How do I remove a spot from underwater photo?

[Mike S]

I took some underwater pictures and on some of them, I get what I think is a spot on the lens, perhaps a droplet on the lens that messes up a photo and I'm looking for advice on the proper tool to remove it. I have used the Impainting brush which sort of works but I suspect there is a much better way. Any advice? 

[DWright]

Hi @Mike S,

Welcome to the forum

The photo has a large amount of noise in it which makes it harder to use the clone or inpainting tool, if you apply a denoise filter you can get better results with these tools.

[Mike S]

OK! I'll give it a go! Thanks!