Hi, pwiggler.
Well, here is the before. Barque "Alumbagh". This is a photo circa 1890 of a pen drawing circa 1880 something. The drawing was, reputedly, by my Grandad but I have nothing to support that theory.
As you can it is a mess. That bad staining ( I don't know what did it ) goes right through to the back of the mounting board, and that has to be sorted out first.
So, my layers so far consist of all the recognisable elements, some forty odd each on it's own layer and each having been selected and cut out using the pen tool. ............frame, border, writing,sails, rigging, masts, deck fittings, waves etc which will all be cleaned seperately and then put back in.
The other pic is after having done some cloning etc to get rid of the stain, (stage forty four odd after the pen tool work) but the thing is still a mess. More cloning and cleaning to be done
I will then slowly clean the different elements and put them back in place, having to "borrow" sails and things from other parts of the ship to replace those lost in the cloning, especially on the foremast and upper main mast, and doing a bit of resizing to get them looking realistic.
Then, next stage is to get rid of that awful colour cast and give it a nice old fashioned sepia tiny, a bitty sharpening up, some work with levels and curves to balance up the exposure.
I don't mind about how long it will take, just do a bit at a time. Will post the finished thing if it ever gets completed.
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