Need help editing a pic for a friend

Hey guys,
I am trying to edit this image..and its a crappy image that was taken with a cheap camera, but this is for her mom and i can't really do anything with it. Could someone help me?
thanks!

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Has this been printed on a T-shirt or something!?!

Wow - that's a more than horrible picture. Can you retake it with a decent camera?

There's NO detail in her face left - its all blown out. I actually can't even tell what she's standing in front of - is that a bush? The lines/grain in the picture can't even be saved with maximum noise reduction...

I'd consider this a total lost cause and try to take another picture.

Jen D.

LOL, no it wasn't printed on a tshirt. I don't know what kind of camera it was taken with. like a 0.3 megapixel or something LMAO. I tried messing with the color and stuff in PS, but was hard to do. Unfortunately Its rainy and stuff all week here and she can't take another pic outside. I'll try to get it as best i can i guess.

yeah... If it was me I wouldn't try to keep it like a photo. If I absolutely loved the shot I'd make it into a digital painting type thingy on photoshop. cuz there's a lot of information missing. maybe if i have time i'll try a few things just to show you. GOOD LUCK! you'll need it.

that'd be VERY hard to do without actually having an art degree and a lot of knowledge in photoshop. You'd have to airbrush in all of the detail and skin tone, shadows, and get rid of all the lines.

Even if it is cloudy/rainy, etc you'll NEED to take another shot...really

alas I will see what I can do, though

I had a little time on it. I can't recover the blown highlights...

Did one as regular and then another as canvas...brb gotta load it on something...

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Awesome! Thanks tfizzle! I'll give these too her and see what she says..hopefully they will work. I told her to bring the dog in and i would take a pic of them. lol. The pic was just a horrible pic to begin with.

whoami?

This is not perfect, and I've run out of time to work on it, but it's probably 75% better than the original. I hope she likes it.

HAHAHA!!!!! LMAO!!!

that is funny.....as for the photo. i think the more you tyr to fix it the worse it will get..re shoot with better camera.

tfizzle wrote in post #6889739
that'd be VERY hard to do without actually having an art degree and a lot of knowledge in photoshop. You'd have to airbrush in all of the detail and skin tone, shadows, and get rid of all the lines.

Even if it is cloudy/rainy, etc you'll NEED to take another shot...really

alas I will see what I can do, though

so right. you'd have to literally paint a new face. Thought there was enough info on the face to just fill in a few things... but there's absolutely nothing there except eyes, nose and mouth. (o.0 ) good luck all.

Sorry, I'll put them back up:

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