hmmmm .... what to say here ... in my limited experience ... i am finding that there is no way around the equipment issue, lens, tripod and flash .... with all the photoshopping i doubt it will acheive a quality pic if the light ain't right ....whenever i get my photoshop out always something somewhere is comprimised .... sharpening leaves me with grain and halo , noise reduction perhaps, reduces the sharpness ... etc etc ... but i guess you did the best you could of in that situation .... it reminds me of the time when my brother asked me to photograph his wedding ... and the wind outside was like a hurricane, so litter was flying about, hair do's were all over the place ... so even the right equipment wouldn't of saved me there. and yes the pictures were awful .... one other note ...maybe black and white/ monochrome might help in this situation, but i guess you have already considered that.
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