The easy photoshop fix is to duplicate the image on a new layer and then add about 7% noise to the entire image. Then youcan mask off the whole layer and use a soft paintbrush to reveal the noise fix on top of your image. It's really seamless that way. In fact I usually duplicate the original layer itself and add a little noise just to ease the blend. On the black areas for the image above, I'm not sure I see what you're seeing. Are you looking at the floor or the robe? Mark