Remove shadow

[kate2kate]

Could you please tell me how to remove this shadow. FYI I am a begginer.

Thank you!

[josephlavine]

Are you referring to the dark area in the background or something else? The tools to review are the Clone and Heal tools. Please see the attached screen capture

 

[kate2kate]

Yes the dark area in the background.

[Just Shoot Me]

This is better done in Photoshop and not LrC.

If you are a subscriber to the Adobe Photography plan you have access to Photoshop and it is that program you should tackle this task

[kate2kate]

Thank you but I have no idea how to use photoshop. I take pictures for my Etsy jewelry store, the store keeps me busy so I don't always have time for tutorials. I do the best I can.

[Just Shoot Me]

Or simply Crop out the area with the shadow. That would also bring the subject of the photo, the stone, to the forefront.

[kate2kate]

This crop looks good. I thought it would get to blurry croped that tight. Is cropping the only thing you did? I do have some other photos that will be difficult to crop out.

[Just Shoot Me]

I did nothing else but crop out the shadow. And that was done on the screen shot you posted in your original post. Which is a 2000 x 1333 pixel image which is just a 2.6 MP image.

[Geoff the kiwi]

This is very simply done with the Clone/Healing tool and took me two minutes..... the best practise is to watch carefully when shooting! Good luck and thanks for asking for help!!