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, little or nothing has been "repaired" but just enhanced a bit.
Just for fun, a special enhancement
Still can't tell what it is.
Oilfield maybe.
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Chief Manitou's? statue is an appalling advertisement for a healthful beverage!
ReplyDeleteI think you are correct about the oil field too. Not a healthful place to work either.
I haven't corrected many color photos but the software really helps with improving the fading and white balance. Lately I've been experimenting with the virtual lens filters to improve the corrected gray tones with a hint of sepia. Some photos need that albumen type tone to look authentic.
Thanks Mike Brubaker. Bumping the contrast of the faded photographs usually brings details back but you must be working in grayscale to do that. After balancing he contrast on a black and white photo, I usually add a bit of sepia back. Now the color photographs take a different method. Adobe has two one-click operations for those: auto-color and auto-tone. I find those better than anything I could do for the old Kodachrome and Kodacolor prints. Many have yellowed so much that the other colors and details are just lost. There's a couple good examples on this page.
DeleteManitou Springs still exists but I don't think the statue does. There is a different statue now associated with the mineral water.