Help with Glare on Glasses

Hi,
I was wondering if anyone could give me any pointers on how to remove glare on glasses, like in the pic below. I have Photoshop CS4, but haven't attempted this before.

Thanks,
Erin

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burn..baby burn!

You can help a bit in PS, but you really need to take it properly to start with. Don't use on-camera flash.

tim wrote in post #6682677
You can help a bit in PS, but you really need to take it properly to start with. Don't use on-camera flash.

...and check the LCD whenever you shoot someone with glasses. A slight tip of the head, a different angle, etc. can eliminate it in camera.

But you've got what you've got. To fix it you can carefully clone it out. If you have another image of her without the glare use that as a base to correct this.

Added note: I just tried to fix your image and IMO it's too far gone unless you have her eyes in another image. Barring that you'll need the hand of a good artist to actually put the eyes in.

You may be able to "burn" it out, but it doesn't look like it's a fixable picture. Sorry!

Unless you absolutely have to use this pic, I'd choose another one. With some serious dedication you could remove that glare, but it's probably not worth it.

My quick and dirty attempt (only time for one eye, sorry!)

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That's pretty good actually. How'd you do it?

Just zoomed in and selectively enhanced contrast little by little, using Quick Mask and Levels mostly. The detail is there, it's just very flat. Some cloning too, of course, but not as much as you'd think.

I do a lot of salvage and rescue work on clients' images, and I'm reasonably good at it. This is one I wouldn't take on. I don't see enough detail to work with.

A polarizing filter removes a lot of glare/reflection. Not sure how well it would work with portraits as I only use one for landscapes. Polariser filters are also great for shooting through glass.

All,
Thanks for your mostly helpful comments. I wasn't actually using on camera flash. I was using a stand with my 580EXII and a gold reflector. I agree I should've noticed it during the shoot... but I am still doing things for friends to learn.

This is a minimally invasive approach to just darken the glasses and increase the contrast and then feather that in as a new layer, I also applied more contrast to the rest of the face. The glare is still there, but not quite as bad.

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