Faded Edge problem

[Toermalijn]

I'm not sure what causes this effect, but I run into it periodically, and often enough that I need to develop a repair workflow. I have tried using Photoshop without success, but my PS skills are rudimentary. Apart from the upper left corner there appears to be enough detail to improve it. Can anyone suggest how I might proceed? I'd be most grateful.

Reg

Select the area and fill with "Grass" in Generative Fill.

Then did some highlight adjustments and contrast adjustments.

Great fix, major jack.

 

[Lan]

Assuming it's a film camera, it looks like a light leak to me. There's usually a gasket/strip/seal around the film door, if that perishes or gets damaged, light gets in. A stop gap fix would be to put a bit of black gaffer tape over the door if the camera. It would definitely be worth looking around the seal to see if they can find any issues?

 

[SoCalAngler]

Assuming it's a film camera, it looks like a light leak to me. There's usually a gasket/strip/seal around the film door, if that perishes or gets damaged, light gets in. A stop gap fix would be to put a bit of black gaffer tape over the door if the camera. It would definitely be worth looking around the seal to see if they can find any issues?

Based on the model airplane and engine type, and the styling on the jacket, it looks like the image might from the 1970s. So it my be a bit late to address the camera. But the OP hasn't provided a date are era of the photo, so I could easily be wrong in my interpretation.

 

[BobKnDP]

Assuming it's a film camera, it looks like a light leak to me. There's usually a gasket/strip/seal around the film door, if that perishes or gets damaged, light gets in. A stop gap fix would be to put a bit of black gaffer tape over the door if the camera. It would definitely be worth looking around the seal to see if they can find any issues?

Based on the model airplane and engine type, and the styling on the jacket, it looks like the image might from the 1970s. So it my be a bit late to address the camera. But the OP hasn't provided a date are era of the photo, so I could easily be wrong in my interpretation.

As already pointed out, the EXIF declares the image to be a scan, presumably form a print.

Maybe the issue was in the camera, or from a less than perfect scan.

 

[SoCalAngler]

Assuming it's a film camera, it looks like a light leak to me. There's usually a gasket/strip/seal around the film door, if that perishes or gets damaged, light gets in. A stop gap fix would be to put a bit of black gaffer tape over the door if the camera. It would definitely be worth looking around the seal to see if they can find any issues?

Based on the model airplane and engine type, and the styling on the jacket, it looks like the image might from the 1970s. So it my be a bit late to address the camera. But the OP hasn't provided a date are era of the photo, so I could easily be wrong in my interpretation.

As already pointed out, the EXIF declares the image to be a scan, presumably form a print.

Maybe the issue was in the camera, or from a less than perfect scan.

Yes.

I was just pointing out that fixing a camera today will not help with with restoring an image captured perhaps decades ago.

Some contributors to this thread provided some really good examples and tips on improving the scanned image. I learned a couple of things.

 

[Ganguy]

For everybody's information:

I found this photo and scanned it properly. It is from the early 70's, about 1974 I think.

The photo is faded, probably from a light leak or lens flare. I doubt if it was a film processing fault. If a light leak, it was probably inadvertent camera opening and there were probably other photos on that roll with the same problem, but we will never know.

There have been some great corrections on this thread, and a lot of new information for me, for which I am, grateful.

Reg, aka GanGuy (Gan is short for Gananoque, Ontario, Canada. eh?)

 

[Ganguy]

See my reply to Lan

Thanks

 

[Ganguy]

See my reply to Lan, thanks.

 

[BobKnDP]

For everybody's information:

I found this photo and scanned it properly. It is from the early 70's, about 1974 I think.

The photo is faded, probably from a light leak or lens flare. I doubt if it was a film processing fault. If a light leak, it was probably inadvertent camera opening and there were probably other photos on that roll with the same problem, but we will never know.

There have been some great corrections on this thread, and a lot of new information for me, for which I am, grateful.

Reg, aka GanGuy (Gan is short for Gananoque, Ontario, Canada. eh?)

I apologize for my inaccurate speculations.

I haven't tried to enhance the image myself. I was surprised at the details some were able to restore in what I guessed were blown-out highlights.

There's a lot of skill in this forum. I lack any.