Monday, December 9, 2013

Enhancement - Looking for Lost Details - December 2013

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

Again, there are some really good examples this month, where a little boost made a great difference. As always, nothing has been "repaired" but just enhanced a bit.


Cabinet Card Portrait
Cabinet Card Portrait

Two women
Two women

Woman and child in yard
Woman and child in yard

Three in the house
Three in the house

Two Women
Two Women

Three in the snow.
Three in th e snow.

Three and a piano
Three and a piano

Three Women
Three Women

Three Women
Three Women

RPPC Two Children, big bows
RPPC Two Children, big bows

RPPC three women
RPPC three women

Three Children
Three Children
Blue-Eyed Blonde

Trio of girls
Trio of girls

cabinet card Family in studio
cabinet card Family in studio

Three Children
Three Children

1110 Appleton St 1915
1110 Appleton St 1915

In front of the house
In front of the house

CDV couple
CDV couple

Two women on a park bench
Two women on a park bench

Nine people
Nine people

Family group
Family group

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2 comments:

  1. Mike BrubakerDecember 15, 2013 at 8:27 PM

    A great idea to combine the before and after. I almost always correct photos for fading but try to recreate the original color or tone. Sometimes I fix the dots that obscure faces. I figure that the first photographer made adjustments in the darkroom anyway so this is just another version of duplicating a photo.

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    1. anyjazzDecember 16, 2013 at 8:43 AM

      Thanks Mike Brubaker. I feel exactly the same way. I remove the yellowing so that I can correct the lost contrast and then I put some of the yellowing back. I seldom try to restore scratches or other flaws unless it is a face or some other detail that would be lost otherwise. I feel that those tears and flaws are the story of its journey to our time. There are those purists that feel they shouldn't be corrected at all so I keep both versions.

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