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Old Photographs, Recognition, Handwriting Deciphering => Free Photo Restoration & Date Old Photographs => Topic started by: Coys1955 on Tuesday 27 January 26 11:34 GMT (UK)
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I'd appreciate a manual (i.e. non-AI) attempt to remove the tears and creases and clean up the background staining, etc of this photo of my paternal grandparents. She isn't wearing a wedding ring so I assume it was taken shortly before their 1920 marriage, but after the war, so about 1919.
It's one of only two surviving photos of them together from around that time, the other taken on their wedding day (in that one she is wearing a white dress and white hat and a wedding ring and they are both wearing flowers) and as you can see it's in poor condition. Another photo of my grandmopther from the same sitting (same watch, clothes and sitting on same bench, brooch moved from neck to centre of her blouse, but no hat or jacket) is in excellent condition, as is their wedding photo.
Many thanks in advance.
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A lovely photo needing restoration. It has slipped by, so am bringing it up on the board. :)
Note - request is for NO AI
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My effort. :)
Peter
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Lovely work, Peter.
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Lovely work, Peter.
I do so agree!
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Thanks so much, Neale :D and Wiggy. :D
Peter
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Lovely photo, and I agree - beautiful restore Peter.
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Thanks, Maddys. :D
Peter
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Peter,
That is truly wonderful. Please accept my thanks for bringing it back to life.
I was intrigued by that grid pattern that appeared in the background so I checked the photo of my grandmother alone which is in perfect condition, and it is clearly there. Maybe it’s a window showing through from behind the background?
A bit of background on the sadly short and hard life of my grandfather: He was born in 1889 and was a poor jobbing carpenter and labourer. He joined (presumably conscripted) the RAMC in November 1916 and, being illiterate, didn’t notice that his documentation named him Alfred James Farmer instead of Albert James Farmer. He served in France, presumably as a stretcher-bearer, and suffered gas damage to his lungs which left him a sickly man after the war. He married in 1920 and had three children, but died of tuberculosis in 1930 when my father (the middle of the three) was just seven years old. Fortunately I have his two medals and a couple of pictures of him in uniform, but his silver war badge is missing, although he was wearing it in his only wedding photo.
The one piece of information I’m missing is why he was conscripted into the RAMC rather than the regular army. Maybe he was a conscientious objector or unfit for the regular army?
Thanks once again, Peter.
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Interesting story, Coys; glad I could help with the photo. :)
Peter
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I have coloured Peter's beautiful restore for you, he doesn't add colour as he is colour blind.
I couldn't resist as it is such a beautiful image.
Carol .
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Lovely natural restore, Peter, and Carol's colour version is beautiful. Much better than anything AI could do.
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I have coloured Peter's beautiful restore for you, he doesn't add colour as he is colour blind.
I couldn't resist as it is such a beautiful image.
Carol .
Many thanks Carol. The colour does help bring them to life. How realistic do you think the purple skirt and jacket is for the time, or was that just a wild guess?
Steve.
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As this was post second WW1 purple is the second stage of mourning and she does look quite sad.
Carol
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Lovely natural restore, Peter, and Carol's colour version is beautiful. Much better than anything AI could do.
Yes Jool, I couldn't have done if Peter was a colourist, but, Peter and I have had that conversation.
Also....AI would have made that connection that I mentioned in my previous post ;D
Carol
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As this was post second WW1 purple is the second stage of mourning and she does look quite sad.
Carol
I’m away for the next couple of weeks, but I’ll have a check when I get home to see who she could have been mourning. TBH she always looked a bit sad in photos.
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Thanks for the lovely comments, Carol and Jool. And great colour version, Carol.
Peter
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Lovely natural restore, Peter, and Carol's colour version is beautiful. Much better than anything AI could do.
Yes Jool, I couldn't have done if Peter was a colourist, but, Peter and I have had that conversation.
Also....AI would have made that connection that I mentioned in my previous post ;D
Carol
Did you mean “ AI would’nt have made that connection that I mentioned in my previous post”?
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Ah, Yes....well spotted ;D ;D