Using Mergers to Increase Area of Sharpness...

Using two jpegs that you have focused near and far respectively, you can create acceptably sharp photos over-all. A sort-of "Faux Hyper-Focal Distance,"...if you will.

This, of course, requires some knowledge of Photo Shop. (I used a try-out version of PS Elements 6.0 to do these edits.) The tools I chose to create some nice re-mixes, included a polygonal-lasso tool (to carve-out the sharp portion of the second jpeg,) layer-by-cut (and deleted the blurred layer,) free-transformation of layer, skewing the layer, eraser at about 1/5 strength, smudge tool, blur tool, sharpen tool all at about the same 1/5 strength, merged layers, and saved the creation with a new name.

I hope these impromptu lessons help somebody...I in no wise mean to infer that I am smarter than anybody else on this site. Since I am self-taught, think of it as one man walking through the desert of digital editting. When I find a oasis, I would be pretty cruel not to tell others where it is.

I hope you feel the same way! Just a few tips from one friend to another! Be Blessed! Stan :)