Help with car photography retouching

[alex.1221]

Hello! I shot some pictures yesterday with light painting technique but now I have little problem.. I will be very happy if someone could help me.. I want to delete this light on which is visible on the rear door, the rear fender and on the rear bumper.. I uploaded the photo with the car, the photo from which I take the background and the photo with my result.. but its kind of unrealistic.. so I will be very very happy If someone could do it better, or tell me how to delete this light in better way.. sorry for my bad english and thanks from now !!!

 

[bianni]

Place a blank layer on top and use the eyedropper tool to select the color nearest the light streak and with a soft brush brush the streak away using a low opacity to cover it slowly. You can erase areas where you don't want it covered.

 

[sk66]

IMO, that's way too much to edit out well...

One key to doing "light painting" particularly well is to light the separate areas individually in separate images... and then you get to check the result for each area as you're "building up" the lighting. In the end you wind up stacking/blending a bunch of images.

 

[Braineack]

reshoot it using a better light source and shoot more exposures.

 

[NjStacker22]

View attachment 69483Place a blank layer on top and use the eyedropper tool to select the color nearest the light streak and with a soft brush brush the streak away using a low opacity to cover it slowly. You can erase areas where you don't want it covered.

Very nice.

 

[Braineack]

View attachment 69483

Very nice.

is it? you lost all detail in the side of the car. If you need to edit the photo so it doesn't appear to be light painted, next time just use a long-exposure. The edit still left a lot of weird ghosting as well.

 

[Parker219]

Just use your 3rd photo...problem with the lights gone. lol

Very nice edit bianni

 

[alex.1221]

thank you very much all, especially bianni, great work !!!

 

[cheshirecat79]

When light painting against automotive surfaces, it's very, very important to keep the lighting as uniform as possible as you move it across the surface. Changing the angle, distance, and height relative to the bodywork will give you uneven and unattractive surfaces that misrepresent the curves of the vehicle.

It's not easy, but try to keep your lighting source straight and even as you move it across.