Photoshop help please?

[FreshFish]

Can someone with photoshop skillz please look at this picture for me:
http://pics.bbzzdd.com/users/FreshFish/IMG_1016.JPG

We want to get a print of this picture for my father-in-law. It would be really great if someone could brighten it up a bit (specifically the stern/rear of the boat). I know it isn't the greatest picture, but it's the best we have and I want to at least try.

Thanks a million for any help!

 

[fuzzybabybunny]

This better?

http://fuzzybabybunny.smugmug....photos/184367792-O.jpg

 

[FreshFish]

That looks a lot better, but is there any way to avoid the graininess in the windows, or is that just the quality of the photo itself?

Thanks a lot!

 

[fuzzybabybunny]

It's just the quality of the photo. I even ran noise reduction on the image. Grain really tends to appear when you try lightening dark areas.

 

[Number1]

How big are you going to print it?

Ho, and could I borrow it for the weekend, Ill take good care of it.

 

[HN]

http://img65.imageshack.us/img65/2995/img1016cpvl2.jpg

 

[FreshFish]

Ahh, I figured as much. Thanks a lot for the help -- not sure how long it took you, but is there a way to go about 1/2 way between the original brightness and the brighter one? I think that might be the sweet spot as far as grain vs. darkness is concerned.

Thanks a lot for the help. I owe you a :beer:

I was thinking that somewhere around 12" x 18" or 11" x 14" would be preferrable, but with that much grain...I will probably go a bit smaller.

 

[fuzzybabybunny]

I just realized that my noise reduction was actually turned off when I did it. Here's the new photo with noise reduction:

http://fuzzybabybunny.smugmug....photos/184387026-O.jpg

 

[potoba]

Originally posted by: HN
http://img65.imageshack.us/img65/2995/img1016cpvl2.jpg

:thumbsup:

 

[FreshFish]

Sweet deal -- I really appreciate it! Thanks!

 

[treemonkey]

one more...

 

[FreshFish]

Originally posted by: treemonkey
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Hey, that looks awesome! Great work!