This really doesn't have any hope of being saved, does it?

[waffles]

I probably already know the answer to this question, but I have to ask anyway. Does this photo have any hope of being saved? Normally I'd just throw it out, but on this and a few other people from a recent shoot every shot I got of them was out of focus. I can't exactly pretend that someone doesn't exist.

[OsmosisStudios]

Not really, sadly.

[dcclark]

Way out of focus and underexposed. Sorry... I wouldn't keep it.

[fletch]

Did you shoot RAW? If so you could probably fix the exposure. Sharpen the crap out of it an you may get something but doesn't look likely.

[private]

its sooo small, I cannot tell how "bad" it really is. Can you post a larget version, it'll be fun for me to play...

[Jennilyn76]

It may not be a "properly done" photo, but at least you do have a memory of that event! I would do the best I could to edit it and keep it.

[waffles]

Originally Posted by private

its sooo small, I cannot tell how "bad" it really is. Can you post a larget version, it'll be fun for me to play...

Originally Posted by Jennilyn76

It may not be a "properly done" photo, but at least you do have a memory of that event! I would do the best I could to edit it and keep it.

If it was just me there for someone I wouldn't worry about it. I'd also have had time to get something better. As it was I got paid roughly 4 days worth of subbing to get these posed shots and there's a few where every picture of someone is like this.

[Saralonde]

This was the best I could do in a short time. Not too happy with the chin of the lady on the right...

[waffles]

That's a lot better then what I was able to get out of it. Would you mind sharing what you did?

[Saralonde]

I used Photoshop.

Levels to overall lighten. I think I used a simple s curve, too.
Smart sharpen, just a bit. I wanted to concentrate on the faces since they were most important, so I used an action from Pioneer Woman called Sharpen THIS (it's in Set 2). I enlarged the area to get in close and sharpened pixel by pixel, with a little extra in the eye area, changing the opacity when needed so it wouldn't look too oversharpened.
I used the Dodge tool on the face of the woman on the right, again getting in close and lightening a few pixels at a time. Also tried to dodge the whites of eyes so they stood out more.
At the end I used the free version of Noiseware set on default.

This was all relatively quick since I used an action and didn't touch the background.