Go Navy

Candice · January 06, 2009, 02:22:34 PM

Blue channel found most of the facial features, but as you can see there will be a great deal of work on this one.

Anchors Away!!

lurch · January 06, 2009, 08:11:52 PM

Sheesh Bets - what HAVE you gotten yourself into? There's hardly even any clean uniform you can steal pieces of!

What you might try doing with this one is make a luminosity layer out of the blue channel. It'll be too dark and you'll have to fiddle with brightness and contrast, but it will virtually obliterate all that bled-through writing. Then you do the cleanup (cloning, patching, etc.) on the gray-scale luminosity layer. Just as much cleanup, but the odd colors are out of the equation. When you have the cleanup done all those color stains are the same luminosity as the good stuff around them and you can just paint them out in color mode on a blank color layer, sampling from nearby good spots. Might have to do a final color adjustment on the end result.

Good luck on this one, and when Margie says Navy, run . . .

Candice · January 06, 2009, 08:28:54 PM

I'm on the blue but not yet in the pink... and the rest of it = I really appreciate your thoughts!! Have copied the suggestions and will use them as a guide.

Thank you Lurch!
Bets

cmpentecost · January 06, 2009, 10:35:46 PM

Wow.....what a photo! I have a few extra ounces of patience lying around here, and I'll be happy to share them with you. I think you'll need it! I can't wait to see the work in progress and final photo.

Some day, I hope people will learn not to write on the back of their photos with ink pens!

Good lucks Bets. I'm sure you'll do great!

Christine

Candice · January 07, 2009, 09:57:36 AM

OH, you don't know how many times I've held my hand mirror up to read the writing! lol But it does make it a bit of a challenge getting around the men.

After I'm back from the day at the hospital, I work on this to help ease the mind from the days happening. My friend is in a room now, but the journey has only begun for he and his wife. After 66 years you're kind of use to having a leg to stand on.... Hedy is still working so I go up and visit a while, come back and check on their dogs, and come home.

Navy is my resting place.

And the powers that be, heaped enough gunk on this one to make it a real winner!! :D :loveit:

Thanks for the encouragement Christine!! :hug:

Candice · January 09, 2009, 12:20:59 PM

Sewing on the uniforms takes time! :D Whew!!

lurch · January 09, 2009, 01:43:30 PM

It's really looking good, Bets :up: Your seamstress work is great. And if you're like me you'll think very hard before taking on another group photo.

Mhayes · January 09, 2009, 02:26:56 PM

Bet, your seamstress work is coming along very6 nicely. Don't let Lurch steer you away from group shots--the more the merrier! The five I have in holding will only have 2-4 people in the photos. Since you two are having so much fun, I intend to give a preview of these added military photos. If anyone is familiar with submarines, let me know.

Margie

Hannie · January 09, 2009, 02:49:45 PM

Bets, that is starting to look really beautiful, great job!

:up2:

Hannie

lurch · January 09, 2009, 03:37:29 PM

Shouldn't admit this, but I toured a sub once. Does that give me expertise? Neu! ::)

Candice · January 09, 2009, 10:29:23 PM

So did I. Down in Mobile, Alabama. There was a sub and a battleship.

http://www.ussalabama.com/

Have a look see. :)

lurch · January 09, 2009, 11:19:32 PM

I think lagirl and I are doomed!

Candice · January 10, 2009, 12:44:48 AM

:wnw: You could be right!

Charlene5 · January 10, 2009, 03:34:31 PM

I once restored a sub picture and looked at some others for reference but Margie doesn't know that and I'm currently hiding from her ;)

MJ

Candice · January 10, 2009, 08:46:50 PM

I like your means of hiding!! Very well done!! :up:

Go Navy

cmpentecost