Random Cool Photo Thread

[Kermit3D]

Fantastic job colouring that one !


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Oh yes, I was fooled when there was a logo indicating the colorization.
It's well done (for once...).

 

[Ritchy]

 

[Ritchy]

 

[Ed Rooney]

Snapshot from left seat of an OH-58 Kiowa. He was shooting cannon, but I recall shooting some rockets that day.

 

[Ritchy]

 

[FlakMagnet]

Oh yes, I was fooled when there was a logo indicating the colorization.
It's well done (for once...).

I"ve been impressed by HowdiColor's colourisation work. He can be a bit heavy-handed with his cyans, but there are some serious eye-poppers there.

 

[FlakMagnet]

Another colouriser whose work I enjoy is Daniel Rarity. He's New Zealand based, and the majority of his work is of Kiwis in WW2

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Rarity Color, Blenheim, New Zealand. 10,176 likes · 13 talking about this. Hi there, my name is Daniel, I live in New Zealand and I enjoy colourising black and white photos. Please PM me if you...

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caption: "Pilot Officer McBride (Intelligence Officer) interrogates a group of RNZAF No. 18 Squadron P-40 Kittyhawk pilots after their return from a mission. Torokina, Bougainville. Feb 1944"

 

[Kermit3D]

Yeah, it's not bad. I like that there is a statement on the photo that clearly states that the photo is colorized.

I've commented on this before, but I have mixed feelings about colorizing black and white photos.

I am a CG artist myself. With almost 20 years of professional experience, I can say that it is extremely complicated to colorize a picture correctly. Not to say almost impossible. It goes far beyond the application of a colorized layer with a blending mode on Photoshop.
Imho 99% of the time the result is just bad.
In addition to the technical aspect, it requires excellent historical knowledge (choice of colors for vehicles/uniforms) and artistic knowledge (choice of colors according to the ambient light).
It is nevertheless a technically interesting exercise, I don't want to discourage anyone, but please, put clearly a mention that the photo has been colorized.

I'm also a photography enthusiast (I didn't say I was a good photographer) and I must say that I really like these black and white photos... and I must admit that I'm sometimes a little saddened when I see them smeared with color.
I also love the original color photos, they are rare and incredibly beautiful documents. These period color photos are not the reflection of reality. Each film (Kodachrome, Agfa Color,...) has its own specificity and its own "signature" in the rendering of colors.

Finally a last point, these photos are above all historical documents, and in my opinion they must be treated as such. It is necessary to take care to preserve them as well as possible.



Sorry if my words are confusing, I sometimes find it hard to say things in a nuanced way in English. I don't want to sound arrogant... and prevent people from having fun or curb their creativity.

 

[FlakMagnet]

For me, I think colourised b&w photos, especially when it's done well and with respect to the subject matter, can be good, as I think it helps me appreciate and see the past through different eyes.

Where I find issue with colourisation is when it's done on iconic images, like Robert Capa's D-Day photos, or raising the flag in Iwo Jima, for example. I think those should be left alone and enjoyed as they are.

 

[ausreenactor]

For me, I think colourised b&w photos, especially when it's done well and with respect to the subject matter, can be good, as I think it helps me appreciate and see the past through different eyes.

Where I find issue with colourisation is when it's done on iconic images, like Robert Capa's D-Day photos, or raising the flag in Iwo Jima, for example. I think those should be left alone and enjoyed as they are.

Wasn't the Iwo Jima flag caught in colour. Was filmed in colour as well...

 

[JonnyCrow]

This is a print from his original neg a friend sent me

 

[Micawber]

This image has been posted before but what the Hell, here it is again. This is such a good photo, full of character and shows a jacket getting some real wear and not just a daily 5 minute posing shot...

 

[Ed Rooney]

The colorized Civil War photos are the ones that really stir me.

 

[Micawber]

This is a print from his original neg a friend sent meView attachment 85210

Texas Raiders from the Commemorative Air Force’s Gulf Coast Wing I believe.

 

[FlakMagnet]

The colorized Civil War photos are the ones that really stir me.

I felt the same away after going to an exhibition of colourised photographs from the ANZAC campaign in Gallipoli/the Dardanelles in WW1, a few years ago.

 

[FlakMagnet]

I came across this fascinating [colourised] photograph of what appears to be a US paratrooper wearing a British Denison Smock

Source: https://www.instagram.com/p/Cea0AV-ONSF/

 

[B-Man2]

I came across this fascinating [colourised] photograph of what appears to be a US paratrooper wearing a British Denison Smock

Source: https://www.instagram.com/p/Cea0AV-ONSF/

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Cool photo !
Exchanges of clothing and battle dress happened quite often during the time that the US troops were in the UK preparing for DDay . I remember a story my dad told me about acquiring a British battle dress waist length jacket that he traded an M-42 jump jacket for. He said the jacket was warm and he wore it under his long woolen winter over coat during the cold winter of 1944 . He really liked that jacket and brought it home with him.

 

[JonnyCrow]

Cool photo !
Exchanges of clothing and battle dress happened quite often during the time that the US troops were in the UK preparing for DDay . I remember a story my dad told me about acquiring a British battle dress waist length jacket that he traded an M-42 jump jacket for. He said the jacket was warm and he wore it under his long woolen winter over coat during the cold winter of 1944 . He really liked that jacket and brought it home with him.

A hairy Mary Burt haha I wore one years ago as a younger reenactor, god help if it rubs against your skin, and you needed long underwear with the pants, when they got wet it was like a potato sack, no wonder they were called brown jobs

 

[B-Man2]

A hairy Mary Burt haha I wore one years ago as a younger reenactor, god help if it rubs against your skin, and you needed long underwear with the pants, when they got wet it was like a potato sack, no wonder they were called brown jobs

So would that smock in the photo be the 1st Version Smock or the 2nd Version ?

 

[B-Man2]

Another question .., who makes the most accurate repro of the British Denison Paratrooper Smock?