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.
Can't get enough?
Look back at these previous pages on ENHANCEMENT
Enhancement: Looking for Lost Details - March 2011
Enhancement: Looking for Lost Details - April 2011
Enhancement: Looking for Lost Details - May 2011
Enhancement: Looking for Lost Details - June 2011
Enhancement: Looking for Lost Details - August 2011
Enhancement: Looking for Lost Details - September 2011
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An album of the most requested photographs in the Lost Gallery.
Area 51 and a Half 
You are probably not authorized to see these.
Don't take my picture! Oh! You DID didn't you! 
This is a collection of photographs that disappear on the way home from the photo processing shop.
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THE KIDS
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
The beautiful Dee. A curious story; What do you see?
WHAT'S GOING ON HERE?
"What are they doing?"
I agree completely. Though the sepia color adds a warmth to a document and clearly signifies it's old, bringing to life the actual image that was captured so long ago is far more important. There's the actual object, which will always be old and will continue to decay. And then there's the moment caught in time which is equally valuable. Having once worked on a series of scholarly books full of old images, really in terrible condition, it was important to the editors to bring back as much as possible of the actual image which reinforced the story they were telling. So one point of view is as valid as the other, it's just depending on the use.
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Nicely put! There is the photographs itself with all it's scars and age. There there is the moment that the photographer tried to capture. They both should be seen.
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