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File:Dorie Miller - Restoration, full.jpg, featured[edit]

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Dorie Miller
We know, from our knowledge of sailor uniforms, that his clothing should be fairly bright white, and the tie fairly dark. The rest follows. Adam Cuerden (talk) 07:07, 26 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Got it. Thanks for explaining. -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 07:35, 26 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]
No worries! It's kind of a judgement call to a big extent, and there are compromises between detail and colour, so I didn't want to go too dark and slightly stretched the whites to bring out detail. Facial detail didn't have any problems - midtones hold detail well, and his neckerchief is a fair bit darker than his skin, so as lomg as I watched the neckerchief details - any darker and we'd lose them i think, but they all still show - So I knew I was fine in the face if I didn't screw the neckerchief up, thanks to that, and other photos of him show he has quite dark skin. I don't think you can always get skintones perfect in historical photography, but it's certainly easier with a 1940s photo than a 19th century one, so we do our best. Adam Cuerden (talk) 08:05, 26 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]
...I just realised I could write several pages on trying to get skin colours accurate in old photos. Adam Cuerden (talk) 02:45, 27 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Maybe you should! Your article could be useful to others who might want to do digital restorations. -- Ikan Kekek (talk) 05:20, 28 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]
I might do it for the Signpost on en-wiki. Just going to have to be careful about wording, given, y'know, racism exists, and the topic of shades of skin colour has a load of history behind it. Adam Cuerden (talk) 13:54, 3 April 2022 (UTC)[reply]
Confirmed results:
Result: 17 support, 0 oppose, 0 neutral → featured. /--Ivar (talk) 05:08, 31 March 2022 (UTC)[reply]
This image will be added to the FP gallery: People/Portrait#Men
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