Friday, July 20, 2012

Enhancement - Looking for Lost Details July 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.



Bastogne musee original
Bastogne musee enhanced

Front Yard
Front Yard

Drink Coca Cola
Drink Coca Cola

754
754


Girl with doll
Girl with doll


Family at the front of the house.
Family at the front of the house. (Enhanced)
This one was also enlarged
(in relation to the mounting board)

Family of six
Family of six

Class Picture
Class Picture

Parked on a bridge
Parked on a bridge

group on bridge
group on bridge

Family of Ten
Family of Ten

Two sailors
Two sailors and a rake
Two sailors
This photograph had almost no paper backing left. It had apparently been worn or eaten away, leaving only the photo emulsion. This is a reconstruction.


Man and woman with hat
Man and woman with hat


Cabinet Card original
Cabinet Card enhanced


Man and boy
Man and boy


Two sailors
Two sailors











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.


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Cabinet Card Gallery
One Man's Treasure
Penny Tales
Square America
Tattered and Lost Vernacular Photography
The best
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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?"

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