Damaged photo touch up

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Soldato
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A friend dropped this by me, asking if I could do anything about it. Not done something like this for a while so I gave it a shot:

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...and the result:

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It has a few light areas I need to darken a lil bit but I'm quite happy with it, what do you think?

I intend to adjust the curves a little bit and maybe see if he likes a B&W version but I've left it like this for now. Also, these images are 50% the original size.

Any tips and hints, and care to share your own touch ups?
 
Looks good, hwo did you do the ladys hands so well?

Other than that, maybe remove the spots on the wall near the door and curtain. other than that, looks very nice.

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Looks good, you wouldn't know unless you were told it had been rescued or went through with a toothcomb.

I recently did some birds of prey for a local falconry, took me around 2 hours per shot to get rid of the jesses/ankle straps. Time consuming but worth it in the end.
 
Thanks guys :)

The process in essence is quite simple. I used a combination of the clone-stamp, smudge tool, buren tool, dodge tool and the add noise filter.

I selected each area and duplicated it to its own layer before editing it. The skill is having an eye for what should be there and how dark/light it should be. Just take it in small stages.

You can tell it has been edited a bit in the full version (these pics are 50%) but I can always go back to those bits. I'm gonna have a play with the curves later on and see if I can give it a bit more depth.
 
Nicely done mate. A bit of 'dust and scratches' work and some unsharp masking might benefit.
I agree you need to balance out with the curves but watch you don't bleach out the hightlights completely.
Good work! :)
 
edit - lol i just noticed what the one above was... think i totally missed the point... awesome :D
 
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