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Title: An old one to play with
Post by: ajbaker on Saturday 16 August 08 20:32 BST (UK)
I've been sent here from another thread, to see what anyone can do with this photo. Unfortunately my grandmother did some photo restoration of her own when she was a little girl, and tried to colour it in! I'd love to see what can be done with it, perhaps some more colour added.

The lady in the centre is my 3x great grand aunt, Jane Ogilvie (b.1808). Sitting on the carpet in a red dress is my GG grandmother Kitty (b.1857) and her sister Allie is on her right (b.1853). Jane ran a girls' school and the photo is of her with her boarders.

On the back someone has written that Jane's face is turned away from the camera to hide the fact that she had to have half her jaw bone removed, before the days of anaesthetics!

Adam
Title: Re: An old one to play with
Post by: jim1 on Saturday 16 August 08 23:23 BST (UK)
Probably not as good as gran's but here's my effort anyway
Title: Re: An old one to play with
Post by: Pete.i on Sunday 17 August 08 00:58 BST (UK)
Here's one from me
Pete
Title: Re: An old one to play with
Post by: Niksmum on Sunday 17 August 08 02:28 BST (UK)
hi
a couple from me

Irene
Title: Re: An old one to play with
Post by: chinakay on Sunday 17 August 08 04:36 BST (UK)
Wonderful photo, good to see it over here and I hope you get lots of restores! You have some nice ones already.

Fancy having to have half one's jaw removed...however, anesthesia was available from the 1840s although primitive and risky. Dr John Snow, famous for isolating the source of cholera, gave Queen Victoria chloroform for the birth of her son Leopold in 1853. Ether was also used.


Cheers,
China
Title: Re: An old one to play with
Post by: little meg on Sunday 17 August 08 05:15 BST (UK)
What a wonderful photo, how lucky you are to have this one.

here is a clean up from me, I took the liberty to remove the photographers prop from the right, bottom corner, hope it is ok.

Margaret
Title: Re: An old one to play with
Post by: chinakay on Sunday 17 August 08 05:36 BST (UK)
Good catch, Meg!

China
Title: Re: An old one to play with
Post by: little meg on Sunday 17 August 08 05:38 BST (UK)
 ;D ;D ;D ;)
Title: Re: An old one to play with
Post by: kiwihalfpint on Sunday 17 August 08 06:14 BST (UK)
Just had to pop my nose over here because Adam was on same thread as I was, and I just had to see how the photo ended up.

Great work guys .... Jim ... the colours all blending is superb.

Cheers
KHP :D :D
Title: Re: An old one to play with
Post by: mare on Sunday 17 August 08 06:30 BST (UK)
It is such a lovely photo Adam,  did your grandmother use crayon?

Wonderful magic worked to enhance it for you now ... well done

 :) mare
Title: Re: An old one to play with
Post by: saddles on Sunday 17 August 08 06:39 BST (UK)
Hi Adam..........Heres another colour version to add to the list.


Carolyn  :)
Title: Re: An old one to play with
Post by: little meg on Sunday 17 August 08 07:35 BST (UK)
And my colour version  :)
Boy did this take a long time  ;D

Margaret
Title: Re: An old one to play with
Post by: ajbaker on Sunday 17 August 08 09:33 BST (UK)
Wow, these are all superb.

Jim, Pete, Irene, Margaret, Carolyn, A huge thank you to you all for the time that you've spent on this. You've made them seem more alive. Interesting to see the range of colour choices for the girls' dresses.

Thanks again,
Adam
Title: Re: An old one to play with
Post by: little meg on Sunday 17 August 08 09:47 BST (UK)
Choosing the colours for the dresses was the hardest part  ;D ;D ;D ;D

Margaret
Title: Re: An old one to play with
Post by: jim1 on Sunday 17 August 08 16:04 BST (UK)
Thought I'd give it the full monty.
Title: Re: An old one to play with
Post by: ajbaker on Sunday 17 August 08 21:28 BST (UK)
Jim, thanks very much - it looks great.

Adam
Title: Re: An old one to play with
Post by: karenb on Sunday 17 August 08 23:43 BST (UK)
... and a late effort from me!

Karen
Title: Sorry
Post by: karenb on Sunday 17 August 08 23:55 BST (UK)
problems here - sorry  ...

Finally figured out what was wrong ;).  Here's a slight variation.

Karen
Title: Re: An old one to play with
Post by: ajbaker on Monday 18 August 08 21:15 BST (UK)
Karen, this is the first chance I have had to reply to your posts. Both of your pictures are brilliant.

Thank you,
Adam.
Title: Re: An old one to play with
Post by: Dave Hall on Monday 18 August 08 23:12 BST (UK)
Late B/W from me
Dave
Title: Re: An old one to play with
Post by: little meg on Monday 18 August 08 23:26 BST (UK)
Nice one Dave  ;D

Karen, nice colouring, I see you decided to remove the photographers prop too,  ;)

Margaret
Title: Re: An old one to play with
Post by: tabsearch on Tuesday 19 August 08 00:34 BST (UK)
Hi Adam

Here's one more

David
Title: Re: An old one to play with
Post by: Dave Hall on Tuesday 19 August 08 00:45 BST (UK)
Thanks Margaret
Dave ;)
Title: Re: An old one to play with
Post by: ptdrifter on Tuesday 19 August 08 02:33 BST (UK)
an attempt at decolorizing from me :)
Title: Re: An old one to play with
Post by: karenb on Tuesday 19 August 08 07:11 BST (UK)
Thanks Margaret, I actually thought it was a banister or something until I read your post ;)  I learn something new here everyday!

Lovely work Dave and ptdrifter - I wish I had had that decolorized version to work with ;)

Karen
Title: Re: An old one to play with
Post by: ptdrifter on Tuesday 19 August 08 13:09 BST (UK)
Anyone that wants to work on colouring /improving my attempt is very welcome to.

:)
Title: Re: An old one to play with
Post by: ajbaker on Tuesday 19 August 08 21:30 BST (UK)
Dave, David & ptdrifter,

Thanks very much for putting so much effort into these for me. They are all such a vast improvement on the original. In fact, you've all inspired me so much, I'm going to dust off the photo editing software and have a tamper myself. It might take me a few days though.

Thanks again,
Adam