A clean and Date for my Butchers please

[Maggie.]

Hi Rabbit  

Thank you for your kind words and encouragement - I have thoroughly enjoyed doing this.  Yes - there are certainly some beautiful restores done by the very talented people here; a high standard to aim for, but like you say........ nil desperandum  

Maggie

[Rabbit B]

Hi Rabbit  

Thank you for your kind words and encouragement - I have thoroughly enjoyed doing this.  Yes - there are certainly some beautiful restores done by the very talented people here; a high standard to aim for, but like you say........ nil desperandum  

Maggie

Well Maggie,

You earned that m'dear!  Practise makes perfect so they say!  I need new eyes though to do it properly!

Keep at it   

Rabbit B 

[Maggie.]

A rather odd coloured sepia one 

[James1950]

I dont think the building is likely to be part of a staged set. Why would anyone create  a wooden shed with tarpaulin sheets hanging down?

I am very impressed with the restoration work by all that have contributed.   

[Rabbit B]

Hi James,

You would have to blow it up to 400 to be able to see the draped material! 

But that is what it is, also the stylised tree and everything beyond the picket fence, has no snow at all.  Plus the picket fence looked painted to me.

When the picture is the right size to post, everything looks right, but blown up the collars look wrong for stiff collars, and the implements are not right for the job!

I have done a fair bit of butchery in my time and it would not be possible with those tools.

Rabbit B 

PS Maggie what a superb job you have made of both your pictures, and the sepia especially!  Are you sure you are only a novice??

[Maggie.]

PS Maggie what a superb job you have made of both your pictures, and the sepia especially!  Are you sure you are only a novice??

Hi Rabbit,

Thanks again for your welcome help and encouragement.  I spent part of last Friday practising on one of my own photos and trying to learn about cloning - this was the first time I had ever tried. 

However 'The Butchers' is my first proper effort and my first restore posted on RC ....... honestly!!    I hope its not my last but I have a lot to learn.

Maggie

[Treetotal]

Welcome aboard Maggie 
Carol

[Maggie.]

Thanks for the nice welcome, Carol.  Lots to learn isn't there? 

Maggie

[Treetotal]

I'll say...but you will have a lot of fun along the way...and...your laundry and other chores will pile up too
Carol