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





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

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
One Man's Treasure
Penny Tales
Square America
Tattered and Lost
Vernacular Photography
The best
FOUND PHOTOGRAPH
sites on the web.

And for postcards try
THE DAILY POSTCARD.
POSTCARDY

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?
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"What are they doing?"

Saturday, March 1, 2014

Sepia Saturday - Sitting on a Rock


This week the Sepia Saturday suggestion is a photograph of some people out sitting on a rock. LOST GALLERY has a BACK PAGE category for that. You've heard of people who are "outstanding in a field." Well, this category is for people, "Out sitting on a rock."

Woman
Oh, Mister Greenfingers, what are you suggesting?
"Oh, Mister Greenfingers, what are you suggesting?"

Sitting on a Rock
Girl on the rocks
Sitting on a rock

Girl on the rocks
Sitting on a rock

Thelma on rock 993
Girl

But "Wait" you say, "the Sepia Saturday suggestion isn't for just one person sitting on a rock!"

Okay Okay. I'm getting to it. Next we have TWO people sitting on a rock.

Wallet Worn Pinup

Two women on the rocks
two service men on mountain
This is me

Two Girls on a Rock
Two angels

Man and girl
Two girls on the rocks

But "wait" you say, ..." Okay Okay. I'm getting to it.

Next we have THREE people sitting on a rock.

two girls on rock steps


Three nymphs on a rock.
Three girls sitting on a rock
The pose on a rock.
Don't fight girls. There's room for all of you.

Out sitting on a rock
Three on a rock, two behind a tree...I bet that was a fun group. Somehow I get the impression that it's all the guy's fault.

Okay okay. There's no famous people here.

So, how about a famous rock?

Sailors and a girl

Umbrella Rock, Tennessee

Now, here are a couple photographs from LOST GALLERY of a famous rock. This is the popular tourist spot on Lookout Mountain in Tennessee. It has been named "Umbrella Rock." There are LOTS of pictures of this rock around in family albums, with lots of people sitting on it.
The really noticeable thing is that nearly all of these photographs were from taken from exactly the same spot. Of course that may have been the ONLY spot the photographer could stand to get all of the rock and people into the frame.
Here are a few more. Go look.
Flickr - Gallery ONE! 18 pictures of the same rock!
FLickr - Gallery TWO! Includes contemporary photographs!
Post Card
rootsweb.ancestry.com
theohiohaughs.blogspot
tngenweb.org

Lookout Mountain again


Can't get enough?

Here's the BACK PAGE in LOST GALLERY called
Out Sitting On A Rock!

Now hike on back to the Sepia Saturday home page. There's more!

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

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
One Man's Treasure
Penny Tales
Square America
Tattered and Lost
Vernacular Photography
The best
FOUND PHOTOGRAPH
sites on the web.

And for postcards try
THE DAILY POSTCARD.
POSTCARDY

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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