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Free Photo Restoration & Date Old Photographs / Re: Cleaning up the girls on the fence
« on: Friday 12 March 10 01:22 GMT (UK)  »
Bev,
The other 'rehearsal' and the 'final' are in another folder here. Go to the main page of the photo restoration board (where you came to this one), then search for "fence" or "girls" and you should find it.

I put them both up a couple of days ago, and some very wonderful work has been done on them.

Thanks for asking!

Barbara

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Free Photo Restoration & Date Old Photographs / Re: Cleaning up the girls on the fence
« on: Friday 12 March 10 01:10 GMT (UK)  »
Hi George,
Thank you from me and my grandfather for your restoration of his sisters on the fence. 

All these various renditions have brought the photo to life much more clearly and helped me to see different aspects I hadn't noticed before.  I really appreciate all the time everyone has taken -- not to mention the expertise!

Kind regards and much gratitude,
Barbara

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Free Photo Restoration & Date Old Photographs / Re: Cleaning up the girls on the fence
« on: Thursday 11 March 10 04:52 GMT (UK)  »
Thank you, Yvonne.  You've done a lovely job of cleaning it up and making the girls come to life.

I want to say thank you so much to everyone who has taken the time to work on this photo. My grandfather would be very pleased that you have done so and, I'm sure, would shake his head in disbelief at the wonderful restorations you have acomplished. 

I am so glad I hung onto his photos when everyone told me only to save the last one because the others were "practice" and wouldn't ever be able to be seen well.

Barbara

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Free Photo Restoration & Date Old Photographs / Re: mostly the same girls on the fence, different photo
« on: Tuesday 09 March 10 16:57 GMT (UK)  »
Thanks, Bill, for taking the time to color them.  Interesting to see how one's perceptions change when colors are added. 

Barbara

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Free Photo Restoration & Date Old Photographs / Re: mostly the same girls on the fence, different photo plus final version
« on: Monday 08 March 10 20:55 GMT (UK)  »
Caz, Gadget and Bill,
Thanks so much for your restorations.  You've each brough the photo to life in a different way.  I was particularly blown away by Bill's colorized version because it made the people in the photo seem 'alive' in a way that they hadn't, especially the father.  All those girls I knew when they were older women, so it was interesting to see them as they might have been between the ages of 8 to 15. 

I apologize for the muddy scan and the blobby pixels. I will try to rescan when I get sorted out her and can unearth the box in which those photos are stored. 

In the meantime, I'll post here Grandpa's 'final' version for you to take a look at. He was much more careful with it -- he had to be after his sisters and one brother had go to all the trouble to 'dress up' for the big event.

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Free Photo Restoration & Date Old Photographs / mostly the same girls on the fence, different photo
« on: Monday 08 March 10 00:00 GMT (UK)  »
For those who saw my earlier photo of my grandfather's sisters on the fence (Sumner, Iowa, July 1899), this is the second preliminary photo he took in the same location using some of his sisters and his father. 

If anyone would like to tackle removing the fingerprint from Aunt Manda's face and doing any other clean up work that you feel inspired to do, I would love to see what you come up with.  I am very grateful for any interest. 

Kind regards,
Barbara

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Free Photo Restoration & Date Old Photographs / Re: Cleaning up the girls on the fence
« on: Sunday 07 March 10 23:21 GMT (UK)  »
LOL, Bill.  I hadn't noticed Emma holding the knife!  It does look a little like murder and mayhem in Iowa, doesn't it? 

Everyone has done such brilliant work on restorations, I am truly amazed and grateful.  The colorized one particularly called my attention to details I had not noticed before (like the knife!). 

I'll try to dig up all three of the originals my grandfather too (the two 'rehearsals' and the final effort) and rescan them.  When I did them first a number of years ago, I had no idea how high a resolution to aim for. So my apologies for sending in a less than ideal one.

Again, many many thanks to all.
Barbara

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Free Photo Restoration & Date Old Photographs / Re: Cleaning up the girls on the fence
« on: Sunday 07 March 10 14:35 GMT (UK)  »
Thank you all so much for your efforts. 

When I scanned the photo several years ago, I thought I was doing good to get that much contrast. The original is worse.  I will have to see if I can get hold of it now and do it again at a higher resolution. I didn't know what I was doing then, in terms of resolution.  I'm slowly learning.  Your taking the time with this is much appreciated. 

It was fun to see the three shots my grandfather took -- this one, another of 4 of the girls and their father at the same grape arbor, and then the final one when he told them to 'clean up' and he did a much clearer, sharper job of it.  They were all dressed up.  Apparently these first ones were sort of 'rehearsals' for the final shot.

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Free Photo Restoration & Date Old Photographs / Re: Cleaning up the girls on the fence
« on: Saturday 06 March 10 23:45 GMT (UK)  »
Sorry, I meant more "contrast" not contract!  Thanks!

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