On 2011-12-13 16:14:35 -0800, John McWilliams said:

On 12/13/11 PDT 3:21 PM, Savageduck wrote:
On 2011-12-13 13:21:17 -0800, rwalker said:

On Mon, 12 Dec 2011 20:28:18 -0800, Savageduck
wrote:

Well if we are getting into "old" this is a scan of my wife's
grandmother's bridal shot.
http://homepage.mac.com/lco/filechute/Evans-05AW1Cw.jpg

Some of those old photographers' backdrops were pretty amazing.

That wasn't a backdrop.

Quite. But what is the area between the stairway pillar post and the
subject? Is that airbrushing, repair, or what?

Great photo!

If you are referring to the right side of the image, I believe that is
a filtered sunlight coming through the lead light windows. It might
also be an artifact off a plate.

The only repair on that image was fixing a tear to the mat, a fix in
the upper left corner, and some spots.
The house was a manor in Ireland belonging to the bride's, Allardyce family.
Here is the image pre-my-repair.
http://homepage.mac.com/lco/filechute/Evans-05Aw.jpg


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Regards,

Savageduck