Portrait of young Boy

[Wintersdawn2]

This the original i will be working with.   As you can tell there is very little damage to the image and mostly needs minor touch up and color corrections.

[Wintersdawn2]

I then identified problems that needed correction

[Wintersdawn2]

This is my work in progress trying to get the color adjusted and the marks completely removed and smoothed out.

[Wintersdawn2]

This is the finished project.

[Hannie]

Hi Winter, welcome to the forum!

What a great job you did, you got rid of the noise but not at the cost of detail.
When I finish a restore, the last thing I do is zoom in really large and go over any leftover damage.
Often I check the levels adjustments again, you will notice that in your restore you have lost some of your blacks.  (left sliders in R, G and B)

Minor picks in an otherwise beautiful restore.

Hannie

PS
Some of his facial areas need a little grain. 
(A 50% gray layer in Soft light mode with a little noise,  Gaussian, monochrome)

[Shadow]

Welcome to the forum Winter.
Beautiful work.