Colorizing old wedding photo

[Mwilltn]

I colorized this old wedding photo for my mother in law and there is still a "halo" around the oval where light has faded it. i am afraid to mess with it any more but would like to get rid of this halo. Any ideas?

[Photologyst]

It’s a very nice start. No doubt your mother in law will be very pleased with the final product.

However, IMHO the coloring of the clothing is too intense if you are going to leave the rest of the photo so faded/aged. Therefore, in layers, you may want to tone down the opacity percentage of those colours.

You can clone the vignette.

[edbayani]

here is a sample of what can be done. select the couple and increase a bit of contrast and correct the flesh tones. then go to the bg and increase contrast and add some red and yellow using the color balance. use the clone tool to even the 'halo' . select the oval cutout and add some textures. flatten.

[Psyclop]

Cool did the same thing for my mom Where did you get the picture scan, for me I've never got good result till
I got it scan true a professionel

[Mwilltn]

Thanks to all for the great suggestions. Psyclop I got it scanned at FedEX office at 300 dpi