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Title: Glass photograph
Post by: retepniltub on Wednesday 26 January 11 13:15 GMT (UK)
I featured this photo on another topic and have discovered some invaluable information on it: -  http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php/topic,509255.0.html

"what you have here is an Ambrotype,first introduced in 1851 & was the norm up until 1859/60 & could still be seen into the early 60's"

This has been scanned at 600dpi and I wondered if anyone could do anything with it.

There is a small part missing although I have some fragments of the glass, the missing part does not really amount to much. The other topic shows this missing part.

thanks

Peter

Title: Re: Glass photograph
Post by: RecycledHippy on Wednesday 26 January 11 17:15 GMT (UK)
Hippy :) :) :) :) :)
Title: Re: Glass photograph
Post by: rsinbad on Wednesday 26 January 11 19:22 GMT (UK)
had a go
Title: Re: Glass photograph
Post by: terry h on Thursday 27 January 11 01:04 GMT (UK)
Another go

Terry
Title: Re: Glass photograph
Post by: Niksmum on Thursday 27 January 11 13:53 GMT (UK)
one from me

Irene
Title: Re: Glass photograph
Post by: chinakay on Thursday 27 January 11 15:49 GMT (UK)
Been watching this thread with interest, Peter, you have some great restores.

Because the photo is so dark, I had a little play with the brightness and contrast in my photo editor. It was surprisingly tricky! You lighten it up "just a little more" and suddenly, it's completely washed out and you lose the younger boy :P

Cheers,
China
Title: Re: Glass photograph
Post by: retepniltub on Thursday 27 January 11 16:20 GMT (UK)
I would like to thank everybody who has managed to restore this very old photograph I have. I now have the task of trying to find out who they are.

There are some really superb restores here and I feel very fortunate and so thank you all again.

Peter

ps RecycledHippy if you are on the norfolk/suffolk boundary we must be near neighbours