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Title: Joseph Stevens - help with cleaning & colourisation
Post by: Avondale16 on Monday 26 February 18 19:36 GMT (UK)

This is an image of my 2 x great grandfather taken I believe following his appointment as a Baptist Minister in 1878.

Would love to see this either as a cleaner B&W image or even better with colour.

Thanks

Title: Re: Joseph Stevens - help with cleaning & colourisation
Post by: Treetotal on Tuesday 27 February 18 14:31 GMT (UK)

I gave it a go for you in the original tone.
Carol

Title: Re: Joseph Stevens - help with cleaning & colourisation
Post by: Treetotal on Tuesday 27 February 18 14:32 GMT (UK)

..and with a sepia type tint.
Carol

Title: Re: Joseph Stevens - help with cleaning & colourisation
Post by: Avondale16 on Tuesday 27 February 18 14:39 GMT (UK)

I like them both Carol - certainly better than the poor B&W image - you definitely see more character in his face. I'm assuming the image is too poor a quality to add any colour to Joseph, his clothing etc?

Thankyou for what you have done
Keith

Title: Re: Joseph Stevens - help with cleaning & colourisation
Post by: Treetotal on Tuesday 27 February 18 15:26 GMT (UK)

Here you go Keith...one with colour.
Carol

Title: Re: Joseph Stevens - help with cleaning & colourisation
Post by: Avondale16 on Tuesday 27 February 18 15:43 GMT (UK)

Carol - this is fab-u-lous! You are a star - thanks so much. Now I have a 3 lovely new versions

Keith

Title: Re: Joseph Stevens - help with cleaning & colourisation
Post by: Treetotal on Tuesday 27 February 18 15:44 GMT (UK)

Glad you like the results  :D...and finally...a water colour effect....just for fun  ;D
Carol

Title: Re: Joseph Stevens - help with cleaning & colourisation
Post by: Avondale16 on Tuesday 27 February 18 15:50 GMT (UK)

Now you are spoiling me - this is so different & arty  :)

Do you think you could do anything with S F Stevens - shopfront from c1910 that I posted?

Title: Re: Joseph Stevens - help with cleaning & colourisation
Post by: Treetotal on Tuesday 27 February 18 15:53 GMT (UK)

Keith....when I have a couple of days to spare I might have a go  ;D It's a great photo but there is a good couple of hours work at least on that one, but I'm sure there will be many others who will have a go too.
Just for information, Joseph's beard is known as a "Newgate Frill"
Off to give my eyes a rest  ;) ;D
Carol

Title: Re: Joseph Stevens - help with cleaning & colourisation
Post by: Avondale16 on Tuesday 27 February 18 16:02 GMT (UK)

I thought the shopfront would be a big challenge but if you get the time & it doesn't dry you mad  ;D it would be great to see what you could do with it.

I never knew that about the beard - history as well as great artwork  ;)

Go & have lie down now in darkened room

Title: Re: Joseph Stevens - help with cleaning & colourisation
Post by: Handypandy on Tuesday 27 February 18 16:32 GMT (UK)

One from me...

Title: Re: Joseph Stevens - help with cleaning & colourisation
Post by: Avondale16 on Tuesday 27 February 18 16:44 GMT (UK)

Thanks Andy - great eyes on this version & you've given him more hair!

I'm sure you noticed that he appears to have a wonky left arm - do you think that is caused by the poor quality of the original image resulting in his own arm & the arm of whatever he is sitting on morphing into one another?

Keith

Title: Re: Joseph Stevens - help with cleaning & colourisation
Post by: Treetotal on Tuesday 27 February 18 16:49 GMT (UK)

It's and enlargement that has been over sketched as some of the detail has been lost, artistic licence springs to mind.
Carol

Title: Re: Joseph Stevens - help with cleaning & colourisation
Post by: Handypandy on Tuesday 27 February 18 16:55 GMT (UK)

I've made a slight adjustment  :)

The pencil lines don't help when looking for the defining lines.... I think this is more like it.

Title: Re: Joseph Stevens - help with cleaning & colourisation
Post by: Avondale16 on Tuesday 27 February 18 17:02 GMT (UK)

Thanks again to Andy & Carol for all your hard work on this image

Title: Re: Joseph Stevens - help with cleaning & colourisation
Post by: Trishanne on Wednesday 28 February 18 01:20 GMT (UK)

One from me
Pat

Title: Re: Joseph Stevens - help with cleaning & colourisation
Post by: Avondale16 on Wednesday 28 February 18 10:26 GMT (UK)

Great thank you Pat - I thought I'd put you off touching my photos after the bakers shop front!

You have even sorted out his wonky arm  :)

Keith