Need a lab that can create excellence out of mediocre

[teelions]

<p>I have a photo that I took with a 6mp camera in low light which has a lot of

noise. I want to blow it up to around 11x14 but I'm not certain if the noise

and artifacts won't cloud the detail. <a

href="http://www.tlphoto.net/Blog/Images/New_Image.asp?Image=Lucas_Waits"

target="_blank">See it here</a>. I've done all I can in PS so any suggestions

for a quality lab that can brighten and sharpen this for me?<br> Thanks.</p>

<p>

Terry<br>

<a href="http://www.tlphoto.net">www.tlphoto.net</a>

</p>

[leon chang]

The nice thing about photography is that bad exposures are bad exposures and that not even the best PS'r around can fix that.

[dickhilker]

These helped a lot: (PSE2)

 

1. Despeckle

2. Sharpen edges

3. Increase contrast

[Jochen_S]

What did the link show? Genuine pixels (1:1crop) or the entire photo? - If it was the last, I'd look for a airbrush artist or similar.

[teelions]

The image is 10.667w x 8h @240dpi, slightly cropped. Perhaps making it B&W would make the noise into preferable grain.

[pico_digoliardi]

Your picture page prohibits download so I can't demonstrate, but try Smart Blur at low quality. Play with the slider - it is very sensitive to small adjustments.

 

Sometimes smart blur can actually make something look sharper.

[edgar_njari]

I'd agree with Jochen

 

this is such a simple picture (not much detail, simple lines and surfaces) that you could simply repaint some parts.

A good traditionally trained (no trickery, just a skilled brush, digital or real) airbrush artist could repair much of the image