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My neighbor pushed back when I said all blurry photos can be saved in software
He told me that no amount of sharpening can fix motion blur from a 1/15th second hand held shot at 200mm. I argued with him for 20 minutes, then pulled up an old wildlife photo I'd tried to fix. He was right - the deer just looks like a smudged mess with noise artifacts. Has anyone else had to accept that some shots are truly lost?
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betty14417d ago
Oh man, this is me trying to "fix" photos of my cat running around the house lol. I spent like three hours once trying to save a blurry shot of a hummingbird and it just ended up looking like a fuzzy potato with wings. All that noise reduction made it worse, like smearing Vaseline on the screen. I've learned the hard way that some photos are just destined for the trash folder no matter how much you tweak the sliders. Now I just laugh at my terrible shots and move on instead of pretending I can magic them into something usable.
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taragrant17d ago
Nah, you just need better software and more patience with the sliders!
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rowangonzalez11d ago
Oh man, I feel this in my bones. It's like we've all been trained to think there's a fix for everything if we just buy the right thing or try hard enough. I've noticed this same pattern in cooking, too - people think a fancy gadget will make them a good cook, but sometimes the burnt dinner is just burnt, you know? There's something freeing about accepting that some stuff is a lost cause and moving on. Your mileage may vary, but I've found a lot more peace just hitting delete and taking a deep breath instead of wrestling with software for hours.
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