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Title: José Barbosa Leiras (1898-1936) - only known photo
Post by: filipeslima on Friday 26 May 17 23:01 BST (UK)
Good evening everyone!

After giving up on finding a picture of her great-grandpa, my girlfriend received this from the Portuguese Army Archives. It's from his army bulletin. Since this is the only known picture of him, I'm kindly asking if someone could restore it.

I have a .tif with 1200 ppi in google drive here: https://goo.gl/1XO78U
The attached JPEG is 600 ppi.

Thanks!
Filipe
Title: Re: José Barbosa Leiras (1898-1936) - only known photo
Post by: ymfoster on Monday 29 May 17 11:54 BST (UK)
Had  a try,  :)

Yvonne
Title: Re: José Barbosa Leiras (1898-1936) - only known photo
Post by: McGroger on Monday 29 May 17 13:31 BST (UK)
What an incredibly fine job! Congratulations, Yvonne.
Title: Re: José Barbosa Leiras (1898-1936) - only known photo
Post by: Handypandy on Monday 29 May 17 16:44 BST (UK)
One from me....
Title: Re: José Barbosa Leiras (1898-1936) - only known photo
Post by: Mike Morrell (NL) on Monday 29 May 17 20:01 BST (UK)
Quote from: McGroger on Monday 29 May 17 13:31 BST (UK)
What an incredibly fine job! Congratulations, Yvonne.

Agree wholeheartedly. Inspirational!

Mike
Title: Re: José Barbosa Leiras (1898-1936) - only known photo
Post by: ymfoster on Monday 29 May 17 23:13 BST (UK)
Thanks McGroger & Mike,  :)

Much appreciated,

Yvonne
Title: Re: José Barbosa Leiras (1898-1936) - only known photo
Post by: filipeslima on Tuesday 30 May 17 00:14 BST (UK)
Yvonne, it left me speechless! Wasn't expecting such a clean result!

Andy, very nicely accomplished as well.

Thank you both  :)
Title: Re: José Barbosa Leiras (1898-1936) - only known photo
Post by: ymfoster on Tuesday 30 May 17 04:31 BST (UK)
You're most welcome filipeslima,  ;D

Yvonne
Title: Re: José Barbosa Leiras (1898-1936) - only known photo
Post by: Mike Morrell (NL) on Tuesday 30 May 17 11:21 BST (UK)
One from me

Mike.
Title: Re: José Barbosa Leiras (1898-1936) - only known photo
Post by: McGroger on Friday 02 June 17 12:14 BST (UK)
I made two starts on this photo when it was first posted, and gave up - or so I thought. A few days later I said, “Bugger it, it’s not going to beat me” and started for the third time.

Apparently Portuguese early 20th century army uniforms were first made locally, with the colours varying between manufacturer, from a khaki to a drab grey. In 1917 they began having them manufactured in Britain, with the colour being grey to steel grey and often looking blue-grey. Here are two versions:
Title: Re: José Barbosa Leiras (1898-1936) - only known photo
Post by: ymfoster on Saturday 03 June 17 07:22 BST (UK)
Nice work Andy, Mike & McGroger also,  ;D

Yvonne
Title: Re: José Barbosa Leiras (1898-1936) - only known photo
Post by: McGroger on Saturday 03 June 17 08:04 BST (UK)
Thanks, Yvonne. Peter.
Title: Re: José Barbosa Leiras (1898-1936) - only known photo
Post by: Mike Morrell (NL) on Saturday 03 June 17 10:45 BST (UK)
Thanks, Yvonne!

Mike
Quote from: ymfoster on Saturday 03 June 17 07:22 BST (UK)
Nice work Andy, Mike & McGroger also,  ;D

Yvonne