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Doug Colwell Senior Member Registered: October 2003 Location: Alberta Posts: 157 users gallery	My b&w was a little smudgy, so I tried to sharpen and define the facial features, hair, and clothes. I didn't think the difference between this and the old one was enough to warrant a 2nd submission, so I colored it.
	· Date: 8/1/2004 · Views: 5236 · Filesize: 28.1kb, 198.3kb · Dimensions: 614 x 750 ·
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Janet Petty

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Registered: January 2004
Location: Mid-South
Posts: 2,116

8/3/2004 12:49am

You made her look 20 again. I'm sure she would be extremely pleased. When this was taken, she had three children aged 10 and under. Good job. I like the cameo you put at the end of the choker.

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dslinger

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Registered: February 2004
Posts: 25

8/3/2004 11:51am

beautiful color choices. blending is very well done. thanks for the effort!

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Donna
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Doug Colwell
Senior Member

Registered: October 2003
Location: Alberta
Posts: 157

8/4/2004 12:49am

Thanks Janet and Donna. Janet, she was a beautiful young mum.

Tom Trevelyan
Junior Member

Registered: May 2002
Location: North Wales, UK.

8/5/2004 5:40am

In some of theese reconstructions it helps to be an artist and not just a technician. You're an artist. But how did you sharpen without increasing the grain, and how did you do the eyes?

FrannyMae

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Registered: July 2004
Location: Dayton, Ohio
Posts: 92

8/5/2004 8:31am

Really beautiful! The colors add a lot to this photo, and you did an excellent job bringing out details and reducing grain!

Doug Colwell
Senior Member

Registered: October 2003
Location: Alberta
Posts: 157

8/5/2004 9:46pm

Thank you Tom and FrannyMae. Tom, I gave her hair a shot of usm (20,50,0) and the rest was manually sharpened by cloning up to selection edges (then blurred the edges with a small brush) or by zooming in and dodging and burning to define blurry edges. The only thing I did to the eyes was define the iris edges with burn and re-create the left highlight on the right - most of the eye detail was revived by Flora's channel mask tutorial.

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