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.
Can't get enough?
Look back at these other pages on ENHANCEMENT
Looking for Lost Details - March 2011
Looking for Lost Details - April 2011
Looking for Lost Details - May 2011
Looking for Lost Details - June 2011
Looking for Lost Details - August 2011
Looking for Lost Details - September 2011
Looking for Lost Details - December 2011
Looking for Lost Details - January 2012
Looking for Lost Details - March 2012
Looking for Lost Details - April 2012
Looking for Lost Details - July 2012
Looking for Lost Details - September 2012
Looking for Lost Details - November 2012
Looking for Lost Details - February 2013
Looking for Lost Details - March 2013
Looking for Lost Details - April 2013
Looking for Lost Details - May 2013
Looking for Lost Details - June 2013
Looking for Lost Details - July 2013
Looking for Lost Details - August 2013
Looking for Lost Details - September 2013
Looking for Lost Details - October 2013
Looking for Lost Details - November 2013
Looking for Lost Details - December 2013
Looking for Lost Details - January 2014
Looking for Lost Details - February 2014
Looking for Lost Details - March - 2014 (This One)
And there's more coming!
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Very nice. It's a bit like a visit to the optometrist. Which is better? Number one or number two?
ReplyDeleteI like that last one which you've used before. The dad and little boy look like they have new overalls but the brother is still wearing a tattered old pair.
Thanks Mike Brubaker. Sometimes draining off the yellow and adjusting the contrast doesn't do much, but sometimes it does wonders. I add to these "back" pages until they get to 25 rows or so and then cut the page back to 20 rows and start a new page with the left overs. That keeps the new pages from just having two or three pictures on them.
DeleteI always like your enhancement photos! And how astonishing that one can see faces much better.
ReplyDeleteThank you Susanna Rosalie. Some of them don't change much but others benefit greatly from just a nudge. Originally I started to enhance old photographs to improve the way they looked. Then I began discovering details in them that I didn't know were there. So now I enhance most of them, just to see if I am overlooking anything.
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