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Beautiful Young Lady

Smile Recovered

An American Gothic II

Picnic

[Rbm]

Greetings,

This image came from Tess's gallery and includes one reference image to help with restoring the dad's face.

Please review and let me know what else needs to be done.

Thanks,
Richard

[Hannie]

Hi Richard,

Great job so far!
Maybe you can darken the gent's pants some and the carpet/wall area behind his feet.

 

Hannie

[Johnboy]

Richard,

There are a couple things I noticed. It appears that the whites and highlights are being blown out. I would guess that there is more detail in the skirt of the bride's dress and the shadows in the pleats of mom's dress are missing when compared to the original.

The corner of dad's mouth on the viewer's right (his left) and the laugh line seem to come together. When I first saw the restored version I thought there was damage in that area. Maybe it has to do with the photo's size on my screen.

The women's hair seems to have a milky haze. Not sure what you may be able to do with that. Maybe you can find some good hair areas and do some patch tooling and healing.

You have a large shadow next to the bride's skirt. I don't think there is a real shadow there. You have it spilling over on the mom's dress and it is not that way in the original. I think your shadow should be carpet, and what ever is showing through between mom and the groom.

I guess it was really four things. Oh well for what it may be worth to you.

Just took another quick look and noticed what may be damage to the paneling just above the grooms left shoulder. I see in the original some damage in that area. It may be worth it to take it all out since the rest of the paneling looks quite smooth. This makes five things but who is counting. 

You have done a great job on this. I also agree with Hannie's comment.

Johnboy

[glennab]

Hi Richard,

JB has given you plenty to consider, and I agree with him that you've done a fine job on a really tough one.  There are two other things I noticed: both ladies have gray teeth.  I'd whiten them up a bit.  And the people look, in places, as if they're cut out of the paneling.  Those areas should be softened to blend better.

You're a brave soul to have taken on this one! Kudos.

GK

[Rbm]

Greetings,

Hannie,

I have darkened the carpet and dad's pants.

Johnboy,

I agree with all three of your suggestions ... or was that four ... whatever.  I restored some detail in mom's dress and the bride's gown.  I darkened the ladies' hair some.  The shadow across the mom's feet was my clever attempt to hide the fact that I don't know what mom is wearing on her feet.  Her feet look strange without the shadow.  I'm open to a more-clever solution.

Glennab,

I whitened the ladies teeth a little and softened the edges a little more around the people against the panel wall.

Thanks you-all,
Richard

[Johnboy]

Richard,

It is looking better. I think the panel above the groom's shoulder still needs some correction. To me it doesn't look consistant with the rest of the paneling. I had a restore where the wood grain was visible but I don't seem to notice that in this photo.

I wondered if the shadow was a cover up. Clever. Clever. I would still remove it from mom's skirt, and maybe a little more from her legs down to where the shoes might appear. I think I see the top of her right foot in the original. I would also make it more narrow. As you have it now you are showing a strong light from the photographer's left. If that were the case I think a shadow would show up behind the figures. I am guessing this one is more of a single light just above the camera. I have seen many photographers use that set up at weddings.

The bride's hair looks much better. Mom's hair still has a haze to it, I think.

When I first looked at the latest restore I thought the bride's dress was showing a lot of magenta. When I downloaded the original and did a color correction I realized she may be in a light pink dress. I was expecting white.

Dad's mouth looks better. His coat looks grey, and in the reference photo the bottom of his coat looks white. You might check it out.

You getting there, and it is looking good. That is my nickel's worth for now.

Johnboy