can this snapshot still be post processed to turn out into a better photograph?

here's the original, i just resized it for posting, and my try in CS2 at salvaging the photo.

anybody care to have a go at it?

original
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v483/eyecutter/DSC_1450a.jpg

my try at pp
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v483/eyecutter/DSC_1450r.jpg

honestly, you can only do so much... first, it's blurred. secondly, it is underexposed.

you can try desaturating it and do a BW image, adjust curves, sharpen.

My try:

http://i93.photobucket.com/albums/l74/hulikita/sample2copy.jpg

Salvageable depends on how you want this kind of picture or you will just be wasting your time clicking your mouse. Dindin is right you can only do so much. Better option is re shoot.

PP nalang pwede? here's my try
http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a61/achard/others/ec.jpg

A one click fix

http://i188.photobucket.com/albums/z63/DPP_Gallery/Saved.jpg

In ACR 4.0.

http://www.randytamayo.com/blogger/demo.jpg

This goes to show that PHOTOSHOP GENIUS will never beat shooting properly IN CAMERA.

A one click fix

http://i188.photobucket.com/albums/z63/DPP_Gallery/Saved.jpg

Nick: what post processing steps did you do?

Pa try.

http://img246.imageshack.us/img246/9792/dsc1450aby7.jpg

Shadow/Highlights
Saturation
Curves
NN

@alvin,
i agree with dindin, photoshop is a powerful tool but it has its limits. lightening up the whole image will burn the bright portions (you can use masking but consider if it's worth the time and effort vs. re-shooting if you can). the blur is something else. even with sharpen/unsharp mask cranked way up, the blur will still show. richard's suggestion is a good option - explore effects like posterize to hide the blur. or dindin's suggestion to convert to b/w.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/oggie
http://www.oggieblog.blogspot.com
http://www.lagalog.multiply.com

my pp...
http://i157.photobucket.com/albums/t50/Ka-el_andrew/DSC_1450a.jpg

Nick: what post processing steps did you do?

Not really steps but just one step as I mentioned. I can't recall whether the image was sRGB or Adobe RGB but either spaces uses a 2.2 gamma. I simply Assigned a 1.0 gamma to the image and that opened the whole image up. Without having to resort to other tools I think this simple move looks like the most natural correction.

Aside from Photoshop, Fuji film in the US also uses a different post-production enhancement tool, I believe the same technology is now available in the Philippines. You may want to drop by the nearest Fuji Digital Lab and try it out, it will only take a few minutes using their kiosk machine or you can ask for assistance from one of the staff. Hope this helps if you don't have the opportunity to reshoot.

Just trying my luck! :D
http://img2.freeimagehosting.net/uploads/39437b7754.jpg