Sunday, November 1, 2015

Enhancement - Looking For Lost Details - Page 53


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.

Portrait of a woman
Portrait of a woman
Just for fun, a special enhancement
Portrait of a woman
Girl with Bow
Girl with Bow
Portrait of a woman
Portrait of a woman
Child with Toy
Child with Toy
Cabinet Card Woman
Cabinet Card Woman
Black Widow
Black Widow
Airplane
Airport
Airplane
Airport
Aircraft
Braniff
Aircraft
Braniff
Aircraft
Aircraft
Aircraft
Aircraft
Aircraft
Aircraft
Satue
Satue
Boston Tavern
Boston Tavern
City Street
Mid town street
Water
Water
Harbor
Harbor
Birds
Birds
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Tourist shot
Tourist shot
Two children in the snow
Two children in the snow
Stonehenge
Stonehenge
Cathedral
Cathedral
Eiffel Tower
Eiffel Tower
Eiffel Tower
Eiffel Tower
Eiffel Tower
Eiffel Tower
Tourist Trap
Tourist Trap
Tourist Trap
Tourist Trap
Outdoor Scene
Outdoor Scene
Still can't tell what it is.
Oilfield maybe.

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?"

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2 comments:

  1. Mike BrubakerNovember 1, 2015 at 9:49 PM

    Chief Manitou's? statue is an appalling advertisement for a healthful beverage!
    I 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.

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    1. anyjazzNovember 2, 2015 at 7:41 AM

      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.

      Manitou Springs still exists but I don't think the statue does. There is a different statue now associated with the mineral water.

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