Need help on restoring My mothers photo

[coraki]

Originally Posted by fotargento

Hi Koraki
I think you will do it better using the original whit canals, levels, clone and colours

Hi fotargento

Thanks for your input to my mothers photo much appreciated

I though the hair could be worked on a little bit as it looks to have a ting of green in it , you have acomplished more than I know I could

Thanks

[coraki]

Originally Posted by klassylady25

After working with the 200K, this is what I came up with. The skin tones are something that I still work with, but getting closer all the time.

Hi Candice

This one I'm really pleased with I think the skin tone is very good.

The background I thought could be a lighter color and my mothers hair was more a light brown than the dark black

[klassylady25]

When you say lighter, what is your idea of lighter, for the background and now that you've spoken about her hair I think I understand that she was a light brown (brunette) and I know what direction can be taken there. Let me know what you think.

[Alison]

I decided to play with the image .... I should behave more

[fotargento]

Hi Coraki
I worked with resized foto. It seems a little better. Do yun like it?
fotargento

[coraki]

Originally Posted by klassylady25

When you say lighter, what is your idea of lighter, for the background and now that you've spoken about her hair I think I understand that she was a light brown (brunette) and I know what direction can be taken there. Let me know what you think.

Hi Candice

I really like what you have done with my mothers photo
At first I was not used to seeing my mother with really black hair but I still like it .

This one with her hair brown is great At first I was not sure about the Gray background but its my mother I needed to focus on and I think you have done wonders with her

[coraki]

Originally Posted by Alison

I decided to play with the image .... I should behave more

Hi Alison

At first when I clicked on her image I had to smile and wondered what my dear mother would of thought seeing her hair spiked out like that, but I still like your work its great. Thanks

[coraki]

Originally Posted by fotargento

Hi Coraki
I worked with resized foto. It seems a little better. Do yun like it?
fotargento

Hi fotargento

Yes I like it a lot its great thanks

[philbach]

Well you did fine. I thought though that there may be too much yellow in your restoration so in photoshop I used Image/Adjustments/Variations and added more blue to the photo. Also her front tooth has a dark spot in it still that you may want to fix.

[Alison]

Originally Posted by coraki

Hi Alison

At first when I clicked on her image I had to smile and wondered what my dear mother would of thought seeing her hair spiked out like that, but I still like your work its great. Thanks

Hi Coraki,

I was going to go a little wilder, but I restrained myself

[fotargento]

Originally Posted by philbach

Well you did fine. I thought though that there may be too much yellow in your restoration so in photoshop I used Image/Adjustments/Variations and added more blue to the photo. Also her front tooth has a dark spot in it still that you may want to fix.

Hi Phill,
thanks for your advice I appreciate very much. I agree on your adjustments who well improve my restoration. Maybe the yellow sunlight of Sardinia, where I live, influences my colur vision !

Fotargento

[lcramer53]

I wanted to give this a try too. I used my aunt's hair from an old late 20's, early '30's photo. Not sure how any of the colors will appear due to my monitor/video card acting up (if Santa reads these threads, make a note 'new monitor and video card for Susie').

Oh, and I didn't give teeth to her, I believe that those 'lines' were natural creases of her lips which kind of gives her that "Mona Lisa attitude". At least, that's MHO. And I created a gingham pattern set as an overlay because I saw the pattern in her top; I really should have done some warping to that layer but didn't have time and didn't mask-out the chair either.

[coraki]

Originally Posted by lcramer53

I wanted to give this a try too. I used my aunt's hair from an old late 20's, early '30's photo. Not sure how any of the colors will appear due to my monitor/video card acting up (if Santa reads these threads, make a note 'new monitor and video card for Susie').

Oh, and I didn't give teeth to her, I believe that those 'lines' were natural creases of her lips which kind of gives her that "Mona Lisa attitude". At least, that's MHO. And I created a gingham pattern set as an overlay because I saw the pattern in her top; I really should have done some warping to that layer but didn't have time and didn't mask-out the chair either.

Hi Susie
I really love the look you gave my mothers photo with that hair style and and closing the mouth I think you have done some great work here

[lcramer53]

Your comment is very kind Coraki, thank you. By the way, Allison, I love the spiked hairdo!!!

[Kraellin]

no time to explain right now. mostly my standard work, anyways.