Folks, there's something I want to correct and clarify in my original post below.
I worked (briefly) on two versions of Kate's photos:
- the orginal posting.jpg (B&W, downloaded and reposted by HandyPandy)
- the excellent colour version (Dad and me at Leysdown 7 col.jpg) created by HandPandy
When saving my Photoshop files back in JPG, I saved them as 'original posting (mike)' and - unfortunately - 'me and my dad colour (mike)'. In posting, I should have made it clear that 'me and my dad colour (mike)' was HandyPandy's colour photo with just a few additional (minor) adjustments.
The wording of my post, together with the renamed file, may well have given the impression that I was claiming the color version as my own work. This is untrue and was genuinely unintentional. I should (even so late at night!) have taken more care when posting and attributing the careful work on the colour photo to HandyPandy. I apologise to him and others for my lack of attention/care when posting.
This also clarifies the 'five minutes' in my post. I in no way meant to suggest that a full (colour) restoration could be done in 5 minutes! This is skilled and careful work that takes much more time. I don't have these skills but I hope to develop them over time. So my only (quick) contribution to this thread was to remove any remaining 'specks' or 'lines' that I saw in the original B&W version or in HandyPandy's colour version. To do this, I used Photoshop's 'context aware spot healing' tool which - magically - removes 'imperfections' just by clicking on them. I also quickly adjusted the contrast on the B&W version.
I apologise for any wrong impressions that I may have given and I will take more care in future.
Mike
Hi Kate, I think the other versions are probably better but this my very first attempt at digital photo restoration. There's a whole lot I still need to learn but for what they're worth, these are the versions I came up with in a five minutes.
Mike
