Fixing Blurred Images in Photoshop

This image was sent in by Margaret Penney from the Manukau Photographic Society and also Pukekohe Franklin Camera Club. It's a tough image as the jeep is blurred beyond what I would normally tackle, but for the purposes of demonstration, I'll take you through the steps I used.

First I selectively increased the saturation of the yellows and reds with a hue/saturation adjustment layer. Most greens you see in trees and grass are made up of more yellow than green.

The jeep is moving which works to our advantage as I can selectively motion blur the surround and give the jeep a subtle sharpening effect. The contrast between the blurred surround and the sharp jeep will make the jeep look sharper. Gota use any method available for this one as the jeep will never be tac sharp.

So how did I do this. Firstly I duplicated the background and applied a motion blur to the top layer at a similar angle to the movement of the jeep. I then applied a mask to the top layer. The mask will be white, so all I need to do is select a soft brush and paint with black over the jeep. (make sure the mask layer is selected). This will cause the jeep to have no motion blur.

I now flattened the image and applied a selective sharpening of the jeep with PhotoKit Sharpener, I used the haze cutter tool which works similarly to the Clarity Slider in Lightroom. I then applied an export sharpening for the web.

Comments are welcome.