The Boulton family Reading abt 1914 or after war in 1918

[emjsw]

Hello,

I have this lovely picture of my great grandmother and her brothers from either just before or just after ww1.
Something has happened to the bottom of it and I wondered if anyone might be able to help to fix it please?

Best wishes Emma

[McGroger]

My try.
Peter

[Trishanne]

Emma, I don't know if you are aware but this photo and the next one of Henry J Sweetland are on the wrong page on the forum. These two have been posted to the Photograph resources, Tips and Tutorials page instead of the Free Photo Restoration and date photos page. Your other two photos are on the correct page. Not many restorers check this page, so you wont get many replies.
If I were you I would contact Sarah the Moderator and ask her to move these two photos over. You can get in touch with her if you click on the red 'Contact Support' at the foot of the HOME page.
In the meantime here is my attempt at the Boulton family.

[emjsw]

Dear Peter and Trishanne,

Thank you for your restorations, the picture looks great and you can see their lower bodies properly again! Thank you ever so much

[Mike Morrell (NL)]

At the bottom strip, there's less sharpness, the tone is bit too light on the men and too dark on the woman. The strip has a brownish colour. Can't do much about the sharpness but I've tried to correct the other things.

[DrDude45]

Not sure if you'll like this but after cleaning the photo, I adjusted the contrast to keep the sepia tone but not make the skin so blindingly white. Also did some work to reduce the fade at the bottom.

Hope you enjoy!

[emjsw]

At the bottom strip, there's less sharpness, the tone is bit too light on the men and too dark on the woman. The strip has a brownish colour. Can't do much about the sharpness but I've tried to correct the other things.

Wow, it looks really fantastic, thank you so much for the time you have spent on doing this, it looks great. Thank you so much.

[emjsw]

Not sure if you'll like this but after cleaning the photo, I adjusted the contrast to keep the sepia tone but not make the skin so blindingly white. Also did some work to reduce the fade at the bottom.

Hope you enjoy!

I really do like this and thank you very much for your time and effort, I am overwhelmed by everyones kindness. Many thanks and best wishes,
Em

[emjsw]

To everyone who has worked on my photos, thank you so very much.
Here ios a message from my dad and aunty (who don't use computers!).

"Thank you so much for bringing us closer to our family, to see them better is like meeting them again "

Best wishes to you all xxx