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Related: About this forumPhoto thought lost, recovered, re-edited. How'd it turn out?
This is an old jpeg of my wife's long gone mare Kate and a little girl.

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Photo thought lost, recovered, re-edited. How'd it turn out? (Original Post)
George McGovern
Aug 2025
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I apologize Safe as Milk. After posting, I edited image right away and should have just started over again.
George McGovern
Aug 2025
#3
I'll bet this sweet little girl remembers Kate and maybe has her own horse or cares for one..or two 🤗
Deuxcents
Aug 2025
#2
Thank You Aussie105. What a wonderful outcome for you wife. Old pictures can hold treasures I think. Thank You!
George McGovern
Aug 2025
#10
It was pure as driven now Diamond_Dog. Kate's eyes were half closed and at peace.
George McGovern
Aug 2025
#13
Safe as Milk
(189 posts)1. I don't know. n/t
George McGovern
(10,442 posts)3. I apologize Safe as Milk. After posting, I edited image right away and should have just started over again.
Deuxcents
(25,163 posts)2. I'll bet this sweet little girl remembers Kate and maybe has her own horse or cares for one..or two 🤗
George McGovern
(10,442 posts)4. Wouldn't that be nice Deuxcents! Thank You.
LoisB
(12,165 posts)5. Looks good to my untrained eye.
George McGovern
(10,442 posts)7. Thank You Lois!
usonian
(22,950 posts)6. Old photos can be impressionist.
Everything is there and well laid out.
You have a slight pink cast.

Other than that, it's a fine memory. Did you take a photo of a print?
George McGovern
(10,442 posts)8. Took a photo of a digital thumbprint. Thanks.
usonian
(22,950 posts)12. Very well done indeed, given the starting point.
George McGovern
(10,442 posts)14. Thanks usonian. It's a special image and it is nice to have it back.
Aussie105
(7,496 posts)9. Wife has a B&W picture of her father.
In GI Joe dress, it was WW2 time after all.
Bit of a scan, some touchup, sharpen, contrast, brightness fiddle, attempt at colorizing, came up ok at A4.
Wife looks at the A4 print, remarks . . . Jeez, I can see each my 3 sons in that face!
Old photos - worth working on! Horse picture came up well.
George McGovern
(10,442 posts)10. Thank You Aussie105. What a wonderful outcome for you wife. Old pictures can hold treasures I think. Thank You!
Diamond_Dog
(39,521 posts)11. What I see in that old photo
Is pure love. ❤️. And a memory that child will have for the rest of her life.
George McGovern
(10,442 posts)13. It was pure as driven now Diamond_Dog. Kate's eyes were half closed and at peace.
T'would be real neat if the little girl retained the moment.