john wrote: > john wrote: > >> singhals wrote: >> >>> SNIP >> >> >>> EXCELLENT Idea. >>> >>> http://bottonycross.purpleflowers.net/birthday/ >>> >>> Birthday6 is the cake picture and the one I'm most interested in >>> getting cleaned up. The burning candles "flare" :( The flash failed >>> to function at all. >>> >>> Birthday15 would be nice to have, and is offered in case someone >>> wants to try their hand there too. The flash was early. >>> >>> The camera was a fairly inexpensive one meant for point'n'shoot which >>> is my style with pictures. It had been working fine up until the day >>> these were taken when it began eating a battery an hour. It _has_ >>> been replaced. (g) >>> >>> Cheryl >> >> >> They do not look like they are the original picture files as they came >> out of the camera. >> You have renamed them - did you do that in an image editing program - >> if so they've possibly be compressed. The file sizes are extremely >> small. Have you resized them or done anything else to them. >> Can you replace these with the original files? > > > Even the originals aren't of very high quality! > > I found a little bit of colour in the cake (but possibly not the correct > colour) Any hints as to the correct colours and it might be possible to > do a bit more but there is very little detail and the candle flare has > burnt out most detail > http://i203.photobucket.com/albums/aa22/elsiesphotos/IMG_0182a.jpg > http://i203.photobucket.com/albums/aa22/elsiesphotos/IMG_0190a.jpg Thanks. The colors look pretty good on the cake ... b'lieve the writing was pink and the edging a darkish green. If you're playing with it, though, the cake is more important than the people (or the suit of armor!). > > I did this to the original cake photo before I noticed it wasn't the > original - but there is even less detail because of the candle brightness. > http://i203.photobucket.com/albums/aa22/elsiesphotos/birthday6a.jpg > > If you want to e-mail me any others I'll have a quick look at them. Thanks. Cheryl