What can PS (in the right hands) do with this?

[photographydreams]

This picture didn't turn out great technically, but i love the moment... any

chance of improving it in PS?

 

Thanks!

Sarah<div></div>

[katycollins]

minus a few distractions - but I'm sure you'll get some better examples than mine ; )<div></div>

[luminous world]

Everything is subjective and I'm sure by posting the question as open ended you'll get suggestions that never would have occured to you, always helpful when learning. But it would also help to understand what you don't like about it and what you'd improve if you could.

[photographydreams]

I think what i don't like may not be as visible in the small image, so i have uploaded the larger version to http://www.photo.net/photo/5148069

 

It seems to have quite a bit of noise and blur, and I think that's mostly what i don't like about it. Thanks for looking!

[ellis_vener_photography]

try getting the Noise Ninja plug-in from http://www.picturecode.com

 

Also learn how to use your camera's raw capture mode and Photoshop ACR (PS Elements 4 &

5 and Photoshop CS2) for raw processing. See Mikkel Aaland

's book "Photoshop CS2 RAW".

[kelvinphoto - arlington, t]

Sarah,

I suggest you either crop it or trash it. compose & expose right the first time so you don't have to worry about PS.

[photographer lori]

Here's my take.<div></div>

[mark pav]

I second the suggesiton to crop it. Also, download Focus Magic to get it sharper. You have several free uses in the trial version.

[mike_barrett2]

Here is my try. I agree that it should be shot better in the first place. But sometimes momments happen and you get what you can. I am usually not prepared for an major action shot during the ceremony either. And I have been in the wedding, album design business nearly 20 years.

 

Michael<div></div>

[john_fenger1]

I think its workable. The B/G would probably love the above color mixed with B/W. i personally tend to prefer to keep images either all color or all B/W, not a judgment, just a preference. I think i would make the girl a different layer, brightener her up a bit, blur the back ground and remove the man from the side of the picture. If it was my image i would spend more time cleaning up all the busyness in the image.. get rid of the chair and make the blur look accurate for the DOF IE match the focus of the floor to the girl. but this will give you a general idea. see image.<div></div>

[maroark]

Bless this little girl's heart, hopping around on one foot all day.

 

I just took John and Mike's (my brother's name is john...;) ideas and elaborated a bit. I used both my right and left hand btw.<div></div>

[maroark]

I should have cloned out the guy on the right but I'm on lunch break.

[kevin m.]

"...but i love the moment."

 

Not trying to be funny, but I think you love your memory of the moment, rather than this

picture of it.