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Renovation of a photograph
On Wed, 24 Jan 2018 12:46:39 -0800, Savageduck
wrote: On Jan 24, 2018, David B. wrote (in article ): On 22/01/2018 23:32, David B. wrote: On 22/01/2018 22:47, Tony Cooper wrote: On Mon, 22 Jan 2018 22:40:43 +0000, "David B." wrote: On 22/01/2018 21:43, Tony Cooper wrote: On Mon, 22 Jan 2018 19:31:02 +0000, "David B." wrote: On 22/01/2018 17:29, android wrote: On 2018-01-22 17:12:41 +0000, android said: On 2018-01-21 18:10:00 +0000, David B. said: Hi My elderly sister managed to send me a photograph today of our grandfather. It was taken before he was killed during the first World War. Here is a copy of same:- https://imgur.com/a/7XRdW How best can the image be improved? I'm soo sorry for your loss! You're with no doubt a troll and that file is useless! But you could try the free version off Fotor Photo Editor provided that you could get a better scan of the original. It seems to have some useless features. Report back to the group and let us know how it goes... https://itunes.apple.com/se/app/foto...039729?l=en&mt =12 I downloaded the app meself and had a go... Do you want me to post the result? Wow! Yes, please. :-) I took a shot at it. Mostly cleaned up, but I'm not happy with the foot restoration. I'd prefer to replace the background on the left, but that table needs to stay there. https://photos.smugmug.com/AUE-Photo...O/2018-01-22.j pg Done in Photoshop (CC 2018) Wow! That's amazing. :-) Thank you so much, Tony. :-) May I send your copy to my sister? It's yours. Download and do whatever you want with it. I like a challenge and the chance to play around in Photoshop. Thank you, Tony. You are most kind. :-) I will obtain the original photograph from my sister in due course and scan it on my Cannon PSC. I'll then let you have a copy to play with once again if you wish. How do you suggest that I pass same on to you to maintain the best quality image for you to work on? With kind regards, No response received. :-( You may view the scanned image here, should you so wish:- http://www.mediafire.com/view/6q6mpj...ad%20scan.jpeg Granddad is holding a 'swagger stick' in his left hand! Thanks again for 'playing'! :-) It would have been nice to have that as a .TIFF, but no matter. Here is what I came up with. https://www.dropbox.com/s/wngnfgyqybjh093/Granddad-E2.png That's pretty good. The only obvious anomaly you left is what appears as a hole in his right ear. I think that's easily fixed. |
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Renovation of a photograph
On 24/01/2018 20:46, Savageduck wrote:
On Jan 24, 2018, David B. wrote (in article ): On 22/01/2018 23:32, David B. wrote: On 22/01/2018 22:47, Tony Cooper wrote: On Mon, 22 Jan 2018 22:40:43 +0000, "David B." wrote: On 22/01/2018 21:43, Tony Cooper wrote: On Mon, 22 Jan 2018 19:31:02 +0000, "David B." wrote: On 22/01/2018 17:29, android wrote: On 2018-01-22 17:12:41 +0000, android said: On 2018-01-21 18:10:00 +0000, David B. said: Hi My elderly sister managed to send me a photograph today of our grandfather. It was taken before he was killed during the first World War. Here is a copy of same:- https://imgur.com/a/7XRdW How best can the image be improved? I'm soo sorry for your loss! You're with no doubt a troll and that file is useless! But you could try the free version off Fotor Photo Editor provided that you could get a better scan of the original. It seems to have some useless features. Report back to the group and let us know how it goes... https://itunes.apple.com/se/app/foto...039729?l=en&mt =12 I downloaded the app meself and had a go... Do you want me to post the result? Wow! Yes, please. :-) I took a shot at it. Mostly cleaned up, but I'm not happy with the foot restoration. I'd prefer to replace the background on the left, but that table needs to stay there. https://photos.smugmug.com/AUE-Photo...O/2018-01-22.j pg Done in Photoshop (CC 2018) Wow! That's amazing. :-) Thank you so much, Tony. :-) May I send your copy to my sister? It's yours. Download and do whatever you want with it. I like a challenge and the chance to play around in Photoshop. Thank you, Tony. You are most kind. :-) I will obtain the original photograph from my sister in due course and scan it on my Cannon PSC. I'll then let you have a copy to play with once again if you wish. How do you suggest that I pass same on to you to maintain the best quality image for you to work on? With kind regards, No response received. :-( You may view the scanned image here, should you so wish:- http://www.mediafire.com/view/6q6mpj...ad%20scan.jpeg Granddad is holding a 'swagger stick' in his left hand! Thanks again for 'playing'! :-) It would have been nice to have that as a .TIFF, but no matter. Here is what I came up with. https://www.dropbox.com/s/wngnfgyqybjh093/Granddad-E2.png That is FANTASTIC! :-) THANK YOU! -- David B. |
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Renovation of a photograph
On 24/01/2018 20:46, Savageduck wrote:
[....] It would have been nice to have that as a .TIFF, but no matter. Here is what I came up with. https://www.dropbox.com/s/wngnfgyqybjh093/Granddad-E2.png Hi 'Savageduck' I wonder if you can deduce if my grandfather's cap badge looks like the one shown he- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Durham_Light_Infantry I'd be grateful if you would take a look. -- David B. |
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Renovation of a photograph
On Jan 27, 2018, David B. wrote
(in article ): On 24/01/2018 20:46, Savageduck wrote: [....] It would have been nice to have that as a .TIFF, but no matter. Here is what I came up with. https://www.dropbox.com/s/wngnfgyqybjh093/Granddad-E2.png Hi 'Savageduck' I wonder if you can deduce if my grandfather's cap badge looks like the one shown he- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Durham_Light_Infantry I'd be grateful if you would take a look. It would be difficult to confirm that, however, the cap badge does seem to have the shape of the DLI badge. I would suggest that you have a few options to reseach that for yourself in the UK. This is your quest, not mine, and you are better located to do the work. Start with the Commonwealth War Graves Commission, both web site, and/or offices. Then from the Wikipedia article you provided, the Durham County Records Office which seems to hold DLI archives might prove to be helpful. Also You could try and contact WWI historic organizations for service roster records.The Royal British Legion might be of some help. https://www.cwgc.org http://www.greatwar.co.uk/war-graves/ww1-war-graves.htm http://www.durhamrecordoffice.org.uk...ight-Infantry- Archives http://www.durhamrecordoffice.org.uk...g-First-World- War-British-Soldiers -- Regards, Savageduck |
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Renovation of a photograph
On 27/01/2018 19:18, Savageduck wrote:
On Jan 27, 2018, David B. wrote (in article ): On 24/01/2018 20:46, Savageduck wrote: [....] It would have been nice to have that as a .TIFF, but no matter. Here is what I came up with. https://www.dropbox.com/s/wngnfgyqybjh093/Granddad-E2.png Hi 'Savageduck' I wonder if you can deduce if my grandfather's cap badge looks like the one shown he- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Durham_Light_Infantry I'd be grateful if you would take a look. It would be difficult to confirm that, however, the cap badge does seem to have the shape of the DLI badge. I would suggest that you have a few options to reseach that for yourself in the UK. This is your quest, not mine, and you are better located to do the work. Start with the Commonwealth War Graves Commission, both web site, and/or offices. Then from the Wikipedia article you provided, the Durham County Records Office which seems to hold DLI archives might prove to be helpful. Also You could try and contact WWI historic organizations for service roster records.The Royal British Legion might be of some help. https://www.cwgc.org http://www.greatwar.co.uk/war-graves/ww1-war-graves.htm http://www.durhamrecordoffice.org.uk...ight-Infantry- Archives http://www.durhamrecordoffice.org.uk...g-First-World- War-British-Soldiers Oops! Thanks for yours efforts, Savageduck. ALL I was after was your view as to whether or not the image of his cap badge shown in your photoshop (or other) software image matches that of the cap badge shown in Wikipedia. From what I've now unearthed on Ancestry.com, it seems that granddad *was* in the 19th Battalion, Durham Light Infantry but /later/ transferred to the Royal Engineers (i.e. AFTER that image was taken). I've now discovered a photograph of MY dad - can you see any resemblance to granddad? http://www.mediafire.com/file/eqrox9...the%20left.jpg This photograph must have been taken in his late teens/very early twenties because he was no longer in the army when he married my mother at the age of twenty three (in the first quarter of 1934). Dad was married in 1911. -- David B. |
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Renovation of a photograph
On 27/01/2018 20:51, David B. got things muddled! :-(
Dad was married in 1911 Dad was *BORN* in 1911 Sorry about that. :-( -- David B. |
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Renovation of a photograph
In article , David B.
wrote: Dad was *BORN* in 1911 Sorry about that. :-( so is the rest of the world. |
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Renovation of a photograph
On Jan 27, 2018, David B. wrote
(in article ): On 27/01/2018 19:18, Savageduck wrote: On Jan 27, 2018, David B. wrote (in article ): On 24/01/2018 20:46, Savageduck wrote: [....] It would have been nice to have that as a .TIFF, but no matter. Here is what I came up with. https://www.dropbox.com/s/wngnfgyqybjh093/Granddad-E2.png Hi 'Savageduck' I wonder if you can deduce if my grandfather's cap badge looks like the one shown he- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Durham_Light_Infantry I'd be grateful if you would take a look. It would be difficult to confirm that, however, the cap badge does seem to have the shape of the DLI badge. I would suggest that you have a few options to reseach that for yourself in the UK. This is your quest, not mine, and you are better located to do the work. Start with the Commonwealth War Graves Commission, both web site, and/or offices. Then from the Wikipedia article you provided, the Durham County Records Office which seems to hold DLI archives might prove to be helpful. Also You could try and contact WWI historic organizations for service roster records.The Royal British Legion might be of some help. https://www.cwgc.org http://www.greatwar.co.uk/war-graves/ww1-war-graves.htm http://www.durhamrecordoffice.org.uk/article/10563/Durham-Light-Infantry-Archives http://www.durhamrecordoffice.org.uk/article/10566/Researching-First-World-War-British-Soldiers Oops! Thanks for yours efforts, Savageduck. ALL I was after was your view as to whether or not the image of his cap badge shown in your photoshop (or other) software image matches that of the cap badge shown in Wikipedia. As I said, possibly due to similar shape. From what I've now unearthed on Ancestry.com, it seems that granddad *was* in the 19th Battalion, Durham Light Infantry but /later/ transferred to the Royal Engineers (i.e. AFTER that image was taken). I've now discovered a photograph of MY dad - can you see any resemblance to granddad? http://www.mediafire.com/file/eqrox9...the%20left.jpg Not really, but it’s your family research, and with Ancestry.com you seem to have the tools you need to trace your roots. This photograph must have been taken in his late teens/very early twenties because he was no longer in the army when he married my mother at the age of twenty three (in the first quarter of 1934). Dad was married in 1911. ....er, OK. I think it might be time to wind up this thread. -- Regards, Savageduck |
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