Before & After: Mahone

[Mike Serpa]

I used iPhoto '09 then Paintbrush 2.1.1 in the lower left corner.

 

[Robert Gray]

Good job. Did you notice the word "serpa" on his hat, collar insignia and hand?

 

[Mike Serpa]

Good job. Did you notice the word "serpa" on his hat and collar insignia?

Yes, I put my name "Serpa" on several places. I spent many hours working on this photo and hope this might prevent someone from hijacking it and selling it online.

 

[reading48]

Very nice Photo...

 

[ExNavyPilot]

Great work, and good idea in marking the touched-up image.

Little Billy Mahone is one of my favorite Confederate Generals but, dang, that dude was skinny--almost two-dimensional!!! I hear he had to run around in the shower to get wet...

 

[kholland]

Billy's wife Otelia was working in Richmond as a nurse, when Virginia Governor John Letcher sent word that Mahone had been injured at Second Bull Run, but had only received a "flesh wound." She is said to have replied "Now I know it is serious for William has no flesh whatsoever."

 

[proud texan]

Great job!

 

[Mike Serpa]

Thank you all. I wonder if I should darken it?

 

[ExNavyPilot]

Thank you all. I wonder if I should darken it?

Maybe just tweak the darkness and contrast a tad, but only a bit. I think it's great as is, but if you're in pursuit of perfection, give it a shot.

 

[Mike Serpa]

I cleaned up this one some more. By the chair at the bottom, his collar tip by his beard, his hand and shirt cuff. A little here and there. (It's been bugging me for a year.)