Editing and restoring paintings on GIMP

[AFOH]

I just tried this, with a John Constable painting you may find photographed at Wikipedia



And took it to GIMP, where I edited it and attempted a full restore to bring it back to life, and voilá, here's the end result:

DIGITALLY RESTORED: John_Constable_-_Wivenhoe_Park,_Essex_-_Google_Art_Project - Digital Restore - copia by AF OH, en Flickr

Hope you like it, any comments or criticism welcome

Btw, I just added saturation, a bit of contrast with the curves, and used the exposure and blacks tool, that's all.

[Ofnuts]

Pretty cool. You stopped just before it goes too far.

[Greencedar]

Very good. You did bring the painting back to life and kept the scenery realistic.