need help with this picture!! (editing is okay!)

[romeo26]

well i was looking through old stuff and i found the picture below! as you can see its a picture of a picture from when i was in first grade. the picture has some defects in it and i need help on what should i do to fix it!

http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c67/romeo26/new%20camera/20070912_0981.jpg

i know cropping is a must, but what should i do with colors. basically i want to restore this picture so i can print a bigger one. btw the picture is only like 1 inch by 1.5 inch!


iam going to attach the raw (its a diffrent pic but of the same thing).
here is the link to the raw file: http://www.mediafire.com/?ftojrvno2rx

ummm...can someone please point me to the button that says "editing is ok" or something like that?

thank you very much!

forgot i have cs3 but iam still learning to use it!

[_andrew]

isnt that a negative (or transparency)? you should be able to find a local photo developing place that can scan in negatives for you. You will get alot better quality out of the image doing it that way....

[LBaldwin]

actully that is a contact sheet image, probably done for ordering purposes. Not much will come of it but you can certainly try. First get closer and fill the frame.

Les

[tzalman]

IMO, the best thing to do would be to make it b/w.

[bobrock111565]

The problem to begin with is that the scan is really poor. But working with what you've given us, this is what I can do. The highlights are blown out on his face, and of course the color balance is way off. My edit is perhaps a bit too warm, but this is the general direction you need to go:

http://www.bobrock.com/Images/20070912edit.jpg

[René Damkot]

Try to get the original negative...

[Apollo11]

It's a 35mm contact print. Too bad you didn't have the negative.

[romeo26]

hey guys thanks for helping out! as for right now i like the warmer picture! i think ill make two versions, the one thats warmer and one the b/w. i like the coler of the warmer pic, but i also like how in the b/w pic it gives the effect that its a really old picture!

btw...what do you guys mean about contack print?

[bobrock111565]

Romeo,
I'll send you the working version of the color image later. This posted version is not good to use.

Bob

[chauncey]

The folks at http://www.retouchpro.com (http://www.retouchpro.com) are great at this sort of thing.