Zooming in on a liscense plate without distorting the letters?

[Jonathan Smith]

Hey guys. I have two images taken from a deer camera on my property. I've had problems with people dumping trash on my land and I need to find a way to zoom in on these plates so I can have them checked out. I have Photoshop CS4, but the only thing I've ever used it for is changing the color of entire images. When I use the zoom tool it distorts the image even more than paint does. Can anyone help me?

The site will not let me post links, but I can email the picture to you if you would like to try and help. Thanks.

 

[Hoogle]

You can upload images directly in your post but not links.

 

[Jonathan Smith]

 

[ibclare]

Here's the best I could do on one of the plates. Will work on the other next. Looks like HCI 588, but you decide.



larger version but I don't think any more clear:

 

[ibclare]

The first lic plate is just a lot of blurred pixels. As one of the mods says, "we aren't CSI," and I'm not sure they could get anything. Sorry. Bring it back when you get a more clear shot.

 

[Jonathan Smith]

ok ibclare. Thanks so much for trying. I guess I'll have to get lucky and catch them in the act.

 

[ibclare]

Well, the 1st plate is not bad I think. Maybe it is clear enough to identify them ...
Are you able to move the camera down and slightly change the angle? As you can see these 2 pics aren't straight shots which doesn't help the clarity.

 

[Jonathan Smith]

I will keep that in mind when I put them back up. I may be able to put them lower. I was hoping to get a picture of the whole vehicle rather than the plate lol. But they must have been moving very quickly. The angle itself though would be difficult to change though. I want to make sure it's hidden enough that they do not steal my cameras too lol.

 

[ibclare]

I want to make sure it's hidden enough that they do not steal my cameras too lol.

yeah, I guess you would!