[jacco]

And what do you think of this one? A bit under exposed maybe?

[jericho]

I made a few changes to lighten and sharpen it up a bit. Thoughts?

[teddyfingers]

Very nice. I like the 2nd best.

Teddy

[shuttertalk]

2nd is definitely appears sharper and appears to have greater detail.

[jacco]

Hi Jericho,

WOW that looks 10 times better!
Would you care to share how you did that so I can learn that stuff too?

[jericho]

Sure thing. However, I am stepping out for a short time. I will send a reply tomorrow.

Cheers Jacco.

Jerry.

[jacco]

That would be great Jerry, thanks !

I have been trying in the meantime... getting better but can't get a picture as sharp as yours yet.

First I slightly changed brightness/contrast (using photoshop CS):


Then I used unsharp mask:


Result:

[jacco]

I have not bothered blurring the background which you seem to have done with good result. I assume you had to manually select (or deselect) the object?