Brown family Scotland

[tomkin]

 Hi Rex,
              I'm suspicious of the black marks on the dress.
  Looks like someone has been busy with a pen.
   Might be  wrong,

       Tomkin

[Woodentop50]

Tomkin,

I think you might be right there , well spotted   
 the eyes were touched in as well.

                                                                Jim

[tomkin]

 The lady on the right also has a neck like a giraffe. It's no wonder
 she has it well covered. It may well be that the severe slope of her
shoulders is creating an optical illusion which is made even worse on my
clean up.  It just doesn't look right but I'm loathe to " fiddle" the photo
to make it look better. ( i.e. on mine it looks as if her head is stuck on a
pole. so I carefully measured it on the original. Trouble is that it is now stuck
in my mind. )

      Tomkin

 

           
 

[chinakay]

Three of them have had their eyes messed with, and the man's lapels and shoes, too. Looks like a Microsoft Paint effort

C

[PrueM]

The retouching would have been done at the time the photo was printed, to enhance details in the photo that were possibly a bit blurry or indistinct - unfortunately as teh photo has faded, the ink hasn't, so it's now a bit "obvious" 

[tomkin]

Hi Rex,

         I must bow to PrueM's superior knowledge on the subject. All I know
is that the "old biddy" looks like a spotted dick. The poor old soul looks as though she has
a problem with the right hand side of her face so I have left that it on my effort. I must agree
with Jim on reconstruction. I don't really agree with it but who wants to leave a blank space.
    Any way they all look too sombre for me so I thought I'd brighten them up a bit.

      Tomkin

[Rex N P]

I thought there was something funny about those spots on poor Agnes' dress, but it didn't dawn on me that they had been put there later.  But now you mention it, I agree.  And the spots aren't even done very well.  Same with the other touch ups.  All rather crude.

Sadly, the lady who sent me that photo over 10 years ago has since passed away, so I can't even ask her about it.

Thanks to all of you for your improvements and comments.  Very much appreciated!

Rex

[cazza59]

Hi Rex

Here's my clean up.

Caz

[Rex N P]

Thanks Caz.  Nicely done.  Even the spots look better! 

Rex