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bfcoughlin
November 22nd, 2008, 12:31 PM
The sailor with the 3 medals is a second father to me. His wife asked me if I could restore this photo of him with his submarine crew, taken inthe early 60s. I estimate it took about 25 hours--and I coudn't have done it without all I learned from PET, both the magazine and the website.
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elwoodsusanm
November 22nd, 2008, 02:02 PM
An excellent job if I may say so ! :) Well worth the effort.
rubeelou
November 22nd, 2008, 02:27 PM
you should be very proud of yourself you have done an awesome job
frank abramonte
November 22nd, 2008, 04:11 PM
Bobbie, the hours were well spent. Fantastic job of restoration.
kevq
November 22nd, 2008, 05:04 PM
Bobbie,
great restoration work. Well worth all those hours, I bet he's very, very pleased with it.
Kev.
mljrbg
November 22nd, 2008, 05:17 PM
WOW!! That is awesome!!
Sepiana
November 22nd, 2008, 05:32 PM
Bobbie, this is very impressive. In the end those 25 hours paid off. Well done!
JulieM
November 22nd, 2008, 08:09 PM
Incredible result! What a labor of love that was!
photoshopsusieq
November 22nd, 2008, 09:13 PM
This looks GREAT! I'm sure they're going to love it!
Wendy
November 23rd, 2008, 04:12 AM
Stunning job on the photograph ... its beautifully done :)

Wendy
BillBarber
November 23rd, 2008, 08:53 AM
Absolutely fantastic job. Wonderful results from your long labor.
CarolLHB
November 23rd, 2008, 10:16 AM
Unbelievable-your patience paid off, the results are wonderful!:eek:
coaster
November 23rd, 2008, 05:42 PM
Beautiful job!! The faces of the officer back right and the sailor front middle must have been extremely difficult.
bfcoughlin
November 23rd, 2008, 09:29 PM
Thank you, everyone. It WAS a labor of love, as these are people who have meant a lot to me, especially when I was growing up. I'm expecting she'll get the package in the mail Monday or Tuesday. It's to be a Christmas present for him.

Those two faces were the biggest challenges, and that's where everything I've learnd from the PET magazine, web site and forum have been so helpful. For the officer's face, I selected and flipped the good side, then used the distort tool to try to edge the lips and mouth crease a bit so it wouldn't look too freakishly symmetrical. The astute observer who knows Navy insignia will note that the eagle on his hat is pointed backwards! For the sailor in the middle, I had to figure out how to draw eyes. Since I'm in the science field with no skill in drawing--for me, that was the toughest part.

I am just so glad to be able to do something special for these two wonderful people.
lucianj
November 25th, 2008, 11:14 PM
Outstanding.
urban-ragdoll
November 27th, 2008, 11:18 PM
thats awesome! you did an amazing job! you should be extra smiley today

:) :) :)
Derry
November 28th, 2008, 01:32 PM
that was 25 hours of very rewarding effort,, excellent completion,,

Derry
Goddess_of_Go
December 8th, 2008, 08:54 AM
If you haven't already done so you should send this off to Matt K to see. I am sure he would be impressed.

Terri
Bayla
December 8th, 2008, 09:12 AM
Wow, you've done an amazing job. I'm sure they'll be delighted with the result.

Bayla
Shirley1md
December 8th, 2008, 12:36 PM
You did a wonderful restoration! You should be very proud of yourself!!
bfcoughlin
December 8th, 2008, 09:30 PM
If you haven't already done so you should send this off to Matt K to see. I am sure he would be impressed.

Terri

Terri--Thank you for the suggestion. Do you know how I'd go about doing that?

And to everyone: Papa Bunch (my second dad) was SO pleased. It triggered all these memories, and he started to talk about the photo, when and where and why it was taken, the men on the ship...He's a very special person, so it was worth every second.
Tina_B
December 9th, 2008, 07:21 AM
Your restoration is very good. I have done some restoration in the past and I know that faces can be very hard to do and you have done a wonderful job. I think those cracked photos just give me fits and are hard.
Who ever recieves this as a gift will be so amazed at what your labor of love has done.
Thanks for showing us your talent.
Tina B
Newtome
December 9th, 2008, 04:44 PM
This is the best restoration I have ever seen.
Elaine
Elemobe
December 10th, 2008, 12:37 PM
Not only is this the best restoration I have ever seen, it is one of the most heart warming threads I have read. Hope you manage to get in touch with Matt.
coaster
December 10th, 2008, 08:02 PM
That it is. It's really a good thing when two parties get so much out of a project that's really a work of love. I can relate to that having put together a digital photo frame album for my parents' 60th wedding anniversary. It was about two weeks' of hard work, working on it all my spare time, but it was worth it. They were just bowled over. They hardly dared touch the thing. :D