-Ann Lang has a question about "removing objects" she writes:

Took some city shots that I want to make into a HDR, there was a flook of birds that got in the shot, looks like specks of dust. What is the best tool to get rid of these, do I need to do each shot individually or can I blend it into a HDR then remove them. It is quite a large area.

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This question was moved from the comments area of the January meetup.

I hope some others jump in here with suggestions.

But for me, especially high color HDR images where touch-up is needed, I would definitely do my color, levels, contrast, curves, etc with the image sections then import to HDR and make final corrections to things like object removal. The one main feature of HDR is to capture the intensity of color, resolution, and bigger than life look of the image. You achieve that by blending the various exposed images, but once you combined those images you can make other image touch ups-after you have combined them but don't adjust things like color, levels, contrast, exposure, curves and so on or you risk undoing what you were trying to achieve in the way of HDR.

BUT also... if you are using CS5 you can actually create your HDR in enhanced features. The newest version gives you up to 5 different exposure opportunity's to blend. And you can make one image the main image while putting other images lower down.

The Merge to HDR Pro is one of the enhanced features in Photoshop CS5 and it allows you to import multiple photos into the Merge to HDR Pro dialog box so, you can apply different effects on the produced image.


Let us know how it goes.
-t

Good advise, what tool do you recommend to remove the flock of birds.
I took pics at a slow shutter speed so the birds look like smeared specks of dirt.
Thanks

Oh ..and as far as which tool to use to remove the "flock" of birds.... that really depends. It might be a combination of tools, depending on how thick the flock is, how high resolution the image is and also what version of photoshop you are using. If you are using CS5 you might be able to use the healing brush with the latest content aware feature. If you are using an earlier version then a combination of clone and healing might do the trick. But be careful not to wash out the portions you are trying to remove with too harsh of a tool as it may show up in HDR.