is it possible to amend blurry photograph? I took a few pictures of my local church while having a ceremony, it was a good opportunity to take a few photographs but i messed it up by...

john Muriel Loc: WEST LONDON

I took a few pictures of my local church while having a ceremony, it was a good opportunity to take a few photographs but i messed it up by not setting the correct iso, so they pictures came out a bit blurry. i tried to b a bit clever by having a low iso but it didnt work.

I have attached a copy of the pictures
any suggestions will be greatly appreciated, please comment on what i should have done.

Thanks heaps

john Muriel Loc: WEST LONDON

I took a few pictures of my local church while having a ceremony, it was a good opportunity to take a few photographs but i messed it up by not setting the correct iso, so they pictures came out a bit blurry. i tried to b a bit clever by having a low iso but it didnt work.

I have attached a copy of the pictures
any suggestions will be greatly appreciated, please comment on what i should have done.

Thanks heaps

william48 Loc: New Philadelphia,Ohio

It is possible to correct, But we can not use the programs written for the military or afford them. They use algorithms that need super computer speed. the corrections to the Hubble telescope is an example. They had to correct the mistake in the mirror that was ground to an incorrect arc which wouldn't let it focus. When we take a picture all the information we need to get a good sharp picture is there. We just have to move all the data around which usually requires fast fourier transforms. It looks like movement of the camera and poor focus which can be corrected by faster shutter speed and a faster lens. What type of camera and lens did you use?You may have gotten a better picture with a higher iso setting. If you were worried about iso noise it may have been better with a little noise.

Searcher Loc: Kent, England

I downloaded the first image and found that unfortunately the problem is camera shake - 1/15th sec and probably hand held. The subjects are not going to stand still enough for that shutter speed anyway.

Change ISO to 800, Aperture f/4, shutter 1/60th

I don't know what camera/lens set up you have but you need the smallest aperture - fastest shutter speed combo with high ISO

You can easily clean up edges with the clone tool in PP,
adjust the contrast and clarity which helps, but as to sharpening up facial features etc. - I don't think you can.

Raider Fan Loc: Lake County, IL.

Take a look at some software called "Focus Magic" it is pretty good and I have used it a few times. You will get ten free fixes before you have to purchase. The price $45 USD and it may or may not be worth it to you.

http://www.focusmagic.com/

snowbear

Focus is not the problem with these - it's motion blur from shooting at 1/15 second. I doubt that there is much you can do with them. Don't be afraid to increase the ISO a little. For hand-holding that lens (18-55), the slowest you want to shoot is 1/60 second.

jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY

Raider Fan wrote:

Take a look at some software called "Focus Magic" it is pretty good and I have used it a few times. You will get ten free fixes before you have to purchase. The price $45 USD and it may or may not be worth it to you.

http://www.focusmagic.com/

That looks like interesting software. In the example at the bottom, they shifted the focus from front blur/rear sharp to front sharp/rear blur. That's worth looking at.

Right now it's over 100 degrees - too hot to do anything!

starzee

I sometimes use the high pass filter in photoshop with the blend mode set to overlay, hard light or soft light. Other times I embrace the blur and go for a painterly look.

Bozsik Loc: Orangevale, California

Raider Fan wrote:

Take a look at some software called "Focus Magic" it is pretty good and I have used it a few times. You will get ten free fixes before you have to purchase. The price $45 USD and it may or may not be worth it to you.

http://www.focusmagic.com/

It doesn't work on 64bit computers yet. They are working on a 64bit program though. I will be interested in trying it when it comes out.

RaydancePhoto

I use a program (plugin) called Refocus. It works on some images depending on how the blur took place. If it a focus blur, it works pretty good, but not so good on camera shake.

My laptop, which I use the most, runs Ubuntu for OS, a linux operating system. So I use Gimp since it works very well on Linux. The Refocus plugin is for Gimp.

I downloaded Focus Magic for my PC, but have not used it yet.

Pic #1 would be a stretch to get it fixed, a little too blurred.

What I do to see if it is going to work is make a copy of the image and resize it to 1000 on the long side, then run the refocus. This is just a test to see if it will work. If it works, I do the full size image. refocus takes a lot of time and the smaller image makes it much faster to test if it will work on a given image.

jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY

Bozsik wrote:

Raider Fan wrote:

Take a look at some software called "Focus Magic" it is pretty good and I have used it a few times. You will get ten free fixes before you have to purchase. The price $45 USD and it may or may not be worth it to you.

http://www.focusmagic.com/

It doesn't work on 64bit computers yet. They are working on a 64bit program though. I will be interested in trying it when it comes out.

Well, that saves me money for something else.

dar_clicks Loc: Utah

john Muriel wrote:

I took a few pictures of my local church while having a ceremony, it was a good opportunity to take a few photographs but i messed it up by not setting the correct iso, so they pictures came out a bit blurry. i tried to b a bit clever by having a low iso but it didnt work.

I have attached a copy of the pictures
any suggestions will be greatly appreciated, please comment on what i should have done.

Thanks heaps

The only thing I can think of for the really blurry photo is to apply some kind of artistic treatment or texture (with more effort and care than the example I'm returning using "add noise," of course). Then perhaps vignetted and/or framed, it might still make a suitable remembrance. For those more artistic than I am, it also might be possible to use the photo as a guide for painting, either digitally or on canvas.

jadeast Loc: Virginia

Try blurity it works sometimes and you get a few free fixes on the trial.

Ziza Loc: USA

jerryc41 wrote:

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When I upgraded from Windows XP (32-bit) to Windows 7 (64-bit) I just ignored that note in their website and installed Focus Magic in Photoshop Elements. Nice surprise!!! This plug-in works flawlessly on a 64-bit OS. The key to sucess is not to use the self-installer. Do a manual installation instead; copy the .8bf file to the Plug-ins folder in Photoshop Elements.

C:/Program Files (x86)/Adobe\Photoshop Elements x.x/Plug-Ins

I believe it also works with the 32-bit version of Photoshop up to and including PS CS5. I may be wrong, but it doesn't seem to be compatible with PS CS6 (either 32-bit or 64-bit). Maybe someone will be kind enough to verify this?

The best thing is to download the demo trial. It will allow you to process up to 10 images before you are required to purchase this program.

Dun1 Loc: Atlanta, GA

One plug in I use frequently is Topaz in Focus, and it is not the sharpest tool in their plug in shed, Try Topaz Detail it's a plug in and can assist you in increasing interior detail in you photos
http://www.topazlabs.com/detail/
I removed some of the noise in the photo and ran Topaz Detail on one of photos