What to do???

[carrbowl]

So I have this great photo of my son being a kid...going down a black diamond, on his second day of skiing EVER, before he even went down a blue . Anyway to make this look better after I crop it??? I'm almost positive the answer is no...but I just want to be able to get it to an 8 x 10...it's his souvenior...one is the original and the other is the crop I already "performed"!!

[LoungeLizard]

Print it and see how it turns out. May be good enough for you and it's only $2!

[Dobick]

try a little bit looser crop than the first one, and then print it and see. It's not bad -- but you are asking for a lot from that little bitty square of a sensor. On the plus side -- looks like you got the exposure pretty close.

You might try dialing back on the contrast some. You'll lose a bit of the detail, but you might eliminate some of the pixelation -- just a thought.

[carrbowl]

thanks...it's for my 9 year old...I'm thinking he's going to be so proud of the powder, it probably won't matter!!! Thanks..I did play with the crop out a little more and I liked it better...thanks

[douge]

I wonder if a sharpening program would be helpful. I was thinking about something like NIK Sharpener 2.0. Another solution would be to send it to a pro lab and see if they could run it through a sharpening program. Last but not least are some of the pro labs that can make a poster of this image. I love the image. Good luck.

[venchka]

You need pixel adding software. Labs have it. I think. If I'm wrong, I was never here.

[johnastovall]

Try up-rezing in GF, crop and then try using Fraser's two stage sharpening process in post with the final sharpening for the output device.

See Fraser's book on sharpening.

[Glassman]

You should be able to get a decent print from it. I don't know if this will work but you can resize it down to 8x10 and try a print.

[Dobick]

bump...

So what has been the outcome on this?

[carrbowl]

some nice TPF person from TPF has a program that will enchance the pixels...so when I get back home, I'm sending it to her...I'll post a copy of it.....thanks for asking...