Can this be saved

[sheldonc]

I took this shot on safari but unfortunately it was quite dark, I'd been travelling all day & I've ended up with an out of focus hippo - it could have been a bit of camera shake I guess - got some great captures but this was the only shot with the mouth open!



I use GIMP (I'm a novice at it) if anyone has any tips on how I can make the hippo look in focus or alternately do something to it so that the fact it isn't doesn't matter it will be greatly appreciated (maybe I could turn it into a silhouette and make the most of the sunset colours instead) . If anyone wants to give a crack at it themselves I'd be happy to see their results as well as their advice

Many thanks in advance

[PrimeTime]

It might be a little better, but its hard to sharpen something with a double image .

I used gimp and sharpened with edge detect and a layer mask, and also sharpened with unsharp mask over top of that. I tried to sharpen the edge to make it look a little more in focus..............didn't work too good though. Tough image to fix.

[sheldonc]

Hi Prime

Thank you for trying - I think I'll play around with it & try & make a nice silhouette out of it or go play with a different image

[kencaleno]

I only have photoshop-this is what I did:

- To lighten under-exposed images

Ctrl+J
Blend mode Screen
Adjust opacity to suit before flattening/save


then:

- To sharpen - Smart sharpen

Ctrl+J
Unsharp mask amount 18%
Radius 40 pxls
Threshold 0
Unsharp mask amount 150%
Radius 0.3 pxls
Threshold 0
Edit> fade Unsharp mask 100% Darken
Unsharp mask amount 150%
Radius 0.3 pxls
Threshold 0
Edit> fade Unsharp mask 50% Lighten