Sharon says - "Damn wrinkles!!!"

[geosha]

Hi
and this might be a strange request

We have a site at
www.ronebergcairns.com
which is a Family History and Photo Albumn

It contains over 20,000 photos, and a heap of these are of my lovely wife Sharon
We have been married for 30 years 1 month,
and I am continually pointing a camera at her!!!

Here is a URL for a couple of photos I took yesterday
http://www.ronebergcairns.com/2005onwards/sharon2005_007.html

She is now 50 years old - she reckons she looks it - I don't, plus I don't care!!! - to me she looks great!!!
She says the wrinkles under her eyes are "awful" - again, I don't care about them!!!

But, I want to do her a favour before she gets home from work tonight - a surprise!!!

Reference - the photo without the glasses at the bottom of the page

Can anyone point me to a photo-program that might be able to smooth out these "character marks" that she is so worried about???
Or does anyone want to have a go at smoothing out these "laugh lines"???

We live in Cairns Australia
and my email address is - GGGRFNQ@bigpond.net.au

Thanks - have a nice day
Geoff

[JGross]

photoshop is king of photo manipulation but its going to put you back a pretty penny if you dont own it already.

[geosha]

Thanks for your note, JGross

You're right
Just had a look at Photoshop - US$649.00!!!
That's about $900.00 Australian dollars!!!

And that put more wrinkles on my face!!!

Looks like "the lines" will have to stay!!!
Anyway, they say they give a face character!!!

Regards,
Geoff

[YvetteKuhns]

http://www.freeserifsoftware.com/serif/ph/ph5/index.asp

This one may be more in your price range. ;)

[mongoose643]

Probably too late now but you might try Jasc Paint Shop Pro (currently on version 9.0) for about $130.00 USD. An excelent program worthy of praise for its quality when compared to others in the industry and price. A good investment if you want to continue editing photos or create custom graphics.

[Jess]

Ok, here are the laugh lines blurred out with Photoshop: Revision (http://janess.spymac.net/revision.htm) (shown with "after" on top, "before" below).

I think she looks just as good as before. ;)

[Croc Hunter]

50? no way, she's a hornbag mate, 40 tops. I know I'm a day late.. but as a hopeless romantic i feel your love is true. As it'll soon be Valentines day and all.. http://streetsie.com/images/general008_c.jpg

[Jess]

Wow - you gave her an EXTREME makeover! She looks about 30 now. :D

[YvetteKuhns]

Why don't you buy her Max Factor makeup (makeup of the stars) ? ;) Next thing you know, you will be using morph software to make her breasts bigger. :D

[geosha]

'JGross'
'YvetteKuhns'
'mongoose643'
'Jess'
'Croc Hunter'

Thanks to you all for taking the time to reply to my post
with special thanks to 'Jess' and 'Croc Hunter' for the fabulous pics!!!
I couldn't have done that in a million years!!!

Sharon hasn't yet seen the photos (5.00am Saturday morning here in Cairns Australia) but they have been added to our site here ---
http://www.ronebergcairns.com/2005onwards/sharon2005_009.html

She will be "tickled pink"!!!

Yvette
Sharon is having a Nutrimetics Party with her girlfriends on the 26th February
Will that do???
--- and I think we'll leave the breasts alone!!!

This was fun,
and again, my appreciation to everyone

Regards,
Geoff