Color photos from the 1900's

[Noelf]

Yep, they did exist for those that didn't realize

I had heard of this photographer a while back, and this website shows some of his restored works.

Incredible photos.

http://www.gridenko.com/pg/index.htm

- Noel

[Gary Richardson]

Wow. These would be good pictures if taken with modern equipment, when you consider the equipment they were taken with, they are outstanding. Thanks for the link.

[Duv]

Thank you Noel. I had no idea!

Cheers
Dave

[Noelf]

The clarity of the images is what really impressed me. I was astounded at how much detail he managed on the negatives.

- Noel

[Ed_L]

Thanks for the link. I've heard of this before, but it's the first time I saw that site. Very interesting, to say the least!

Ed

[Hephaestos]

Actually high-quality images of the original plates are available at the Library of Congress website.

http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/empire/

I wrote up some tutorials a few months ago on how to composite these.

http://www.najakito.com/~john/Tutorials/

Feedback on improving the process would be awesome.

[Manjumena]

Thanks Hephaestos for the link and the tute.
Wish more members will give this a try.


"...........brass plate reflection of the camara........... is a clasicc"
Manju

[Vikki]

"Wish more members will give this a try"

Apparently there's not much interest.
http://www.retouchpro.com/forums/history-conservation-repair/7610-color-photos-before-invented.html

What I find most interesting about this, is it clearly demonstrates that all colors can be produced from these three colors. That's essentially how I do my colorizations.

[Nasturtium]

Wowsers

More.

this deserves a bump.

[Nasturtium]

this is crazy! I just dodged and burned (painted black and white with the brush set to 'overlay' blending mode) on the RGB channels to colorized

original from here.