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Post by ChrisLAdams on Jun 25, 2020 12:11:54 GMT -8
I started doing conversions of old B&W photos to color as a fun hobby. I can't recall what precisely got me interested. I developed a small collection of them, and decided they'd make an interesting page on my site. Check them out if you like that sort of thing. I add a new one periodically. www.chrisladamsbizarretales.com/bwmeetscolor |
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Post by djmills on Jun 26, 2020 1:30:33 GMT -8
Very good.  |
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Post by jaydax on Jun 29, 2020 5:38:07 GMT -8
Years ago I got a box of old photographs from my mother. Included with them was a negative -a picture of her sitting on a wall during WW2. I asked her about it. She told me it was taken by a friend and given to her but she had never seen a positive print. I decided to see what I could do with it; scanned it; made a B&W positive and then added colour. Here's the blog I wrote about the process back in 2007 jaydax.co.uk/tutorials/psp/bw2col/bandw2colour.html |
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Post by djmills on Jun 29, 2020 13:01:30 GMT -8
The photo came up well. Glad your Mum loved it. And I did guess where she put it. :-)
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Post by ChrisLAdams on Jun 30, 2020 4:17:56 GMT -8
Years ago I got a box of old photographs from my mother. Included with them was a negative -a picture of her sitting on a wall during WW2. I asked her about it. She told me it was taken by a friend and given to her but she had never seen a positive print. I decided to see what I could do with it; scanned it; made a B&W positive and then added colour. Here's the blog I wrote about the process back in 2007 jaydax.co.uk/tutorials/psp/bw2col/bandw2colour.htmlGreat project there, jaydax. Turned out extremely nice. Here's one of my grandmother holding my father. This is probably around 1943 or early '44. The original which I had a scan of is in pitiful condition as you can see .  |
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Post by jaydax on Jun 30, 2020 5:06:57 GMT -8
I have no doubt of which version I prefer - the one with colour and no creases. I tinkered with other pictures in the same way but two presented ideal opportunities for making the camera tell lies.   and  The original didn't have the bike or turnip man |
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Post by ChrisLAdams on Jul 13, 2020 9:14:50 GMT -8
Lon Chaney Jr. playing the mummy in The Mummy's Tomb (1942). My bud Martin Powell was of inestimable aid in guiding what sort of colors we should see in this. Granite was used for the background stonework, and an image from Wikipedia of Fuller's Earth was referenced to color the mummy's costume. As Martin explained, this mummy wasn't embalmed, so the traditional reddish-brown resin color is missing in favor of the multitudes of grays and yellows of this clayish material.  en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fuller%27s_earth |
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Post by ChrisLAdams on Jul 15, 2020 4:25:06 GMT -8
Any Ray Harryhausen fans out there in Smashland? Here we have a young Ray Harryhausen tweaking a dinosaur diorama--maybe from his film Lost World, based on Arthur Conan Doyle's novel.  |
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Post by Ria Stone on Dec 18, 2020 10:37:12 GMT -8
I started doing conversions of old B&W photos to color as a fun hobby. I can't recall what precisely got me interested. I developed a small collection of them, and decided they'd make an interesting page on my site. Check them out if you like that sort of thing. I add a new one periodically. www.chrisladamsbizarretales.com/bwmeetscolor
You learn something new every day!
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