Marty’s photo of the day #5010: I shot this red leaf monkey (aka maroon langur) photo on the island of Borneo twenty-three years ago. I haven’t posted it before because I shot it with an early digital camera that had difficulty handling low light in the rainforest. In other words, the photo was soft.

Since 2003, both my photo editing techniques and the programs I use have improved substantially. While I still refuse to spend more than a few minutes editing any photo, I recently purchased an on-line Topaz Express subscription, which does a better job at sharpening photos than the editing program I have on my computer. While Topaz fails to live up to the advertising that makes it appear as if it can bring focus to a totally out-of-focus shot, it can still dramatically improve certain soft photos.

So when time allows, I plan to revisit the thousands of photos I took in the early 2000s for my first book, “Cool Creatures, Hot Planet: Exploring the Seven Continents,” to see which soft photos I can rescue using the latest technology. This red leaf monkey is the first in what will be an ongoing project.