Worst image I have ever seen

[rpcrowe]

That may be an exaggeration but, this image of my daughter and her employees was shot by my son-in-law is pretty darn bad...



I tried, totally unsuccessfully to fix it a bit but, didn't have any luck...



I have a hunch it was shot with a cellphone that had a dirty lens...

[Donald]

Yep ... that's pretty bad!

[AlwaysOnAuto]

What camera was he using? Just don't want to buy one by accident.

[Dave Humphries]

I have a hunch it was shot with a cellphone that had a dirty lens...

Yeah, that will do it

Mine picks up smears easily, even though I try to be careful - and try to remember to check and wipe clean before snapping, but of course, sometimes I forget

[FootLoose]

Pretty bad, alright. I tried DXO's new Clearview function on it:

[Loose Canon]

Really Richard?

Guess you don't check out your local Fauxtographers on Craigslist and Facebook?

This is a work of art compared! And they are charging $$!

[IzzieK]

Is that the only shot your SIL made? Maybe there are some good ones to remember from that trip...just that this one is really beyond salvageable...

[Mike Buckley]

cellphone that had a dirty lens...

Cell phones have lenses? I thought they were supposed to be used for talking.

[ajohnw]

I thought there might be some hope



However on 2nd thoughts. Cloths maybe but faces no unless they were manually repainted

John
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[DanK]

well, it's not the worst I have seen, but who's counting?

My first thought was that it was a combination of flare (see over the head of the person second from the right) and filth on the lens, which would of course make the flare worse. It looks a bit like the photos people get by smearing petroleum jelly over a filter. In any event, I think the bottom line is that the flare has wiped out detail, so it can't be well repaired.

[ajohnw]

I suspect it's a combination of flair, light levels and in camera processing as it was taken with a cell phone. Bit too extreme for it handle.

John
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[Mike Buckley]

By the way, it doesn't even come close to the worst I ever made. Think about opening the back of a camera in bright sunshine with the film still in it and you might have an idea about how to make a much worse photo.

[ajohnw]

By the way, it doesn't even come close to the worst I ever made. Think about opening the back of a camera in bright sunshine with the film still in it and you might have an idea about how to make a much worse photo.

I remember a leaky back giving an interesting flare effect.

John
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