Monday, November 30, 2015

Enhancement - Looking for Lost Details - Page 59


For some, an old photograph loses its charm when "restored" to modern day clarity with the yellowing and fading corrected. 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, little or nothing has been "repaired" but just enhanced a bit.



Man and two children in the yard
Man and two children in the yard

House and five people
House and five people
This one improved so much a sixth person was found.

Fashion ShowThis one had aged some but mostly the damage was from a light leak in the camera.
Fashion Show<






Four people and a car
Four people and a car

Group Portrait
Group Portrait
Cabinet Card Family of Five
Cabinet Card Family of Five

Four women
Four women

Four women practicing ballroom dancing.
Four women practicing ballroom dancing.

Class Picture
Class Picture
Portrait of a Young Girl
This one improved a great deal. It had almost faded completely away.
Portrait of a Young Girl
Seated Woman.
Seated Woman.

trio on car
trio on car
Not much improvement here.

Three Posing
Three posing
Three people in a car
Three people in a car

Novelty shop photo
Novelty shop photo
CDV Two Children
Two Children  CDV
Three men in a Rowboat
Three men in a Rowboat
Cabinet Card girl
Cabinet Card girl
Two girls and a pony
Two girls and a pony
Three children and a wagon
Three children and a wagon
CDV baby
CDV baby
Cabinet card baby

Cabinet card baby

Cabinet Card children
Cabinet Card children
CDV Girl on a chair
CDV Girl on a chair
Card Mounted portrait of a Baby
Card Mounted portrait of a Baby
Three Dogs and a boy
Three Dogs and a boy
Baby in Christening gown.
Baby in Christening gown.
Cabinet Card Small Child
Cabinet Card Small Child
cdv children and doll
cdv children and doll
RPPC Small child in a chair
RPPC Small child in a chair

Can't get enough?
Look back at these other pages on
ENHANCEMENT

(Or click on "enhancement" under labels just below to the left.)

And there's more coming!

Bassingbourn 1944 384th Bomber Group, B17 landing
Long lost negatives taken during the winter of 1944-45 at Bassingbourn AAF base in England.

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.


And don't miss
Cabinet Card Gallery
Square America
Tattered and Lost
Vernacular Photography
The best
FOUND PHOTOGRAPH
sites on the web.

And for postcards try
POSTCARDY
And see what's going on over at
Sepia Saturday!

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?"