evil blue tint removal/ Wine Tax

melekalikimaka

doin a shot for a press release regarding wine tax of 50 cent, sems i got some blue tint/blobs from sonething, like blown out highlights, but blue...in facr exactly that, any ideas how to lose it?

mikeanywhere

Is the blue from lights??

The whole image isn't very sharp either was it handheld???

melekalikimaka

nope no blue lights

DaireQuinlan

I'd say its just specular refractions (!?! Is that a new term ?) from the wine bottle. I'd be more concerned about the DOF. I'd stop down a bit more, the wineglass and money is nicely in focus, the wine bottle is IMO too oof. Plus there's some really really distracting OOF highlights in the background, I'm guessing they're highlights off rows of bottles in the background ?

conkeroo

To fix it, I used a hue/saturation layer to isolate the blue highlights and change them to a wine colour by changing the hue, saturation and lightness. Then just used the smudge tool to blend it in.


Edit: If you edited the full size image you'd manage a better job.

petercox

Another option is to use the clone tool in 'Color' mode. Set your source point to be the black of the wine bottle, then paint over the highlights.

Cheers,
Peter