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Old Photographs, Recognition, Handwriting Deciphering => Free Photo Restoration & Date Old Photographs => Topic started by: Seoras on Thursday 16 May 13 11:25 BST (UK)

Title: Restore/colour
Post by: Seoras on Thursday 16 May 13 11:25 BST (UK)

China has suggested that some of you talented people may want a go at this. The original thread was too old to modify so I am following her advice and re-posting. Do whatever you want with it.

Title: Re: Restore/colour
Post by: Tony Freeman on Thursday 16 May 13 15:49 BST (UK)

beautiful portrait :-)

Title: Re: Restore/colour
Post by: THOPPP on Thursday 16 May 13 16:22 BST (UK)

1 from me

Title: Re: Restore/colour
Post by: Seoras on Thursday 16 May 13 22:16 BST (UK)

Excellent as usual Tony, I love what you have done with it. THOPPP hello there, a new and welcome addition to the photo board and thanks to you also for your colouring.

Title: Re: Restore/colour
Post by: susan hemmings on Thursday 16 May 13 22:18 BST (UK)

That is a lovely photo. Nice jobs done on it.

That dress, such detail.  I wonder how they laundered them (or indeed if)

Susan

Title: Re: Restore/colour
Post by: saddles on Friday 17 May 13 08:40 BST (UK)

Hi George........Another to add to your collection.

Carolyn  :)

Title: Re: Restore/colour
Post by: Seoras on Friday 17 May 13 09:38 BST (UK)

Gorgeous Carolyn, thank you, it really brings her to life.

Title: Re: Restore/colour
Post by: Rapunzel on Friday 17 May 13 16:48 BST (UK)

I have one in my collection which is very similar. What date would you put on it  - Jim/China?

Lovely work done on her so far.
 
Rapunzel   :)

Have just seen previous post asking the same question - sorry-

Title: Re: Restore/colour
Post by: Seoras on Friday 17 May 13 19:12 BST (UK)

Hi Rapunzel, my fault, I should have linked it with the previous thread.

http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php/topic,646876.0.html

Title: Re: Restore/colour
Post by: tommyfromri on Saturday 18 May 13 05:28 BST (UK)

my color version..Regards, Tommy

Title: Re: Restore/colour
Post by: Seoras on Saturday 18 May 13 09:24 BST (UK)

Thank you Tommy, I will add this to the many versions you kindly sent me of another photo I had up a few weeks ago. I was just looking at the photo again, as I have dressmakers in my lineage, and thinking some poor girl must have worked her fingers to the bone making that.

Title: Re: Restore/colour
Post by: mopsy_jay on Saturday 18 May 13 19:20 BST (UK)

I couldn't resist have a play with colouring this beautiful photo. I did 2 versions, the 2nd one I added some texture.

As a side note, just pre-WW2 my mother (and grandmother) were seamstresses and my mother worked in a large cleaners/dry cleaners in London. Fortunately she also wrote down her memoirs and spoke about how dresses like this (well at least along these lines) went through the cleaning production!. Happy to send anybody what she wrote if anybody is interested.

Thank you for sharing this photo Seoras, it was such a pleasure to play with it.

Title: Re: Restore/colour
Post by: Seoras on Sunday 19 May 13 21:09 BST (UK)

Hi mopsy_jay, they are beautiful, thank you very much.