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Title: 1915 photograph of George Henry Jones, and his sister Sylvia Gladys
Post by: BobbieL on Sunday 29 October 17 18:43 GMT (UK)
Hi, the attached is of my Father, George Henry Jones, and his sister Sylvia Gladys, and was taken in Evesham, Worcestershire in 1915/16. As you can see, it is in a terrible condition, is it possible for it to be restored?
Title: Re: 1915 photograph of George Henry Jones, and his sister Sylvia Gladys
Post by: loord74 on Monday 30 October 17 12:13 GMT (UK)
a try
Title: Re: 1915 photograph of George Henry Jones, and his sister Sylvia Gladys
Post by: Treetotal on Monday 30 October 17 13:31 GMT (UK)
Hi Bobbie and welcome to Rootschat. An attempt from me too.
Carol
Title: Re: 1915 photograph of George Henry Jones, and his sister Sylvia Gladys
Post by: BobbieL on Monday 30 October 17 15:39 GMT (UK)
Wow! That's really good. Thank you so much - I need to post it on my family tree now
Title: Re: 1915 photograph of George Henry Jones, and his sister Sylvia Gladys
Post by: Trishanne on Monday 30 October 17 15:59 GMT (UK)
Love that one Carol, I know how difficult it was to do, I have scrapped two versions, I can't match yours though.
Pat
Title: Re: 1915 photograph of George Henry Jones, and his sister Sylvia Gladys
Post by: Handypandy on Monday 30 October 17 16:14 GMT (UK)
One from me...
Title: Re: 1915 photograph of George Henry Jones, and his sister Sylvia Gladys
Post by: Treetotal on Monday 30 October 17 16:50 GMT (UK)
Quote from: BobbieL on Monday 30 October 17 15:39 GMT (UK)
Wow! That's really good. Thank you so much - I need to post it on my family tree now

Glad you are pleased with the work...It is always best, where possible to scan photos at a minimum resolution of 300dpi...this was scanned at a very low 72dpi and this makes our job much harder as there is less detail to work with.

Carol
Title: Re: 1915 photograph of George Henry Jones, and his sister Sylvia Gladys
Post by: Treetotal on Monday 30 October 17 16:53 GMT (UK)
Quote from: Trishanne on Monday 30 October 17 15:59 GMT (UK)
Love that one Carol, I know how difficult it was to do, I have scrapped two versions, I can't match yours though.
Pat

Thanks for the feedback Pat, it's very much appreciated but you must always post your work as I'm sure it would have been better than you think. The low resolution did make it harder though.

Good job on a tough photo Andy  :D

Carol
Title: Re: 1915 photograph of George Henry Jones, and his sister Sylvia Gladys
Post by: Handypandy on Monday 30 October 17 17:46 GMT (UK)
Cheers Carol, it was a tough one wasn't it :o.... ;D
Title: Re: 1915 photograph of George Henry Jones, and his sister Sylvia Gladys
Post by: BobbieL on Monday 30 October 17 18:23 GMT (UK)
Thanks for the info  -I didn't realise the resolution was so low. I shall scan it at a higher resolution and repost - maybe you can have another go at it? I have quite a few old photos that need work so I shall get busy and scan them at a higher resolution, should keep me out of mischief for a while!
Title: Re: 1915 photograph of George Henry Jones, and his sister Sylvia Gladys
Post by: Treetotal on Monday 30 October 17 18:41 GMT (UK)
I won't be having another go at this one as I spent over two and a half hours on it and it was hard on the eyes and i gave it my best shot...but others may take it on. But worth noting for any photos that you post in the future.
Carol
Title: Re: 1915 photograph of George Henry Jones, and his sister Sylvia Gladys
Post by: McGroger on Tuesday 31 October 17 01:54 GMT (UK)
My try.
Cheers, Peter
Title: Re: 1915 photograph of George Henry Jones, and his sister Sylvia Gladys
Post by: BobbieL on Tuesday 31 October 17 06:25 GMT (UK)
Thanks to everyone who has given their time to restore this photograph - the results are truly amazing, considering the low resolution of the photograph! In future I shall ensure that I only post photos of high resolution.