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Old Photographs, Recognition, Handwriting Deciphering => Free Photo Restoration & Date Old Photographs => Topic started by: patmar on Friday 26 January 18 20:03 GMT (UK)
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Uncle of mine Jack Derwin born in 1916 and left for England around 1943 and do not know what happened to him in his life. Not sure what age he is in the photo but he was about 27 in 1943 and the girl with him was a then neighbour Sheila Scully and photo was taken at rere of her house. Hope you can oblige by improving the photo. Thanking you in advance
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Hi, Patmar.
Just a couple of suggestions to help you get the best result from your request.
First, you’ve inadvertently posted it to the Tips and Tutorials board instead of the main Photo Restoration board. You’ll have a better chance of getting more people to work on it for you if it goes to the right board.
Second, your image is at a low resolution, which means when restorers zoom in to fix the damage, all they see is pixels rather than detail. You’ll get much better restores if you can send in a higher resolution image.
The easiest way to fix both these things would be to start over again. Rescan the photo at a higher resolution, then post it to the main Photo Restoration board, remembering to change the name of your image or it won’t go through (just add something like “Mk 2” to the image file title). Oh, and there is a limit to the file size you can send in (500 kb) so just go one or too steps up from the resolution you first scanned it at rather than all the way to the highest resolution your scanner will do.
Finally, post to this (wrong) thread again, saying that it has been resubmitted to the main Photo board (so that you don’t get people working on both).
Hope this helps. It is a great photo for those restorers who love a real challenge ;D
Cheers,
Peter
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Hi Patmar,
I have just budged your posting over the correct section ;)
Regards
Sarah
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Appreciate the two replies, tis very kind you are. Pat
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Pat, are you able to post a higher resolution image? If you can you'll get a much better result from restorers (and it will be much easier on restorers' old eyes ;D). If not, please let us know and I'm sure you'll get some tries at the existing image.
Cheers, Peter
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Here is an attempt at the existing image, I have reduced the background to make it a bit easier to work on.
Pat
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Looks like Patmar couldn't get a better scan, so... had to have a go :D
Peter
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Really appreciate the efforts with the photo. When anyone talks resolutions and pixels I tend to bury the head so thanks for going ahead. Am attaching a photo of Jack when he was about 11 or 12 years of age and I think I can be happy its one and the same person in both photos ?
Great to get the scratches out of his face, thanks so much
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Can't see why not, Pat. I'll give young Jack a bit of a tidy for you later today if you like. Working on a couple of others at the moment.
Peter
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I wonder what his medal was for? :) Do you happen to know?
Wiggy
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BW and color one
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Are the initials on his hat CBS? Something Boy Scout?
Carol
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I was thinking something Boys School - not a scout uniform - I don't think!!
loord74 - you have his medal nice and clear. I couldn't get it.
Wiggy :)
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That photo would have been at time of Jack's Confirmation in the Roman Catholic Church. The badge would be part of the school cap of James Street Christian Brothers School here in Dublin. Back then children at 7 years made their First Communion and at 11/12 their Confirmation, at each event they would wear a medal.
Jack is a twin to my mother who were born in Liverpool in 1916 and 10 January 1917 both were baptised in a Protestant church. They were baptised again in August 1920 by their !adoptive" parents into the Roman Catholic Church. Both baptisms here in Dublin. Myself and brothers went to same school.
Certain a lot of Rootschat members would enjoy the story of my 23 year long saga in finding the parents of the twins. That sage only ended in 2017, thanks to DNA test.
Loving the efforts at improving the photos and full of genuine appreciation. Pat
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My try.
Peter
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Would I be greedy if I asked to have a couple more photos improved ? One is a mystery family photo I taken by a street photographer probably in 1930's Dublin or even earlier. Actually a date would be a help in identifying the elderly couple. Also, can I ask how a photo I cropped of myself from a group can be enlarged. I am one of 9 siblings that survived birth and for years I laid it on heavy I must have been so ugly as a child I was the only one nobody took a photo of. Amazingly on a Facebook group 3/4 years ago the school class photo appeared. One of those moments when Facebook and social media proved its worth. Actually Facebook came good again about an hour ago when a photo appeared of a hospital and its grounds that the family home overlooked. that too could be improved. Heavens, I could keep folk here busy ! Am retiring soon so will have time to learn a few editing skills.
If I am stepping outside rules or being a bit greedy please do not hesitate to tell me to go away. Pat
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No problem at all, Pat. Just start a new thread for each photo so that you have a better chance of getting more restores for each one. And for the same reason, if there are a lot of photos coming in, it's probably a good idea to limit yours to a couple a week. But we do need to feed our addiction. So keep them coming please. ;D
Cheers,
Peter
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Would I be greedy if I asked to have a couple more photos improved ? One is a mystery family photo I taken by a street photographer probably in 1930's Dublin or even earlier. Actually a date would be a help in identifying the elderly couple. Also, can I ask how a photo I cropped of myself from a group can be enlarged. I am one of 9 siblings that survived birth and for years I laid it on heavy I must have been so ugly as a child I was the only one nobody took a photo of. Amazingly on a Facebook group 3/4 years ago the school class photo appeared. One of those moments when Facebook and social media proved its worth. Actually Facebook came good again about an hour ago when a photo appeared of a hospital and its grounds that the family home overlooked. that too could be improved. Heavens, I could keep folk here busy ! Am retiring soon so will have time to learn a few editing skills.
If I am stepping outside rules or being a bit greedy please do not hesitate to tell me to go away. Pat
There is no limit to how many photos you can post here but as Peter said....post a couple and when you have recieved the restores, post another couple but bear in mind that photos of living people are not allowed. Be as greedy as you want ;D
Carol
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Oh, and I forgot to say earlier, don’t forget to shower the restorers with lavish praise. That’s when - like Snuffles the dog in those Quick Draw McGraw cartoons after being tossed its favourite biscuit - we hug ourselves and ecstatically float into the air… gradually settling slowly back down to reality.
If we don’t get our biscuits, Carol bites your leg off. ;D
Peter
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Oh, and I forgot to say earlier, don’t forget to shower the restorers with lavish praise. That’s when - like Snuffles the dog in those Quick Draw McGraw cartoons after being tossed its favourite biscuit - we hug ourselves and ecstatically float into the air… gradually settling slowly back down to reality.
If we don’t get our biscuits, Carol bites your leg off. ;D
Peter
Agree ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D
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I was thinking something Boys School - not a scout uniform - I don't think!!
loord74 - you have his medal nice and clear. I couldn't get it.
Wiggy :)
Thanks Wiggy ;)
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Oh, and I forgot to say earlier, don’t forget to shower the restorers with lavish praise. That’s when - like Snuffles the dog in those Quick Draw McGraw cartoons after being tossed its favourite biscuit - we hug ourselves and ecstatically float into the air… gradually settling slowly back down to reality.
If we don’t get our biscuits, Carol bites your leg off. ;D
Peter
Agree ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D
Oi!....are you two casting nasturtiums....talk about giving a dog a bad name. :o ;D ;D
Rrrrrufff...Carol