Maybe you and I have a different idea of what 'restore' means. I didn't just put it back together. And the point of restoring someones damaged family photos is to make them look better without making them look fake. I tried my best to fix the parts of people's faces that were missing because of the tears and creases, but I don't want them to look fake and painted.

Oh I know, it isn't up to a professional standard or even a very 'good' standard, but I just wanted to try it. I usually edit images together, I don't draw or paint. So I felt I took it as far as I could personally without harming what was left of those original people's faces.

I just feel it's in bad form for a MOD to come in and copy and paste the same dismissive comment into each entry. I've never seen a MOD do that before, they have always been very helpful in the past and even give advice if I don't know how to do something.

Sorry if you feel my comment is dismissive, it wasn't meant that way (English is not my first language). What you did in putting the parts together you did good but IMHO opinion that is just part 1 of the restoration. There's cracks in it as well, dust spots, scratches, color differences and so on. There's where another part of this challenge lies.

Was hoping to motivate you to attack those challenges also, again sorry if it sounded offensive.

Thank you. There is so much going on in this photo as far as spots and little things, it's hard to tell if something is texture of the wall or clothing for example, or if it is spots and discoloration from age. There are also some strange red lines, I suppose from sun damage. I'm just going very slowly and undo button is my best friend right now.

Sounds great. We can continue talking here or when the contest is done you can send me a message.

since you know who I am, send me a PM