can part of image out-of-focus be corrected

snapplejacks · 28-06-2008 04:06PM #1

Hi,

I was out photographing a few cyclists this morning and i have a couple of good shots. however, i also have a few (which could be good) where parts are in focus but cyclists unfortunately are out of focus.

i have these images in both raw+jpg, so can i do anything in photoshop CS3 to correct this ?

Fajitas! · 28-06-2008 04:09PM

Depends how OOF it is... generally, no, but you can do a bit of work on it if you really had to, using high pass filters.

Nothing will get it back into focus completly though.

CabanSail · 28-06-2008 04:27PM

Not really.

I have done a bit of cheating in PS when I had a bird slightly out of focus. I went in & "rebuilt" the eye which made it look in focus. When it was sharp the rest was not noticable.

You could try to do some Sharpening, but it will only help a bit.

Maybe post an example of one of the images & let people have a look?

snapplejacks · 28-06-2008 04:30PM

the jpg is 3mb. is there instructions/rules here somewhere about putting up images ? never done that

Fajitas! · 28-06-2008 04:40PM

Try using an image sharing site like flickr or photobucket, there's a few others out there too

snapplejacks · 28-06-2008 05:30PM

Fajitas! · 28-06-2008 05:33PM

Hmmmm. I reckon there's too little depth of field to work with I'm afraid

DonkeyStyle \o/ · 28-06-2008 05:43PM

I think the focus makes the picture tell a whole other story.
The guy in the high vis jacket looks really out of place, like he's the guy nobody likes who just tags along

Makes me laugh in my head... I reckon there's an 80's movie in there somewhere.
Keep it!

snapplejacks · 28-06-2008 05:56PM

DonkeyStyle \o/ wrote: »

The guy in the high vis jacket looks really out of place, like he's the guy nobody likes who just tags along
Makes me laugh in my head... I reckon there's an 80's movie in there somewhere.
Keep it!

lol....v funny...don't know whether i should point that out to the group.

stewiegriffin08 · 28-06-2008 07:24PM

yea, Looks a bit too bad to fix.
I recently shot a confirmation, two children, two shots

... One, out of focus, other eyes closed on one, so Took eyes, placed them over in PS... Looks in focus, printed fantastic, same as someone said about the bird above,

I know It takes up alot, but always take a few shots, you will be greatful when you need it. :rolleyes:

Anouilh · 29-06-2008 07:18PM

There are some links here that deal with your problem.

http://forums.cnet.com/5208-7813_102-0.html?forumID=58&threadID=170202&messageID=1904032

Irfanview has an Unsharp Mask feature which may be of use.

can part of image out-of-focus be corrected

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