I have always loved old photographs and enjoy restoring them. This one was given to me by a member of my family and I thought it would be nice to fix it up a bit and add some colour.
My first job was to crop in a bit tighter deal with fading and repair a few areas that were missing or marked. I then got rid of marks and scratches and areas that looked blotchy.
Finally I coloured it. I did a bit of research on the uniform but had to guess at hair and eye colour etc...
I hope you enjoyed the short walk back in time.
14 comments:
That is amazing. Well done.
it is beautiful!
Oh you did a great job with this photo!
Wow, great restore! Those fellows will be glad wehavent forgotten them!
Nicely done! Thanks for sharing this.
Nice work.......it can take a good while to do properly. A winter job.
both the old and the new are really touching to the heart. I like old photos too. super job adding the color. i remember the hats and coats and the color is right on target.
Add my kudos to those already posted. This was a wonderfully done restoration. It's good that the origina photo was not more badly damaged as I know how time-consuming this work can be.
You brought it to life in a very quiet way.
very nicely done Kev!
You did a great job and the subjects would be very happy and proud indeed.
Oh I like this a lot. Excellent work on coloring and restauration!
Great job!
Hard work, well done!
The restored B&W is also very good ;)
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