I don't like technology. It scares me and I can't make it work. It makes me nervous in an illogical way. But I try when I feel like it and I have been experimenting with some of the SIMPLE (ie one click) software that is now available for photographs. It is clear to me that the technology still has a way to go. It works fine with some images and not at all well with others. It struggles with sepia and doesn't like Khaki (which is a problem with military photos).
I thought I would share my attempts at enhancing a couple of the family photographs.
This is a picture of my Father (Frederick Alfred TRENDALL (1914-1983) as boy in India in around 1924/5. The picture has been made sharper and has been cropped. Trying to colour the image didn't really work and nor did producing a head and shoulders enhancement. By cropping the picture I have removed a small shadow which was probably the photographer.
Frederick Alfred TRENDALL (1914-1983) again 20 years later during the Second World War. This picture has been enhanced and cropped. To me the features look a lot clearer. I am influenced by the novelty of seeing my Father with hair, although it is clearly beginning to go!
This picture of Frederick TRENDALL (1890-1914) has appeared on this blog before. I have cropped it, enhanced it and put on some colour. I am not sure if this has improved it or not. I would be interested to here the views of others.
This is the only image we have of my Grandmother, Helen (also known as Nellie) Kirk McBeth DUNCAN, later McGAVIN, later SCOTT (1896-1971), as a young child. It was probably taken at a school or Sunday school. Below is the enhanced, zoomed in and coloured version:
I will play with this some more and I might post some of the better ones. However I will wait a few years to allow the technology to improve before I do too much.
Your views and comments on this, and on other posts, are most welcome.
Bramfield
6th September 2020
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