Removing ghosting from a single long exposure

[K_Georgiadis]

I have a single long exposure of two boats on a lake. It was windy and the white boat on the left is ghosted in the grass behind it. What is the best procedure to remove the ghosting?

Thanks

[Sahil.Chawla · Accepted solution]

Hi there,

As you're looking to remove ghosting from the image, please have a look at this article and let us know if it helps: Creating a surreal HDR look & removing "ghosts"

This video may also help: How to Remove Ghosting in Photoshop - YouTube

You can use the Clone Stamp Tool to remove the ghosting manually, please read here to know more about it: Retouch and repair photos

Regards,
Sahil

[davescm]

I looked closely at your image at 100% zoom and I don't see an issue. Looking very hard at the tail there might be a slight ghost but only because you asked us to look for it. Whilst you could start to clone, it is a nice image as it stands. I would leave it alone.

Dave

[D Fosse]

Agreed. That's the problem with Photoshop - people start fixing things that don't need fixing Perfectly fine shot, leave it alone.

[Chuck Uebele]

If you're doing that type of shot again, take two: one long and one short. Then you can replace the moving object with the one from the shorter exposure.

[K_Georgiadis]

Thanks you friends, I fixed it with the Stamp Tool