Can this be improved?

[alistquin]

Can this photograph be improved? It has a silvery metallic sheen that makes the subjects very difficult to see clearly.

Alistair

[Mo cara]

A little better I hope.

[miagre1]

Hi Alistair, 

Not much contrast in the red channel and a lot of noise in the blue, so worked on this in the green channel.

Regards George

[alistquin]

Ma cara, George, thank you both!

I seem to recall when I posted a similar image before and Prue explained to me the cause of the metallic finish (I didn't write it down, but commited to memory - memory? Hmmmm!) that they're not easy to restore, so many thanks for taking the time.

Alistair

[Niksmum]

Alastair is this the original photo?  If so can you rescan this as there seems to  be alot of compression.
There is a great tutorial about how to resize to get it to the limit allowed if you need help here

http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php/topic,372537.0.html

Irene

[alistquin]

Hi Irene,

It's not the original scan but a resized copy. I only use Picasa, which dropped the file size in a single step from over 625 kb down to 134 kb with nothing in between, so I used an online reducer, which I thought was reducing pixels and not resolution.

I'll need to look again, but later, as the kitchen calls!

Alistair

[alistquin]

I've tried again with a different online process and this is the result - I hope it's better. 

Alistair

[PrueM]

I seem to recall when I posted a similar image before and Prue explained to me the cause of the metallic finish

Hi Alistair

Was it silver mirroring/silvering out that you're thinking of?  I can't see any on your scan, but it's pretty easy to spot on an original photo so if you say it's there, it's there 

Cheers
Prue

[Gadget]

There seems to be some possible evidence in top right and along the bottom (unless the bottom is a fade) but this photo's main problem seems to be one of those badly worn/pock marked ones rather than silvering  that are ever so difficult to repair without blasting - I've got a couple and they are <swear words>

Does the original have the same rough appearance as the scan, Alistair?


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