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Title: Can this photo be made sharper
Post by: gemmee on Tuesday 18 September 07 18:40 BST (UK)

This is a picture of my grandfather's brother, Walter, a British Home Child, (the older gentleman) come to Canada in 1907.  It is the only one I have of him.  Can anything be done to improve the quality of this picture?  Thanks in advance for any assistance you can provide. 

PS... can anyone tell me about the uniform the younger child is wearing?  Was that a popular fashion back in those days.... I'm thinking this picture was probably taken around 1930ish??

Title: Re: Can this photo be made sharper
Post by: oldtimer on Tuesday 18 September 07 18:58 BST (UK)

Hi gemmee


did you forget to post the photo? Or maybe its my computer!!

Title: Re: Can this photo be made sharper
Post by: Treetotal on Tuesday 18 September 07 18:59 BST (UK)

Hi Gemmee....If you're having problems posting...refer to the scanning and posting thread at the top of the board...this will give you Cazza's excellent scanning tutorial that will tell you everything you need to know about posting pics in an easy to understand way..
have you seen these sites..

http://ist.uwaterloo.ca/~marj/genealogy/homeadd.html


http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~britishhomechildren/

Good Luck!
T.T.

Title: Re: Can this photo be made sharper
Post by: Polldoll on Tuesday 18 September 07 19:29 BST (UK)

Mmmmm I think  my eyes are getting as bad as yours Carol !!  :o :o

Title: Re: Can this photo be made sharper
Post by: Treetotal on Tuesday 18 September 07 19:34 BST (UK)

Another visitation from the invisible man me thinks ;D...gemmee...if you're struggling...just P.M. one of us and we will try to help you out ;)
T.T.

Title: Re: Can this photo be made sharper
Post by: gemmee on Tuesday 18 September 07 19:39 BST (UK)

One more try....

Title: Re: Can this photo be made sharper
Post by: Polldoll on Tuesday 18 September 07 19:39 BST (UK)

Failing that ....kick the computer !!!  ;D ;D ;D ;D

Title: Re: Can this photo be made sharper
Post by: Polldoll on Tuesday 18 September 07 19:45 BST (UK)

Hi This is just very quickly adjusted in photoshop ... no restoring done yet but it would be better if you can rescan the pic at a minimum of 300 dpi ..Will have a look after the footie !! 
Poll

Title: Re: Can this photo be made sharper
Post by: Niksmum on Wednesday 19 September 07 00:09 BST (UK)

Hi gemmee
Here are a couple from me

Irene

Title: Re: Can this photo be made sharper
Post by: ukpapasmurf on Wednesday 19 September 07 12:40 BST (UK)

Heres my effort
Looks a little blotchy plus have tried to complete the hat (that could be better too)

Smurf

Title: Re: Can this photo be made sharper
Post by: gemmee on Tuesday 25 September 07 03:21 BST (UK)

Sorry, I'm not ignoring you... my service has been down for the past 5 days... thanks to all of you already for posting the photos.. I'm still trying to figure how to get to the 300 dpi.... I have one of those all-in-one machines (printer/scanner/copier)-- just got it, so I'm still trying to figure out how it works...  Will get back to you again if I'm successful at getting to the 300 dpi.... thanks... gail

Title: Re: Can this photo be made sharper
Post by: chinakay on Tuesday 25 September 07 03:31 BST (UK)

Hi Gail...have a look at your scanner's specifications...some of the all-in-ones won't do as high as 300 dpi.

Cheers,
China