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Maureen M
31-08-09, 14:23
Hi

Can someone try and clean up this photo of my gran please
I hope it comes up ok as i dont know how to resize it lol

http://i114.photobucket.com/albums/n267/morich44/Granage191895.jpg
vallee
31-08-09, 15:59
hello Mo thats a lovely photo I love these old ones .
Maureen M
31-08-09, 16:04
hello Mo thats a lovely photo I love these old ones .

Thankyou Val, she was 19 on that, dating the photo to 1895
vallee
31-08-09, 16:15
hows it going with the research??
Maureen M
31-08-09, 16:21
hows it going with the research??


I'm really going on it at the moment, have been visiting cousins i havent seen in years, hence the photo's i didnt have before, so all good at the mo
vallee
31-08-09, 16:33
brilliant Mo I have been busy with mine too trouble is I dont want to stop and cook
good to see you here
Niksmum
01-09-09, 15:15
Hi Maureen

Here is one from me

Irene

http://i522.photobucket.com/albums/w344/niksmum/Granage1918952a.jpg
Maureen M
01-09-09, 18:10
Hi Irene
You have cleaned it up lovely, and even given her a full dress.
Thankyou for taking the time to do that, much appreciated.
Rachel
02-09-09, 14:17
Two versions from me

Mo, if you'd like colour then please say ~ we all like getting out the crayons and she's very plesant ;)

http://i121.photobucket.com/albums/o228/rachelscand/MoGranage1web.jpg

http://i121.photobucket.com/albums/o228/rachelscand/MoGranagesepia1.jpg
WendyPusey
02-09-09, 17:10
My effort.

http://i100.photobucket.com/albums/m20/wendypusey/Photo%20Restoration/Granage191895copy.jpg
GenieDi
02-09-09, 17:21
wow ladies fabby pics there well done!
Maureen M
02-09-09, 17:23
Thank you so much Rachel and Wendy they are really lovely, my cousins will also be very happy to see these.
Rachel if it wouldnt be too much trouble, would you do a coloured one please, her eyes were blue.
Thanks again xx
Rachel
02-09-09, 17:41
Thank you so much Rachel and Wendy they are really lovely, my cousins will also be very happy to see these.
Rachel if it wouldnt be too much trouble, would you do a coloured one please, her eyes were blue.
Thanks again xx

All three of us use colour Mo, so you should end up with a fine collection ! :D

Anyone else ~ come and play too ~ the more the merrier :)
WendyPusey
02-09-09, 17:46
Glad you said you wanted colour, as I've just done one.:d:d

http://i100.photobucket.com/albums/m20/wendypusey/Photo%20Restoration/Granage191895copy-1.jpg
Maureen M
02-09-09, 20:35
Wendy that is beautiful, your so clever, a big big thank you. xx
Niksmum
02-09-09, 23:30
My one

Niksmum

http://i522.photobucket.com/albums/w344/niksmum/2.jpg
Maureen M
03-09-09, 00:54
Another lovely one, i cant believe how good you all are,thank you Irene.
The difference the colours make are great.
Thanks again xx
Rachel
03-09-09, 11:50
2 versions ~ can change the colours very easily ~ just say
I can't tell if there should be a corresponding lacy piece of 'collar' the other side :confused: (her left)

http://i121.photobucket.com/albums/o228/rachelscand/MoGranagecolourweb.jpg

http://i121.photobucket.com/albums/o228/rachelscand/MoGranagecolour1web.jpg
Jenny
03-09-09, 20:17
hope you don't mind Maureen, I had a go too

Jenny

http://i186.photobucket.com/albums/x75/jc26red/MaureenM_jc.jpg
Rachel
04-09-09, 08:58
:D Hi Jenny
I was hoping you'd do a version ~ that collar bit makes more sense now but still confuses me ~ woke up thinking about it in the night ! :( and was planning to give it a twiddle later :)
Rachel
04-09-09, 11:04
OK two revised versions ~ and still thinking ;( :)

http://i121.photobucket.com/albums/o228/rachelscand/MoGranagecol2web.jpg

http://i121.photobucket.com/albums/o228/rachelscand/MoGranagecol3web.jpg
Maureen M
04-09-09, 23:27
Ladies, what can i say, you have all done such beautiful work on my photo.
I am so pleased with them all, sooooo clever, thank you for the time you put in, xxx
Jenny
05-09-09, 21:02
lol Rachel! I didn't study your first one until after I posted mine and realised that was a piece of lace over her right shoulder as you correctly interpreted in your first colour!

I've done a few colourisations for this era and noticed the fashion was not to be symetrical

Jenny
Rachel
06-09-09, 09:49
Oh rats Jenny ! :d

It's certainly confusing and it 'kind of' looks as if there's something on her left :confused: but that sharp fold is a puzzle

Am trying to walk away from it (not very successfully) but would like to do some different colours and another tweak or two (unhappy with her skirt) but you know what it's like ~ the thread could go on forever !
Merry
06-09-09, 11:04
I don't know whether I should be sticking my nose in here ;(, but was just wondering......do you think it's possible the upper bodice area is just the same fabric as the main part of her dress, but made up with the reverse side of the fabric to the front? Like a satin type fabric one side and matt the other - ? To me the upper part of the collar looks the same depth of colour as the upper part of the bodice.

Having said all that, I've not zoomed in on the picture, so might be quite wrong!
Rachel
06-09-09, 12:04
;( Zoomifications !

Is that a pattern on her skirt ?
Does the whole outfit have a flowery pattern ? :confused: :(
I took it that the upper part of her collar and her cuffs are the same material
they have a slight sheen (I think)

http://i121.photobucket.com/albums/o228/rachelscand/MoGranagezoom2web.jpg


http://i121.photobucket.com/albums/o228/rachelscand/MoGranagezoom1web.jpg
Merry
06-09-09, 14:37
IMHO I think that is a flaw on the original photo!

Excellent zoomifications though!!
Rachel
06-09-09, 14:57
Mmmmmm ~ very difficult to tell and the more you stare at it the more flowery stuff you can see ! ;( :D

Here's a quickie to give an idea of patterned fabric

http://i121.photobucket.com/albums/o228/rachelscand/MoGranagepatternweb.jpg
Rachel
06-09-09, 15:50
Merry ~ do you mean more like this ? somehow ?

http://i121.photobucket.com/albums/o228/rachelscand/MoGranagenewweb.jpg
Merry
06-09-09, 17:52
I like post 28 the best so far, because the contrast between the lacy bit and the rest of the dress is less marked. Not sure about the patterned fabric though.
JessBow
06-09-09, 18:48
Doesn't the white bit go all the way down to her waist, in a V shape?
Rachel
06-09-09, 22:14
I like post 28 the best so far, because the contrast between the lacy bit and the rest of the dress is less marked. Not sure about the patterned fabric though.

:) Yes the colours work nicely but being aesthetically pleasing is not necessarily the way to go with restoration and when faced with the ambiguous (is that the word I need ?) then one has to make a decision.

There is always the dilemma ~ do we just go with what we can see, however bad it is, or try to resolve the mess :confused:

It's the same with colourising ~ the Victorians in particular often used odd combinations so all we can do is look at the tones and make an educated guess.


Colours and tones can be changed very easily so I guess it's really up to the owner of the photo to say what they fancy ~ but it's GREAT fun to play with colour combinations
Rachel
06-09-09, 22:18
Doesn't the white bit go all the way down to her waist, in a V shape?

Impossible to tell what's happening ~ all we can do is speculate and discuss :confused:
Maureen M
08-09-09, 01:23
To everyone that has worked on my photo, thank you so much, i've saved them to show my family, i love them all, just having this photo of my gran when she was so young means an awful lot to me, its a shame a lot of people didnt look after their old photographs.

I am amazed how much the photograph alters with each different colour, in my eyes anyway lol.

Once again, thanks to everyone xxx