|
Pages: [1]
|
 |
|
Author
|
Topic: Cleaning old photographs (Read 2984 times)
|
kmo
RootsChat Senior
Posts: 431
|
What is the best way to clean an old photograph?
Today while hunting for a stopcock in the back of an attic, I came across a box of picture frames. When I got them out in the light I found they contained a bunch of family photographs.
There was a grandfather in WW1 uniform , a great grandfather leading a horse, a family group stood around a horse and tub, school photos, chapel congregations, around thirty pictures in all.
Ok, so the mice have chewed them a little, but only a couple of pictures are missing heads. My main concern is how do I get rid of the layer of dust and grime that covers them?
|
|
|
|
|
Logged
|
|
|
|
deadants
RootsChat Honorary
RootsChat Veteran
Posts: 892
|
I've got to tell you kmo that I have never had this situation before. I did a quick search on the net and came up with this link.
http://www.colinrobinson.com/care.html
I guess If your not confident about this then maybe you should take them to an photographic store. Or even the local family history library.
deadants
|
|
|
|
|
Logged
|
Cleary, Doran, Boland, McCooey, McManus, O'brien, Martin, Savage, Wallis, McCollister, Wood. (More to come soon)
|
|
|
kmo
RootsChat Senior
Posts: 431
|
Thanks for the link deadants.
Couldn't get any isopropyl alcohol from Boots, however one of the independant chemists did have some. Not had time to give it a go yet.
|
|
|
|
|
Logged
|
|
|
|
deadants
RootsChat Honorary
RootsChat Veteran
Posts: 892
|
If your going to do it, may I suggest that you scan the photo beforehand, just in case. How about posting the photo so we can see how much repair work it needs.
deadants
|
|
|
|
|
Logged
|
Cleary, Doran, Boland, McCooey, McManus, O'brien, Martin, Savage, Wallis, McCollister, Wood. (More to come soon)
|
|
|
kmo
RootsChat Senior
Posts: 431
|
Here's one I'm having problems with. A faint image, I'm having trouble separating from the grey overlayer.
|
 rtschta.jpg (262.89 KB, 714x1188 - viewed 1048 times.)
|
|
|
Logged
|
|
|
|
kmo
RootsChat Senior
Posts: 431
|
Heck that came out big!
The actual picture is around two inches by three!
|
|
|
|
|
Logged
|
|
|
|
MancsMan
RootsChat Aristocrat
Posts: 2118
|
Hi Folks
Cropped & chopped with noise removal did most of the work then a bit of sharpen and gaussion blur, I have just spotted a couple clonning stamps.
I prefer the greyscale. what do you think?
deadants how would you go about putting colour into this, with the picture fading out at the bottom, I can only think of placing it in a round frame 
Regards
Ken
|
Hilton - Wiltshire, Prestwich, Manchester Millington - Manchester, Birmingham Harris - Manchester, Salford, Southern Rhodesia, Aston Manor Birmingham, Temple Balsall, Knowle Jones - Higher Broughton, Cheetham Hill, Denbighshire Lawton - Prestwich, Manchester Smith - Manchester Carey - Manchester Cotterell - Lambeth, London Fletcher - Middleton, Manchester Capper - Manchester Fancy a chin wag on Faceb**k http://www.rootschat.com/links/07bv/ |
|
|
kmo
RootsChat Senior
Posts: 431
|
My attempt
|
rtschtb.jpg (78.5 KB, 300x300 - viewed 1004 times.)
|
|
|
Logged
|
|
|
|
|
|
deadants
RootsChat Honorary
RootsChat Veteran
Posts: 892
|
Here's my cleaned up version. This was done using carefull selections and Gaussian blur.
deadants
|
Cleary, Doran, Boland, McCooey, McManus, O'brien, Martin, Savage, Wallis, McCollister, Wood. (More to come soon)
|
|
|
|
Pages: [1]
|
|
|
|
|
