Another request, colouration to this photo of my GG Grandmother please

[ROC]

The picture of my Great Great Grandmother Kate was taken in Ireland in 1869 (it's dated on the rear). I assume she's standing next to some kind of Christmas Tree?
I don't know the history of decorating trees in the home in Ireland at Christmas, but this definitely seems to be a decorated tree.

Or perhaps this is an outdoor garden shot, it's hard to tell when it's so faded.

Hate to bother you all again so soon but I would absolutely love to see this one in colour. I was so impressed by your work on my picture last weekend.

Thanks so much again!

[maidmarianoops]

just a b/w


sylvia

[terry h]

One from me.

Terry

[ROC]

Such quick responses!

Sylvia, the black and white immediately brings out more detail in the photo compared to my scanned version.

Terry, that looks almost like a painting. Her dress comes out beautifully in the soft tones.

Thanks to you both!

[Niksmum]

my one

Irene

[saddles]

Hi Roc..........A couple of versions for you.

Carolyn 

[saddles]

And the other.

Carolyn 

[ROC]

Irene and Carolyn, thanks to you both so much!

Irene, you've cleared the photo up beautifully and taken out so much of the age and wear from it, thank you!

Carolyn, more wonderful work from you, funnily you've chosen the same colour for her dress as I imagined it was in my head when I first saw the photo. I'm not sure what gave me that impression but it just seemed to fit the scene well.

Thanks for your work!

[Treetotal]

Could you possibly rescan this photo as I have just downloaded it and it is only scanned at 72dpi...I suspect this is a Carte De Visit so a scan of 600dpi resized to just below 500kb and saved at best quality 100% would be best.
The restorers have done a wonderful job considering what they had to work with...but...it pixelates so badly on enlargement that much of the fine detail is lost in the smoothing out of the pixels...there is a link at the top of the board with hints for scanning and resizing  photos...the extra effort with be well worth it.

http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php/topic,372537.0.html

Carol