A recent restoration

sallyanne · **Posted:** Fri Nov 06, 2015 4:18 am **(#1)**

Even though I didn't save all of the photo here I am pretty pleased with this one. Few others are impressed too.

dinasset · **Posted:** Fri Nov 06, 2015 5:05 am **(#2)**

you did an excellent "repair", Sallyanne!

sallyanne · **Posted:** Fri Nov 06, 2015 7:17 am **(#3)**

Awe, thank you Dinasset.

Issabella · **Posted:** Fri Nov 06, 2015 9:13 am **(#4)**

That is great Sallyanne, I'm really impressed how you got to fix the photo no existing so large zone keeping tones colour and texture. :jumpclap

sallyanne · **Posted:** Fri Nov 06, 2015 9:32 am **(#5)**

Thanks, and I did it all in gimp!

Pat625 · **Joined:** May 12, 2015 **Posts:** 4693

Really beautiful work, Sallyanne! It takes me a long time to work on photos damaged like that, and sometimes results are not so good.

Wallace · **Posted:** Fri Nov 06, 2015 7:27 pm **(#7)**

That's a real tough one.
You're a brave woman to take that one on Sallyanne.
I wouldn't even have attempted it.
:clap

molly · **Joined:** Apr 07, 2010 **Posts:** 14182

WOW Sallyanne, that is fantastic, even the hair looks so perfect... KUDOs
Well done.

sallyanne · **Posted:** Sat Nov 07, 2015 12:06 am **(#9)**

Thank you Pat, Wallace and Molly.

Wallace · **Posted:** Sat Nov 07, 2015 4:18 am **(#10)**

sallyanne wrote:

Thank you Pat, Wallace and Molly.

AnMal · **Posted:** Sat Nov 07, 2015 4:55 am **(#11)**

sallyanne: :wow

you are impressing me big time now

! i'd take one look at all those cracks and scratches and give up, but you actually managed to get a face and a body and even hair on that baby! i wonder, now that you have that basic structure of the image restored, would it be possible to get more detail in by using cut out pieces of the original on separate layers and play around with layer modes?

sallyanne · **Posted:** Tue Nov 15, 2016 8:28 pm **(#12)**

Another one I have done for DPR retouching forum in their weekly project

original size https://www.flickr.com/photos/115367823 ... 5/sizes/o/
Not perfect but then.

mahvin · **Joined:** Oct 06, 2010 **Posts:** 4050

Very impressive, Sallyanne!

Pat625 · **Joined:** May 12, 2015 **Posts:** 4693

Sallyanne, you did a tremendous job considering how damaged the photo was. Be Proud!!

sallyanne · **Posted:** Mon Jun 19, 2023 6:50 am **(#15)**

Here is one of my most recent
We were asked to

"Remove the photo corners;
Remove the writing "James A. Dempsey" from the photo;
In the top photo there are two photographs in wooden frames hanging on the wall - unfortunately those photos are "blown out", could they be replaced by the two wooden framed photos from the bottom print: and
Make it a larger photo"