Monday, March 3, 2014

Enhancement - Looking for Lost Details - March 2014


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.


Clothes line
Clothes line

Girl and vine
Girl and vine
But
But

Girl by wall
Girl by wall
Woman at the corner of the house
Woman at the corner of the house

Boy and fence
Boy and fence
Man and wall
Man and wall

Fashion of the day
Fashion of the day
Man and pond
Man and Pond

Girl in a field
Girl in a field
Sitting on a rock
Sitting on a rock

Two Women
Two Women

Tent
Tent
Man sitting on farm equipment
Man sitting on farm equipment

RPPC pair
RPPC pair
Mom and boy
Mom and boy

The corner store
The corner store

Man and car
Man and car

Child with basket
Child with basket

Boy on a bicycle
Boy on a bicycle

Two in the country
Two in the country

Couple
Couple
Two guys on a ladder
Two guys on a ladder

Two Women
Two Women
Two women
Two women

Three men
Three men

Pair with hats
Pair with hats
RPPC family
RPPC family

Three and a car
Three and a car and chickens

Man and Car
Man and Car

Man and car
Man and car

Seated man with hat
Seated man with hat
CDV man with furs
CDV man with furs

Man and car
Man and car
Man and straw hat
Man and straw hat

Man and Car
Man and Car
Almost Nude
Almost Nude

man on the steps
man on the steps





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4 comments:

  1. Mike BrubakerMarch 3, 2014 at 10:59 PM

    Very nice. It's a bit like a visit to the optometrist. Which is better? Number one or number two?
    I 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.

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    1. anyjazzMarch 4, 2014 at 12:06 PM

      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.

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  2. Susanna RosalieMarch 4, 2014 at 8:13 PM

    I always like your enhancement photos! And how astonishing that one can see faces much better.

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    1. anyjazzMarch 5, 2014 at 9:52 AM

      Thank 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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