Thanks, Ken. I am watching a tutorial on Photoshop and may someday know
how to do what you suggest. I'm not deleting any of the marginal scans
because someday there may be a way to fix them!! Maybe my grandkids can do
it ;-)
Tina
On Thu, Jan 31, 2013 at 10:32 AM, Ken Norton <ken@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > That's exactly why I'm posting them here. I need help!! She looked in
> > focus to me, at least as much as a Noctilux wide open can look. My eyes
> > are getting as old as I am. When I ran across this one scanning, I was
> > struck by her expression and her wrinkles, showing her life in her face.
> I
> > need you to tell me that it doesn't work.
>
> Well, this is where the Moose and I part ways. Technically, it is
> flawed. Artistically, it is over-the-top great. I'm reminded of a
> little trick to save such a photo. If the plane of focus is off, then
> apply a blur across the image to level to the point where the in-focus
> is "detuned" to match the eyes. Once you've done that, then you can
> reprocess the image to imply sharpness through other means.
>
> This is a case where the photo might end up working better as a
> smaller image. Through a detuning process, you apply what is in
> essence a broad anti-aliasing filter. Once you apply that, downsize
> the image and then resharpen.
>
>
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