Help with 50 year old B/W photos: This is the only Photo my wife and I have of a baby girl that we lost a few days after her birth over 50 years ago. It was a Polaroid photo taken...

Ron 717 Loc: Pennsylvania

This is the only Photo my wife and I have of a baby girl that we lost a few days after her birth over 50 years ago. It was a Polaroid photo taken through several glass panes.
I have tried to restore it as much as I can, and I was able to improve it somewhat but am hoping someone can do a better job than I am able to do. I know there are many people that are better at this than I am

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SonyA580 Loc: FL in the winter & MN in the summer

The picture you posted is a very low resolution scan. It would be hard to make it much better. Can you possibly scan it at a higher resolution and re-post it?

Twardlow Loc: Arkansas

Ron 717 wrote:

This is the only Photo my wife and I have of a baby girl that we lost a few days after her birth over 50 years ago. It was a Polaroid photo taken through several glass panes.
I have tried to restore it as much as I can, and I was able to improve it somewhat but am hoping someone can do a better job than I am able to do. I know there are many people that are better at this than I am

Sorry for your loss and fifty years of grieving.

SoHillGuy Loc: Washington

Perhaps this is some improvement. I know the memories you must be experiencing.

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R.G. Loc: Scotland

Sorry for your loss. You'll have to scan with more resolution if you want a significant improvement. This is about as good as I can manage with the posted file.

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trc Loc: Logan, OH

Ron 717 wrote:

This is the only Photo my wife and I have of a baby girl that we lost a few days after her birth over 50 years ago. It was a Polaroid photo taken through several glass panes.
I have tried to restore it as much as I can, and I was able to improve it somewhat but am hoping someone can do a better job than I am able to do. I know there are many people that are better at this than I am

Ron,

Not sure this is any better than other's attempts, but is a little between the darkest and the lightest. Sorry for your 50 years of loss. My wife had a miscarriage on our first - not the same, I know, but it was a sad time just the same.

Best Regards,
Tom

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Ron 717 Loc: Pennsylvania

R.G. wrote:

Sorry for your loss. You'll have to scan with more resolution if you want a significant improvement. This is about as good as I can manage with the posted file.

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I'm sorry but I had to retrieve my old albums from my Daughters house, she wanted to look at them.

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Ron 717 Loc: Pennsylvania

Thank you so much, this is better than what I was able to do.

Ron 717 Loc: Pennsylvania

R.G. wrote:

Sorry for your loss. You'll have to scan with more resolution if you want a significant improvement. This is about as good as I can manage with the posted file.

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Thank you for your improvement of the photo

Ron 717 Loc: Pennsylvania

Twardlow wrote:

Sorry for your loss and fifty years of grieving.

Thank you, you never forget the loss.

R.G. Loc: Scotland

Ron 717 wrote:

....I had to retrieve my old albums from my Daughters house......

Hi, Ron. The re-posted image is much the same size as the first one. Are you using an A4 flatbed scanner? If this image is really important to you it might be worth getting it scanned professionally. That should generate a bigger file to work on.

Ron 717 Loc: Pennsylvania

R.G. wrote:

Hi, Ron. The re-posted image is much the same size as the first one. Are you using an A4 flatbed scanner? If this image is really important to you it might be worth getting it scanned professionally. That should generate a bigger file to work on.

Ok, I'll check that out