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Title: Help with Arthur Pritchard
Post by: Tarnwater on Friday 10 March 23 09:16 GMT (UK)
Hello, I would like to have better images for my Granduncle Arthur. He was from North Wales, but emigrated to Australia in 1927. He fought in the Australian Army in WWII, serving first in Palestine, before ending up in Papua New Guinea. I have his 5 WWII medals, and they are to be displayed in a frame, alongside a picture of him in uniform. The  pictures have come out a bit grainy, please help to improve the definition? Can the height chart be taken off the last one?
Thank you,
Tarnwater
Title: Re: Help with Arthur Pritchard
Post by: loord74 on Saturday 11 March 23 08:57 GMT (UK)
attached photos are too small for accurate restoration. You can attach up to 500 kb for each photo, it is highly recommended to scan them and re-post.
Title: Re: Help with Arthur Pritchard
Post by: Treetotal on Saturday 11 March 23 10:33 GMT (UK)
I agree with Loord, they are far too small and need to be scanned in colour mode and at a resolution of 300 dpi, 600dpi. if the originals are very small.
Carol
Title: Re: Help with Arthur Pritchard
Post by: japeflakes on Saturday 11 March 23 11:33 GMT (UK)
Not enough to go on for me, sorry:
Title: Re: Help with Arthur Pritchard
Post by: McGroger on Saturday 11 March 23 11:49 GMT (UK)
Like JF, I've had a go at the 3rd image, but the small size and the lines through the other two make it too difficult to enhance them without "making it up"--sorry. (Even the one I did is artificially enhanced, although I did try to keep it as close to the original as possible.) If there's any way you can provide higher resolution images as JF and Carol have suggested, restorers could get really good results for you.
Peter

Added: Forgot to mention, in reworking the photo I've made the dimensions about 3X4.
Title: Re: Help with Arthur Pritchard
Post by: RJ137 on Saturday 11 March 23 16:31 GMT (UK)
My Try on a couple of them
Title: Re: Help with Arthur Pritchard
Post by: RJ137 on Saturday 11 March 23 16:51 GMT (UK)
Sharpened and added some colour on this one
Title: Re: Help with Arthur Pritchard
Post by: RJ137 on Saturday 11 March 23 18:05 GMT (UK)
Here's a couple more of the last one. Sorry, I missed your comment about wanting the height chart being removed, when I did the other two.
Title: Re: Help with Arthur Pritchard
Post by: japeflakes on Saturday 11 March 23 18:12 GMT (UK)
Another poor attempt :-(