I have this old photo...



Any suggestions on how to improve it?

I have no idea were to start, it seems to have some colour cast, and have tried tweaking it in Lightroom but have got nowhere.

If anybody fancies a go there is a full size version here

Thanks

Pete

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Quick edit with curves in CS3 - could be improved - this was only a couple of minutes!

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Mark

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Would be happy to have a go, my editing skills are far better than my photography ones : (

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Hi Pete.

           I've done one colour and one b&w. I could'nt upload the full size versions so if you want them p/m me your details and I'll send a disc.

              All the Best.    Graham.

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Hi,i am new here so hope you dont mind me having a little go.

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James

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I will give it a go too.

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Here's my effort...

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blandfordp:

............I have no idea were to start, it seems to have some colour cast, and have tried tweaking it in Lightroom but have got nowhere.................

Pete,

My lack of PP skills is legendary, however the colour cast should be quite easy to overcome if you have either elements or CS#. If you open the editor and then choose <File-Open As> select your JPEG file and then choose the RAW file option from the drop down box, the JPEG will open in ACR allowing you to alter the White Balance as with a RAW file. This should allow you to correct the colour cast as well as make other chnages.

Cheers, Peter.

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Oh Lord, please help me to be the person that my dog thinks I am.

Thanks for taking the time to give me some guidance guys. I have taken a good look at what you have done and suggested and had a go at it. Any thoughts?

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Pete B(BPITW -5 times)
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Here's my attempt, what do you think, most of the major scratches have also been removed. Fullsize here http://community.dcmag.co.uk/photos/gm0kdcs_gallery/images/796820/original.aspx.

After posting this I applied an amunt of sharpening and the image loks even better.

Bob

Here you go but I have not cloned ou the numurous dust spots from the scan. Also straightened the horrizontal as it looked odd to my eye.

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Paul
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Hi Pete, your image is cool with the crop & straightening of the horizon etc but I'd say the image sits to much in the blue/green area, add a touch more red to warm it up a notch...

My opinion obviously...

It's mad how people see the image differently, either that or we all need to calibrate our monitors...lol

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hey blandfordp, Anglefire is spot on with his advice in using curves, one of the best and quickets local colour correction tecnqiques when its used correctly. using the shadows, midtones and highlights dropper you can selectyivley pick each tone amd photoshop corrects your image for you.  it litterally takes 30 seconds to do.


My touch up

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Thanks for the ideas guys, I'll have another go in photoshop. So far I have only used Lightroom. Unless I can do the curevs methid in LR?

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Pete B(BPITW -5 times)
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What an interesting challenge. I'm not having a go as I'm no expert here but for what it's worth I think Gdallas' attempt looks the most natural.