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12/04/2005 01:05:05 PM · #1 |
My brother took this pic while down in New Orleans and he has asked me to fix and print it for him as a Christmas gift. Unfortunately he converted the original to sepia and saved it so he lost all the color information. Is this salvageable? What can I do to fix the blown out whites and bring back some detail? Thank you.
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12/04/2005 01:50:50 PM · #2 |
Once whites are blown out there's virtually no way to bring back the detail. Even if you could bring it back, this picture suffers from severe camera shake, way to much to correct for with smart sharpen in CS2 or software. I'd tell your brother it can't be done.
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12/04/2005 01:51:16 PM · #3 |
I can fix everything in this pix except the blur.
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12/04/2005 01:53:18 PM · #4 |
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12/04/2005 02:10:03 PM · #5 |
Here's my quick try. I used focus magic to fix the motion blur. Then an illusion--grain helps us perceive further sharpness. Then shadow highlights. Then general messing around.
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12/04/2005 02:47:47 PM · #6 |
My feeling also is that this picture can not be improved 'enough' to be print worthy but....
Try a couple rounds of duplicate layer (multiply) at 30 to 50 % flattened then duplicate and a high pass filter (overlay) will sharpen then various cloning obviously was done some here and there burn highlights then a mask (reverse vingette) to lighten up the periphery and then finally converted to B&W and "maybe' it's a little better. Thanks for the challenge.
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12/04/2005 03:14:30 PM · #7 |
Since blur is one of the big problems with the picture, why not increase it?:
In general though, I think "fixing" problem shots is not the way to go.
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12/04/2005 03:16:37 PM · #8 |
Originally posted by ursula:
Since blur is one of the big problems with the picture, why not increase it?:
In general though, I think "fixing" problem shots is not the way to go. |
I like your thinking :-)
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12/04/2005 03:19:19 PM · #9 |
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12/04/2005 03:25:41 PM · #10 |
Actually, the blur isn't the main problem. Focus magic varies in it's effectiveness on motion blur, but on this shot, it's pretty effective. You might have to take more time than I did, since the amount of motion blur can vary on different parts of the image. I chose the other processing because it did look like an old time shot, and the grain (which may be to heavy) to address some of the burnout as well as add perceived sharpness.
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12/04/2005 03:35:42 PM · #11 |
here's my try. i did everything with the Virtual Photographer plug-in for PS. |
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12/04/2005 03:50:55 PM · #12 |
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12/04/2005 03:52:47 PM · #13 |
Here's a slightly different approach :-)
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12/04/2005 04:28:36 PM · #14 |
| New Orleans? Wow, I would have sworn that was Central Park right outside Tavern on the Green! |
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12/04/2005 04:40:36 PM · #15 |
Originally posted by woohoopepper:
New Orleans? Wow, I would have sworn that was Central Park right outside Tavern on the Green! |
Ya, does look a bit like there, doesn't it?
Actually, that pic is taken from the steps just to the right of 
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12/04/2005 07:27:42 PM · #16 |
Thanks everyone for helping me out. For some reason my brother just loves this picture. He's not into photography so he has no idea of the challenge this is for me. Thanks again.
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