Operation Photo Rescue (A Doozy)

[klassylady25]

One of the first pictures that I did for OPR was of this girl when she became a woman..... I saw this the other day in the galleries and had to ask.

[Kraellin]

definitely an interesting one. but i've got to wonder here what the folks at OPR are doing. this one really looks like it could have been cleaned and then scanned. (well, scan first, just in case, but then cleaned and scanned again). it looks like it's just got a bunch of dirt or dirt/water markings and a decent cleaning might have made this job a lot easier.

I saw this the other day in the galleries and had to ask.

umm, which galleries?

craig

[Peter S]

If you can do this one you will have no trouble leaping over tall buildings at all.

Peter

[irshgrlkc]

Galleries: There is a gallery set up on Photoshelter.com for the volunteers of OPR to look through images that need restoring. When a member finds an image that they want to work on they leave a comment.

Good luck Candy, it is definitely a doozy, but I am sure you will once again rise to the challenge.

[Kraellin]

tough image.

craig

[DCobb]

Looked interesting so gave it a try. Results not really that good, but I decided to post it anyway.

DC

[klassylady25]

Ooo Oooo Oooooo I missed a purse? WOW, now I've got to go back and look see!!!

Ahhhhh, there it is. Do you think she has a veil on? Look at the arms. The rectanglar object on the arms might be a veil... Hmmmm LOL

It's late and I think I'm going batty!!

[klassylady25]

Let's she how she looks here. I could have cleaned up the background and did, but then it looked a bit overdone since I didn't know what the original looked like through the water stains, so I opted to clean it up by using a portion of the background, created a pattern, and lowed the opacity of the new to allow just a bit of the old to show through. Not overpowering but not shiny and new either. For me it worked. Someone else on RetouchPro spotted the purse and I spotted the veil. So far.... so good?

[philbach]

Klassy, I just took your photo and added levels to it and changed the skin color some.

[klassylady25]

Looks just a tad pinker on my screen so I think I'll shoot for somewhere inbetween (for my computer) and that should just about do it.

Thanks Phil. You are always appreciated. BTW, how is NebGranny?

Attached is the newly colorized photo. She is going home.

[Kraellin]

interesting that you mentioned a veil. at one point i was also considering this but decided there just wasnt enough evidence, mostly based on what i could make out of her dress. it just didnt seem formal enough with the collar. but, i certainly couldnt say you were wrong either

i'm also curious if anyone else noticed the 'other person' in the picture.

i did a little more on this just to get some better contrast and color. i also ran it through psp's 'time machine' for the frame and final look.

craig

[klassylady25]

What other figure?

And the veil, it's a girl thing!! LOL

[Kraellin]

well, it's hard to actually call it a figure. but, there is a blotch of black to the left of the girl that somewhat looked like the outline of hair. there were no other details i could discern, so if there was another person in the picture, it's lost. but it did catch my eye and i wondered.

craig

[klassylady25]

That would be one of those things that Dave at OPR would have left special instructions on if it would have been of value. I think we both agree that in doing restoration you don't want to borrow trouble. Lots of the attemps on this picture on Retouch, have added things... that would be "no no" LOL but the primary work and conversations have been gold.

Oops... running out of time have to watch my grandson today!! We have a new coloring book you know!! Hugz!!

[Kraellin]

yes, it didnt seem possible to do anything with it. and, it was probably not even of someone; probably just an anomaly, like finding a potato chip that looks like jay leno in profile

have fun with the grandson

craig