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Title: Formidable Family in need if brightening up
Post by: rosie f on Thursday 05 July 07 08:43 BST (UK)

Hi,

Any chance of brightening the Woodward family up a bit and  possibly dating I am guessing it's about 1900

Rosie

Title: Re: Formidable Family in need if brightening up
Post by: rosie f on Thursday 05 July 07 15:56 BST (UK)

Hi

Can anybody add a bit of colour to this, as I ams sure it should look quite pretty.

Rosie

Title: Re: Formidable Family in need if brightening up
Post by: Niksmum on Thursday 05 July 07 19:01 BST (UK)

Heres a clean up for you

Title: Re: Formidable Family in need if brightening up
Post by: Lones on Thursday 05 July 07 22:50 BST (UK)

Rosie

I agree this would like lovely in colour, so you have a bigger scan of it.  This one is very small and the bigger they are the better result you will get.  If you are not sure, read Cazza's scanning tutorial at the top of the board.  The better the scan the more people will want to work on the pic, so you get much better and more varied results

Cheers

Lones

PS, Well done Niksmum, you are doing really well.  I see you are posting a lot of pics lately, not hooked are you  :-\?   I would tell you to be careful, but I think it's to late  :'(  You will have my disease soon, colouritise and then you will be in real trouble......... ;D ;D ;D  Keep it up, you are doing brilliantly.

Lones

Title: Re: Formidable Family in need if brightening up
Post by: Niksmum on Thursday 05 July 07 23:34 BST (UK)

Hi Lones. Thanks for the kind words. Hooked What me? ....ermmm I guess you could say that  ;D
I am still a long way from some of the restorers on here but I am trying. As for color I am leaving that alone...for now anyway ;)

Niksmum aka Irene

Title: Re: Formidable Family in need if brightening up
Post by: rosie f on Friday 06 July 07 08:49 BST (UK)

Thank you all so much for trying are these scans any better

Rosie

Title: Re: Formidable Family in need if brightening up
Post by: xinca on Friday 06 July 07 12:24 BST (UK)

Hi
   This is my first time posting although I have been a lurker for a long time.

I am very new to this and just love to look at the amazing make overs of the pictures
 
I have tried to colour your picture hopefully I will get better with more practice .

I must say what a lovely setting for a picture wish my garden looked like that.

Title: Re: Formidable Family in need if brightening up
Post by: Lones on Friday 06 July 07 13:22 BST (UK)

Hi Rosie

I am afraid the scans are still too small for good detail. Can you rescan them at 600dpi?  If you end up with a pic too big to post let me know and I can help you make it smaller without losing definition.  That way if you wish to enlarge the picture for printing you will be able to.  It is worth the effort if you wany a good copy of your lovely pic.

Let me know if you are having trouble with Cazza's tutorial

Cheers

Lones

Title: Re: Formidable Family in need if brightening up
Post by: rosie f on Thursday 26 July 07 08:27 BST (UK)

Hi everyone

Thanks for all you efforts, have been away for 2 weeks, but I am back now and I hopefully have learned how to scan at 600 dpi, so here goes see what you can do with this. Problems I can't seem to be able to post the 600dpi without losing the garden, the picture is too large so this is at 300dpi is this any good.

Rosie

Title: Re: Formidable Family in need if brightening up
Post by: rosie f on Thursday 26 July 07 08:29 BST (UK)

Help if put the picure in would'nt it!!!!!

Title: Re: Formidable Family in need if brightening up
Post by: rosie f on Thursday 26 July 07 08:33 BST (UK)

Get there in a minute, right way round now

Title: Re: Formidable Family in need if brightening up
Post by: Lones on Saturday 28 July 07 05:21 BST (UK)

Hi Rosie

Here is the large size one you sent to me.  I notice you have attached a bigger one yourself, well done  ;D.  I am still posting this as it is a little clearer.   I will work on it this weekend, after my visitors have gone and the 'Tour' in finished.  Hopefully you will get some really nice restores to choose from  ;)

Cheers

Lones  ;D

Title: Re: Formidable Family in need if brightening up
Post by: PrueM on Saturday 28 July 07 06:15 BST (UK)

Date somewhere around 1920 I think  :) 
Prue

Title: Re: Formidable Family in need if brightening up
Post by: Lones on Sunday 29 July 07 10:59 BST (UK)

Hi Rosie

Here is my effort.  I hope you like it.  Please let me know if you want any colours changed.  I had to make it quite small to post here, I will send you the bigger copy once you tell me you are happy with it and don't require any changes  ;D

Cheers

Lones

Title: Re: Formidable Family in need if brightening up
Post by: rosie f on Sunday 29 July 07 13:22 BST (UK)

Hi Lones,

Fantastic thanks so much

Rosie