Thursday, January 26, 2012

Enhancement - Looking for Lost Details - January 2012

For some, an old photograph loses its charm when "restored" to modern day clarity with all the age spots removed. Some photographs however, benefit greatly from just a nudge of enhancement. An improved contrast or the reversal of the yellowing brings out details that otherwise would have been missed and lost forever.

To please both camps of those of us who rescue old photographs, here are both the originals and the enhanced of just a few of the latest additions to Lost Gallery.


Two women
Two women

Two Boys
Two Boys

Pals
Pals


Pontiac
This one was badly faded as well as yellowed.
Pontiac
Overexposed too.

Dowsing
Dowsing
Oh. So he's dowsing?


CDV woman
CDV woman


Young lady
Young lady

CDV man post mortem
CDV man staring

Man and dummy?
Man and dummy?


Three Men
Three Men


Cabinet Card Three boys
Cabinet Card Three boys

Cabinet Card four with wicker chair
Cabinet Card four with wicker chair

Cabinet Card pair with wicker chair
Cabinet Card pair with wicker chair

Cabinet Card family of five
Cabinet Card family of five

RPPC Four Hats
RPPC Four Hats

Cabinet Card Family of Ten
Cabinet Card Family of Ten
This one came back a long way.

Interior Scene
Interior Scene

School Picture
School Picture enhanced
























The most popular photographs most popular, Family Group, An album of the most requested photographs in the Lost Gallery.

Area 51 and a Half Area 51 and a Half
You are probably not authorized to see these.

Don't take my picture! Oh! You DID didn't you! completely unaware of the photographer
This is a collection of photographs that disappear on the way home from the photo processing shop.

BACK TO
THE MAIN INDEX PAGE Or try out the NEW
BACK PAGE INDEX

And don't miss
Cabinet Card Gallery
Everyday Ago
Penny Tales
Tattered and Lost
Vernacular Photography
The best
FOUND PHOTOGRAPH sites on the web.
And for postcards try
THE DAILY POSTCARD.

All images are the property of Lost Gallery and the author. Permission must be granted for their use. All rights reserved.

THE KIDS Lesson one.
It is always a mystery how a photograph of any of these precious children could end up lost or abandoned. Here are a few. You will probably say "Ooh..." at least once.

Dee and the Business School Dee and the Business School
The beautiful Dee. A curious story, What do you see?

WHAT'S GOING ON HERE?
Neiffel and Helvetica Typehigh

"What are they doing?"

Sunday, January 22, 2012

Those Talking Pictures - Cowboy Suit

The cowboy outfit

I can tell by your outfit
That you are a cowboy.
You can tell by my outfit
That I'm a cowboy too.
You can tell by our outfits
That we are both cowboys.
If you get and outfit
You can be a cowboy too.

-Smothers Brothers circa 1965

cowboy suit
On the rocks

Here is yet another one for the BACK PAGE called
OUT SITTING ON A ROCK
Well, okay. He's standing. So are some of the others.

The most popular photographs most popular, Family Group,
An album of the most requested photographs in the Lost Gallery.

Area 51 and a Half Area 51 and a Half
You are probably not authorized to see these.

Don't take my picture! Oh! You DID didn't you! completely unaware of the photographer This is a collection of photographs that disappear on the way home from the photo processing shop.


BACK TO
THE MAIN INDEX PAGE
Or try out the NEW
BACK PAGE INDEX

And don't miss
Cabinet Card Gallery
Penny Tales
Square America
Tattered and Lost Vernacular Photography
The best FOUND PHOTOGRAPH sites on the web.
And for postcards try
THE DAILY POSTCARD.

All images are the property of Lost Gallery and the author. Permission must be granted for their use. All rights reserved.

THE KIDS Lesson one.
It is always a mystery how a photograph of any of these precious children could end up lost or abandoned.
Here are a few.
You will probably say "Ooh..." at least once.

Dee and the Business School Dee and the Business School
The beautiful Dee. A curious story, What do you see?

WHAT'S GOING ON HERE?
Neiffel and Helvetica Typehigh

"What are they doing?"