gotten this version a bit warm, but was trying to incorporate Peano's concern about skin tones. Anyway, this would appear to show that you might be able to make some corrections to this image using nothing but Elements.

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Besides Photoshop or Elements, you can take a shot in Lightroom using a gradient over the right side and s simple brush over the photog, using a Contrast setting. If you are not familiar with Lightroom brushes, you should give the Lightroom Help a good look -- open Help and search for "local adjustments" and give it a read.

Of course, Photoshop is loaded with options to make sophisticated adjustments, but what has been described here (simple contrast) LR can keep you in your Raw process.

Rimmer wrote in post #11899457
I took another shot at this today using Elements, just for the practice. Might have gotten this version a bit warm, but was trying to incorporate Peano's concern about skin tones. Anyway, this would appear to show that you might be able to make some corrections to this image using nothing but Elements.

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Too much magenta...not too warm

Here's a quick edit. No color, tint or balance change. Just some quick masking

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Sdiver2489 wrote in post #11901049
Too much magenta...not too warm

Thanks for the comment!

I didn't think "warm" exactly described it, but assumed that had to be the effect I was seeing. Your comment reminded me, however, that I did push the whole image a bit toward magenta as a "quick fix" in order to try to correct the green faces.

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Rimmer wrote in post #11904609
Thanks for the comment!

I didn't think "warm" exactly described it, but assumed that had to be the effect I was seeing. Your comment reminded me, however, that I did push the whole image a bit toward magenta as a "quick fix" in order to try to correct the green faces.

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Yeah the original image was green tinted, you just went a little too far to magenta. Look at the walls which aren't overexposed, they show a bit of magenta tint. The tint looks a bit inconsistent over the entire image. Probably due to the fluorescent lights cycling. If you look at the kids faces on the right they look relatively ok in the first image where the kids on the left are noticeably green tinted as you mention.