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Cleaning up the girls on the fence
« on: Saturday 06 March 10 23:23 GMT (UK) »
My grandfather took this photo of his sisters in "daily garb" before they "cleaned up good" and he took them in all their finery.  Is it possible to get more contract and clean up the photo a bit?  Thank you for any interest and help. The photo was taken in Sumner, Iowa in July 1899.

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Re: Cleaning up the girls on the fence
« Reply #1 on: Saturday 06 March 10 23:45 GMT (UK) »
Sorry, I meant more "contrast" not contract!  Thanks!

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Re: Cleaning up the girls on the fence
« Reply #2 on: Sunday 07 March 10 11:16 GMT (UK) »
something like this?

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Re: Cleaning up the girls on the fence
« Reply #3 on: Sunday 07 March 10 11:45 GMT (UK) »
You would possibly get a better restore if you could rescan this
It is only 72 dpi 
 A 300 - 600 dpi scan would help

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Re: Cleaning up the girls on the fence
« Reply #4 on: Sunday 07 March 10 13:21 GMT (UK) »
I agree with Hippy...lovely photo...real atmospheric...it is difficult to lighten it and keep the natural balance of light and shade as it is backlit...I gave it a go too....They remind me of the Vonn Trapp family ;D
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Re: Cleaning up the girls on the fence
« Reply #5 on: Sunday 07 March 10 13:53 GMT (UK) »
What a great pic barbaraj!  Please do a rescan and I bet it would become so 'alive' with some colour  :)  Congrats Jim, Hippy and Carol and what you have managed so far  :)
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Re: Cleaning up the girls on the fence
« Reply #6 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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Re: Cleaning up the girls on the fence
« Reply #7 on: Sunday 07 March 10 20:49 GMT (UK) »
A great picture barbaraj......one girl holding the knife, one girl with her head chopped off and the girl with her foot bandaged... ;D

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Re: Cleaning up the girls on the fence
« Reply #8 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