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Moen Wedding 1

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An American Gothic II

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[Bambi]

Original



WIP



This is a big print (14x19.5), so please look it over closely and let me know what I've missed. Appreciate your help.

Bambi

[Hannie]

Beautiful photo and a beautiful restore!

Bambi, do you remember the tip from Kev, it was a while ago but it had to do with motion blur and curtains?  I wonder if just a little of that would help even out the curtains some.
http://www.operationphotorescue.org/forum/index.php/topic,3083.0.html
(towards the bottom)

Hannie

[Mhayes]

Bambi, looks beautiful and I love the photo.

Margie

[Pat]

Don't you just love working on these old wedding photos, you've done a wonderful job Bambi!

Pat

[Bambi]

Thank you, Hannie. The motion blur trick is fabulous! I copied and pasted the curtains into a new layer. Adjusted the motion blur to straighten the curtain folds, then adjusted the layer opacity. Just enough to smooth the folds but allow some of the original grain to show through. To finish, I used a soft light layer to burn and dodge the splotchy areas.



Then added a little color with a Hue/Sat adjustment layer. Pat, I do love wedding pictures from this era. Such a treasure!

[Mhayes]

Bambi, beautiful restore!

Margie

[Hannie]

I really like what you did Bambi and it was just enough to bring the focus back from the curtains to the couple.

Hannie

[glennab]

Bambi, this is a gorgeous restoration.  My wig is off to you for doing such a great job!

GK