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Wedding party toasting the bride & groom

Started by Jo Ann Snover, April 08, 2022, 08:20:09 PM

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Jo Ann Snover

Margie was telling the truth - these photos are really challenging!

I've been working on mine today - mostly trying to figure out exactly what's there, so I drew some outlines. I think I now know most of the people, arms and legs, but I thought I'd post something about what I've concluded and see if anyone else thinks I've (a) missed something, or (b) grabbed the wrong end of the stick. Not sure if the original photo (pre-damage) was out of focus, but what I have is so blurry (even before I ran the FFT filter to get rid of the bobble texture) that there is virtually no clear detail or sharp edges or...

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My outlines, the outlines over the image (partially restored, but very, very little done) and some of the objects I think I see. I found some images online of the sort of paper bells (couldn't find the doves), rimmed champagne glasses (couldn't find any with a red glass band under the gold) and cake topper.



I'll be painting some stuff in and taking guesses about the decorations on and around the table + on the cake. I'm assuming that as long as it looks like icing decorations and flowers with ferns, it'll be a reasonable compromise as there's just nothing to tell me exactly what flowers or what icing decoration - except for the patches of icing that appear to match the bridesmaid's dresses.

As an example of something I'm not 100% sure about, I think I see veils on the bridesmaids' heads in addition to the blue bows.
Jo Ann

Candice

Definitely aqua or blue dresses. Veils on the head coverings and looks like the first bridesmaid is pregnant.  I also don't see the groom in uniform on the topper.  Maybe more like this? (brought out colors a little more so that you can see the hat's better).   :)  PS  Have Fun!!




Candice

Lynnya

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Tough one for sure.. I agree with Candy on the groom and bridesmaids.. Good Luck! look forward to seeing your progress.. Just looking at it again.. I don't think that white stripe (there are two of them) are in the picture, I think it's damage..not sure if the end maid is pregnant either if you remove the stripe..
never giving up......learning from others as I go...

Candice

It's always interesting what others see, Lynn. LOL
Candice

Jo Ann Snover

Thanks for the suggestions. Did some more work today, so I'll post progress (although it doesn't look like a lot given all the damage remaining!). I found the other tall candle on the table (had originally missed it when drawing outlines).



I am 99.75% sure that the white "stripes" down the inside edges of bridesmaids #1 and #4 are the long white gloves on their right arms - arms are hanging down by their sides. I have to assume the photographer made them all use their left hands to hold the glasses (and the groomsmen all used their right hands) to make a better shot. What are the odds of all the women being left handed? :)

I'm thinking of omitting the object just in the frame on the right of the photo - the dark cylindrical thing in front of the stand with the flowers in it. I don't really know what it is and I can't imagine it was a significant memory.

Anyway, tomorrow is another day :)
Jo Ann

Candice

Now that you mention it, it could be gloves.  As for the dark thing, it probably wouldn't be missed.
Candice

Lynnya

Yeah good thought on the glove... sure is a doozy... you are not alone.. I'm ploughing through as well :crazy:
never giving up......learning from others as I go...

Lynnya

Does anyone have any ideas on the brides bouquet? it looks like all white with green but I don't know.. I can't pull out any colors at all.. any clues?
never giving up......learning from others as I go...

Jo Ann Snover

Quote from: Lynnya on April 11, 2022, 01:06:51 PM
Does anyone have any ideas on the brides bouquet? it looks like all white with green but I don't know.. I can't pull out any colors at all.. any clues?

Not really, but I was thinking as it was all so very fuzzy, some of the flowers from the table arrangement would stand in for whatever was there. I'm thinking it was ivory/white and now lost in the bridal gown as altered by damage.

I have plenty to be working on this afternoon, so will see if any bright ideas happen along the way :)
Jo Ann

Mhayes

Jo Ann, I am going to try and send shots of the photos you all are working on to get more guidance on the colors. Where faces are fuzzy, let Bambi or me know if you need another photo to compare or use. I think you are closer to the groom's jacket being a dark blue.  Storms are coming in tomorrow, so may not be online

Great effort on really badly damaged photos. I even thought about turning them into B/W and then coloring, but that's a lot of work in itself.

"carpe diem"

Margie Hayes
OPR President
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Jo Ann Snover

Thanks Margie. I had asked Bambi for references of the bride & groom - even though mine is so small, having accurate fuzzy versus wild guess fuzzy will be better.
Jo Ann

Jo Ann Snover

I'm done for today but I thought I'd post progress. I cleaned up the faces from Lynn's image and used those (blurred, downsized and lowered opacity) over the bride & groom in my image. I need to blend things a little more, but I think it helps.



Ignore the rather crude outlines of the stand on the right - just a placeholder :)
Jo Ann

Mhayes

Jo Ann, coming along nicely! Take plenty of breaks so you don't go  :D
"carpe diem"

Margie Hayes
OPR President
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Lynnya

Looks good Jo Ann.. what color blue are you coming up with for the groom's jacket.. I'm way off..
never giving up......learning from others as I go...

Jo Ann Snover

I hadn't thought about jacket color specifically - what I show is just what happened when I balanced the colors as a whole. As Margie was hoping to get some more detail from the family, I figured I'd wait and see if we got a good reference. Right now it's a petrol blue, not navy blue

Given you've neutralized your groom's jacket it should be easy to put a color blend mode layer over it and make it pretty much any color you like.

I did think that I would need to homogenize the bridesmaids dress color and groom/groomsmen's jackets - whatever they are they should be the same hue.

And to Margie - I have a goal of not further damaging my sanity while fixing this photo. Plenty of tea breaks and the occasional cookie should help with that :)
Jo Ann