Enhancement - Looking For Lost Details

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.

Beyond that, there are no tears patched, spots removed or missing areas replaced. No restorations. These scars were earned along the way in its gourney to our time. They are part of its story.

To please both camps of those of us who rescue old photographs, here are both the originals and the enhanced of just a few of the latest additions to Lost Gallery.

That tear was so distracting I couldn't resist a bit of repair on this one.

The yellow and red were removed from this one.

This was a one-click balance. The skin tones are back to normal. It could be a LITTLE bluer.

And just what is going on here?

This one was enlarged a bit too.

Particularly surprising results on this one.

Enhancement is a subject visited often in LOST GALLERY. Here are some previous pages on the subject.

LOOKING FOR LOST DETAILS - MAY 15, 2011
LOOKING FOR LOST DETAILS - APRIL 21, 2011
LOOKING FOR LOST DETAILS - MARCH 10, 2011
LOOKING FOR LOST DETAILS - FEBRUARY 06, 2011
LOOKING FOR LOST DETAILS - DECEMBER 10, 2010

Or just click ENHANCEMENT under "Lables" at the bottom of this page and then click "OLDER POSTS" for additional pages of that subject.

There are now more than 4,000 photographs in the Lost Gallery.

The most popular photographs
An album of the
most requested photographs
in the Lost Gallery.

Area 51 and a Half
You are probably not authorized to see these.

Don't take my picture! Oh! You DID didn't you!
This is a collection of photographs that disappear on the way home from the photo processing shop.

BACK TO
THE MAIN INDEX PAGE
Or try out the NEW
BACK PAGE INDEX

And don't miss
Cabinet Card Gallery
Penny Tales
Square America
Tattered and Lost
Vernacular Photography
The best
FOUND PHOTOGRAPH
sites on the web.
And for postcards try
THE DAILY POSTCARD.

All images are the property of Lost Gallery and the author. Permission must be granted for their use. All rights reserved.

THE KIDS
It is always a mystery to us 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
The beautiful Dee. A curious story, What do you see?

WHAT'S GOING ON HERE?

"What are they doing?"

Back Page - Wheelbarrow

Here is a NEW PAGE!

This photograph turned up recently. It was a bit out of place in an envelope full of portraits. There must be other photographs on LOST GALLERY that feature a wheelbarrow. Let's see how many turn up.

Yes yes, these are just play-like wheel barrows.

Have you noticed that when you see a wheel barrow in a photograph, there is usually some hijinks going on instead of work?

There are now more than 4,000 photographs in the Lost Gallery.

The most popular photographs
An album of the
most requested photographs
in the Lost Gallery.

Area 51 and a Half
You are probably not authorized to see these.

Don't take my picture! Oh! You DID didn't you!
This is a collection of photographs that disappear on the way home from the photo processing shop.

BACK TO
THE MAIN INDEX PAGE
Or try out the NEW
BACK PAGE INDEX

And don't miss
Cabinet Card Gallery
Penny Tales
Square America
Tattered and Lost
Vernacular Photography
The best
FOUND PHOTOGRAPH
sites on the web.
And for postcards try
THE DAILY POSTCARD.

All images are the property of Lost Gallery and the author. Permission must be granted for their use. All rights reserved.

THE KIDS
It is always a mystery to us 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
The beautiful Dee. A curious story, What do you see?

WHAT'S GOING ON HERE?

"What are they doing?"

What is going on here? Ceremony

These two photographs were found three years apart. The one on the left was found in 2011 and the other was found in 2008.

Perfect examples for the category: What is Going on Here?

There are now more than 4,000 photographs in the Lost Gallery.

The most popular photographs
An album of the
most requested photographs
in the Lost Gallery.

Area 51 and a Half
You are probably not authorized to see these.

Don't take my picture! Oh! You DID didn't you!
This is a collection of photographs that disappear on the way home from the photo processing shop.

BACK TO
THE MAIN INDEX PAGE
Or try out the NEW
BACK PAGE INDEX

And don't miss
Cabinet Card Gallery
Penny Tales
Square America
Tattered and Lost
Vernacular Photography
The best
FOUND PHOTOGRAPH
sites on the web.
And for postcards try
THE DAILY POSTCARD.

All images are the property of Lost Gallery and the author. Permission must be granted for their use. All rights reserved.

THE KIDS
It is always a mystery to us 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
The beautiful Dee. A curious story, What do you see?

WHAT'S GOING ON HERE?

"What are they doing?"

New Additions for June 2011

Some really good ones this month.

There are some new additions for the
BACK PAGE
MUSIC MAKERS

Several new additions for that
BOWS
page again.

Here is a new one for the
PETS
page.

You didn't think it was possible!
Here is a new addition for
the BACK PAGE called
VINTAGE KID HOLDING A CHICKEN

Here is a NEW PAGE!
This is a page for IDENTIFIED PHOTOGRAPHERS.
So many rescued photographs, even studio portraits, have no known photographer.

There are a few with the photographer's name or studio imprinted on the photo somewhere. But that still doesn't help research on photographers because internet search engines cannot read the name printed on the photograph. The photographer’s name in print must accompany the photograph.

So here's the first group. Eventually every LOST GALLERY cabinet card photograph that has an identified professional photographer will be posted to this page. A project page for the CDV and other formats will come along later.

Hopefully, this will help make some connections.

Here is another NEW PAGE!

It's a new BACK PAGE featuring
BABY BUGGYS, STROLLERS, CARRIAGES, WALKERS and PRAMS.

Some new snapshots were added to the
COSTIMES
BACK PAGE

This is a new one for the BACK PAGE called
OUR MAN AT THE FRONT

Threr are some new additions to the
MUSIC MAKERS
BACK PAGE
And one of them was added to the
TROMBONE
BACK PAGE also

A new addition for the
GONE TO THE CHICKENS
BACK PAGE

More for the
THE TREE THING
a BACK PAGE
for people in trees

New additions to the
WATERMELON
BACK PAGE

There are two new ones for the
CAMERAS
BACK PAGE
featuring people with cameras

There are several new additions to the BACK PAGE for
AIRCRAFT
Where an airplane is the main feature of the photograph.
Well, usually.

Three new additions for
CHILDREN AND THEIR MOBILE TOYS

Three new additions to the BACK PAGE
FRINGED CHAIRS

There are now more than 4,000 photographs in the Lost Gallery.

The most popular photographs
An album of the
most requested photographs
in the Lost Gallery.

Area 51 and a Half
You are probably not authorized to see these.

Don't take my picture! Oh! You DID didn't you!
This is a collection of photographs that disappear on the way home from the photo processing shop.

BACK TO
THE MAIN INDEX PAGE
Or try out the NEW
BACK PAGE INDEX

And don't miss
Cabinet Card Gallery
Penny Tales
Square America
Tattered and Lost
Vernacular Photography
The best
FOUND PHOTOGRAPH
sites on the web.
And for postcards try
THE DAILY POSTCARD.

All images are the property of Lost Gallery and the author. Permission must be granted for their use. All rights reserved.

THE KIDS
It is always a mystery to us 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
The beautiful Dee. A curious story, What do you see?

WHAT'S GOING ON HERE?

"What are they doing?"