Hi again.
I am now working on this photo and its probably the hardest ive had yet .
I have done level ajustments.Then I have used imagesonic noiseware to remove noise (maybe too much).I have done some heal to remove the worst of the white patches.
I am now open to suggestions as to where I should go next.
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(http://i1364.photobucket.com/albums/r738/paulboyowhite/Paul%20White%20OPR/RyanT_14_01_4x6wip_zpsdca32528.jpg) (http://s1364.photobucket.com/user/paulboyowhite/media/Paul%20White%20OPR/RyanT_14_01_4x6wip_zpsdca32528.jpg.html)
Hi Paul,
It's great that you did the Level's Adjustment first, although when I did both Level's and Curves my results were different. I would try starting over without using Imagesonic noiseware, because yes, it has made the image too smooth and gives it a blurry look to where you feel the whole photo is unfocused. There are other ways to do handle this. More later . . .
Word of caution for using plug ins to help--often they make things worse than doing the grunt work yourself.
Margie
Thanks for the feedback Marge
As I said "hardest" yet.I made the right choice posting early then as the feedback will help .
Hopefully Ill have an hour later today to start over .