Can a small amount of blur be fixed?

[jrshortbusrydaz]

I took this photo when I was in Antarctica last Christmas and since I'm going through pictures to put on my website I can across this and I'm wondering if you think I can save it.

http://i205.photobucket.com/albums/bb34/bb_photography/4F7V2547.jpg

I don't consider it to be to blurry, but it does have some camera shake

[jrshortbusrydaz]

Here's the link to the bigger version too
http://i205.photobucket.com/albums/bb34/bb_photography/4F7V2547-1.jpg?t=1209945603

[garryknight]

You could try Unshake (http://www.hamangia.freeserve.co.uk/).

[jrshortbusrydaz]

Mkay, thanks

[Rockfreak300]

30 seconds in Photoshop:

Hopefully it is something like you were looking for.

- Adjusted levels
- Adjusted curves
- Adjusted hue/saturation
- Sharpened the photo / unsharp mask

Before:
http://i205.photobucket.com/albums/bb34/bb_photography/4F7V2547.jpg

After:
http://i18.photobucket.com/albums/b106/floridacarclub/seal-1.jpg

[jrshortbusrydaz]

Beats my version!
Thanks a lot for the help

[Rockfreak300]

Beats my version!
Thanks a lot for the help

No problem, I shoot mainly automotive events. Trying to pan cars passing you at 180+mph helps you quickly learn how to edit blurry photos! :lol:

[jrshortbusrydaz]

Jeez, I bet.
I would have trouble even with my Mark
Haha

[PhotosGuy]

One thing that works fairly well is to select the area that most needs to be sharp, & only sharpen that. Or sharpen that just a bit more than the rest of the image. I'll usually, but not always, use a feather on the selection so it blends in well with the rest of the image.
My favorite selection tool:
Selecting areas in PS. (http://photography-on-the.net/forum/showthread.php?t=39994)

[LeuceDeuce]

Here's my go at it.

1. Create a duplicate of the background.
2. Create a duplicate of the green channel (it was the one with good detail in it to begin with).
3. Conventional USM sharpening on the green channel copy.
4. Apply green channel in Darken blend mode to copy of background.
5. Blend background copy to background in Luminance blend mode.
6. Repeat steps 1 to 5.
7. Duplicate the background.
8. Increase contrast in the seal with a Curves adjustment.
9. Apply high radius low amount USM to the copy.
10. Mask the duplicate background to apply sharpening only to the seal.
11. Flatten and save.

[jrshortbusrydaz]

Here's my go at it. If you like it I can send my workflow.
Please do, I'd love to see it

[jrshortbusrydaz]

One thing that works fairly well is to select the area that most needs to be sharp, & only sharpen that. Or sharpen that just a bit more than the rest of the image. I'll usually, but not always, use a feather on the selection so it blends in well with the rest of the image.
My favorite selection tool:
Selecting areas in PS. (http://photography-on-the.net/forum/showthread.php?t=39994)
Ah, thanks, I could really use this

[Damo77]

I watched a good tutorial on correcting motion blur on http://tv.adobe.com/

Sorry I can't give you a direct link - it's a damn Flash site.

[jrshortbusrydaz]

Ohh
Alrighty, thanks a ton

[Shooting]

You can also used Focus Magic..has 2 settings, for camera blur and out of focus blur..