1943 Home Guard

[cupcake]

Would it be possible for someone to improve this photograph - taken in Brighton 1943.

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[loord74]

color one

[loord74]

b.w

[cupcake]

color one

Thank you for the colour and B&W photo's. I do like the coloured one.

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[Wiggy]

I tried to straighten it but lost part of the soldier's head so  - the vase has to look on a slippery slope!     What a proud looking father!

Sorry but the focus wasn't good to start with.     And once again, it looked much better on the computer than it does now when loaded onto this thread.   

Wiggy 

[Mike Morrell (NL)]

One from me.
Mike

[cupcake]

I tried to straighten it but lost part of the soldier's head so  - the vase has to look on a slippery slope!     What a proud looking father!

Sorry but the focus wasn't good to start with.     And once again, it looked much better on the computer than it does now when loaded onto this thread.   

Wiggy

He looks a proud father with his first son.

Many thanks

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[cupcake]

One from me.
Mike

Many thanks Mike. It can't be easy when the old photo's aren't good and sometimes out of focus.

Thank you all for your time.

Kind regards

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[Mike Morrell (NL)]

Forgive this rant, cupcake but IMHO this is actually a very good photo. It's well-composed and it captures the man's emotions perfectly. The man's face and expression are clearly recognisable. The baby's less so unfortunately, but this may well be due to his/her slight movement during the (long) exposure.

In this age of high-tech digital photography we tend to forget about how challenging the 'art of photography' was back then. Especially indoor photography with little light. This photo is well-balanced in terms of exposure.

These days, we're used to sharp photos. But older, 'softer' photos have a positive quality too. The main thing I really like about this photo is that it looks spontaneous and expressive (rather than static and posed as so many others are).

Old photos fade and get damaged and to a large extent, we can repair the damage and make old photos look less faded. But the original quality of the photo (composition, expressiveness) remains the same.

Mike

Many thanks Mike. It can't be easy when the old photo's aren't good and sometimes out of focus.
Kind regards

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