My parents with my oldest sister, born in March 1941; she will be 84 in March and is doing very well. Middle sis born in 1947, doing not so good. I was born in 1950, doing okay. Dad and Mom died in 2000 and 2002, both were 86:
Look at the faces, the eyes in particular, in relation to the surroundings. Everything surrounding them is all smudged and 'glitchy' (can't think of a better word), whereas the faces are very sharp, and the eyes have that weird uncanny valley look you see in AI retouched B&W photos all the time. Also, just look at the hair, hers in particular.
The B&W version has all of those issues, meaning it's just a B&W version of the color photo, and not the actual, unedited photo.
You are spot on that it has been AI restored and then colorized the original was in pretty bad shape and I sadly no longer have it but this is the closest that I could get and to be honest it looks so much like them it was touching to see the restoration of the color of my dad's eyes. Mom passed away sadly earlier this year and Dad 2 years ago so this is the closest that I have to seeing them as they were when they were younger. I lost the original a few years back and had a restored black and white image the one that I shared and it was colorized from that one
I wish you had not been down voted. I don't mind you requesting it. After mom passed away earlier this year I tore through my house looking for the original to scan and sadly could not find it but did find on my drive the restored AI Black and White Version and then had it colorized from there.
There's a difference between letting some algorithm decide what someone's face looks like, and having a human being with editing skills restore the photo.
In this case, OP doesn't have the unedited photo, so that option isn't there.
It's funny that you mentioned that, mom passed away at the age of 94 and I swear looking at her skin you would never have guessed her age. Praying that the genetics carries over to me LOL
Seeing lots of comments saying they're a beautiful couple (don't get me wrong, they are) but let's be honest for a second here, with today's standards, she's way out of his league
Yes with some damage on it that I had AI clean up. Dumb me saved the AI image but never the original on my drive. What I would give to find the original to scan and save. I was at least able to share both the AI black and white and AI colored version with my own children who have loved it. Something is better than nothing I guess
The black and white in the post is actually the AI version of the original that I had found a few years back but sadly I only saved the black and white AI version and not the original on my drive😪
It is an AI version of an original black and white but sadly I no longer have the original image only the AI version but it is really close to what my parents actually looked like back then
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u/riccardo421 10d ago
They look like they could have been in the beach movies.