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Fantasy colourisation of the sky above Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania at sunset-time.
Shot at 7:44 p.m. local time, from Bentley's on the hill overlooking the city and Interstate 81.
See other sunset images in my "Sunsets" album.
Shooting info: RAW; handheld with remote shutter release, auto focus, master pixel size 14.6
Processing: cropped along the top & bottom; colour & light adjusted in Aperture 3
1950's photo of Female Impersonator, Les Lee. Original on the left, colourised on the right.
Disclaimer: The layered colourisation work and digital enhancements to the original are all my own work and any such unauthorised use (without prior permission) for that aspect of the work will be considered a violation of my copyright. Where the original item is shown, it is done so purely for comparative purposes only.
A Musketier from (most probably) Kgl. Württembergisches Ersatz-Infanterie-Regiment Nr. 51 sporting a rarely seen ersatz bayonet 56 on his kar98. Probably loaned to him for the photo as he has another, more common ersatz bayonet hanging from his belt.
Note: Corduroy pants could have been grey or brown. Concerning the troddel, the ‘Stengel’ yellow colour was extrapolated from the original photo’s grey tones given that the other possibility was red which should appear as almost black. Straps seem to have been white with a red number but light reflected on the fabric might be inducing one in error. Given the existing doubts, the colours chosen for all of the above should be considered for demonstration purposes only.
Unused postcard by Photo-haus "Krieg" in Urach, Württemberg from the collection of S. Wouters.
For addicional information on this photo visit the b&w original at paranoid_womb's photostream.
A series of mugshots from New South Wales in the 20's coloured for you by Billyfish Photographic Art.
The precise circumstances surrounding this picture are unknown, but Ellis is found in numerous police records of the 1910s, 20s and 30s. He is variously listed as a housebreaker, a shop breaker, a safe breaker, a receiver and a suspected person. A considerably less self-assured Ellis appears in the NSW Criminal Register of 29 August 1934 (no. 206). His convictions by then include ‘goods in custody, indecent langauge, stealing, receiving and throwing a missile.
Taken from a gallery of public domain images from the New South Wales Police Department that were taken in the 1920′s. This special photograph selection were mostly taken at the Central Police Station, Sydney and compared with the subjects of typical prison mug shots, the subjects of the Special Photographs seem to have been allowed to compose themselves for the camera as they wanted.
These public domain images reveal a lot more than a typical mugshot. The suspects poses look as if they could be from a fashion magazine. Most look disheveled and deranged, but some look very guilty. Their hand in pockets, hats tipped to the side, and their eyes scowling at the camera. They look like movie characters from a Dick Tracey film, with the crime they committed still fresh on their mind.
Again an early colourisation attempt of French transexual pioneer Coccinelle.
Disclaimer: The layered colourisation work and digital enhancements to the original are all my own work and any such unauthorised use (without prior permission) for that aspect of the work will be considered a violation of my copyright. Where the original item is shown, it is done so purely for comparative purposes only.
Fantasy colourisation of the sky over Regina, Saskatchewan, just before sunset. Shot from the south end of Prince of Wales Drive in the southeast area of the city.
Do you see an "A-Okay" sign in the clouds, like a thumb & index finger making a circle?
See other shots from this location in my "Sunsets" album: www.flickr.com/photos/joan-marie/sets/72157634112806178/
Shooting info: RAW; handheld, auto focus, master pixel size 15.9 (now 14.1 MP)
Processing: cropped into 4 x 6 format; colour & light adjusted in Aperture 3; some areas blackened by retouching
Another colourisation of one of my very early photographic attempts. Needless to say, back in 1977 my world was black and white as that was all I could half afford.
On this particular day out, courtesy of the PMT / Trent joint service from Hanley we were able to have a nose around the bus station and then go out to Olive Grove garage on foot. At the latter we were readily allowed admission. There were rows of withdrawn AEC Regents on the adjoining parking ground, some Leyland Titans and even the odd Atlantean. Parked on one of the garage's internal roads was DWB 53H, one of Sheffield Corporation's final AECs in the form of a 691 engined Swift. I always thought these PRV/Roe bodied machines to be handsome buses, even in the slightly odd PTE shade of light brown. Some 45 years later, it was pleasant to 're-visit' it and give it a coloured hue from the comfort of my own home.
** RESCAN ** IMAGE RESTORED AND COLOURED USING AI
Further to the highly inaccurate, but also highly entertaining, version that it came up with in the previous photostream upload, here's what Google Gemini produced when asked to redo it. It's still not quite right: completely wrong destination and via details; the ventilation grille on the side is now an illegible sticker; the fleet number is gone; the GM-emblem is more like the TfGM version than the GMPTE one; and AI has tried to clone the bus's registration onto the Morris Minor alongside. But hey, let's just go with it anyway.
GMT 1438 (HDB 438V).
Cheetham, Museum of Transport, Boyle Street, 29/03/1980.
El sifaca diademado o de diadema (Propithecus diadema) es una especie de primate estrepsirrino de la familia Indriidae catalogado como "en peligro", que habita en la selva lluviosa del este de Madagascar. El sifaca diademado es una de las especies de lémures más grandes del mundo.
es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Propithecus_diadema
The diademed sifaka (Propithecus diadema), or diademed simpona, is an endangered species of sifaka, one of the lemurs endemic to certain rainforests in eastern Madagascar. Along with the indri, this species is one of the two largest living lemurs, with an average weight of 6.5 kg and a total adult length of approximately 105 centimetres (41 inches), half of which is its tail. Russell Mittermeier, one of the contemporary authorities on lemurs, describes the diademed sifaka as "one of the most colorful and attractive of all the lemurs", having a long and silky coat. P. diadema is also known by the Malagasy names simpona, simpony and ankomba joby. The term "diademed sifaka" is also used as a group species designation formerly encompassing four distinct subspecies.
P. diadema is readily distinguished from all the other lemur species by its characteristic markings and large physical size. Its entire coat is moderately long, silky and luxuriant. The long white fur encircling his muzzle and covering its cheeks, forehead and chin, engenders the "diadem" or crown appearance. Its eyes are a reddish brown, the muzzle is short, and the face is bare with colourisation of darkish gray to jet black. The crown fur is also quite black and often extends to the nape of the neck. The upper back and shoulder fur are slate grayish, although the lower back is lighter in colour attaining a silvery quality. Flanks and tail are a paler gray, sometimes even white, as is the case for ventral fur. Hands and feet are entirely black, while arms, legs and base of tail are a yellowish-golden hue. Only the male is endowed with a large cutaneous gland at the exterior center of the throat, which feature is typically reddish brown.
Fantasy colourisation of the sky over Regina, Saskatchewan, just before the sun set below the horizon.
Shot from the south end of Prince of Wales Drive in the southeast area of the city.
See other shots from this location in my "Sunsets" album:
www.flickr.com/photos/joan-marie/sets/72157634112806178/
Shooting info: RAW; handheld, auto focus, master pixel size 15.9 (now 11.9 MP)
Processing: cropped along the bottom into 16 x 9 (HD) format; colour & light adjusted in Aperture 3
Fantasy colourisation of the sky over Regina, Saskatchewan as the sun was going down.
Shot from the south end of Prince of Wales Drive in the southeast area of the city.
Shot 2 min. earlier: "Good Evening"; www.flickr.com/photos/joan-marie/9347198859/
See more sunset images in my "Sunsets" album: www.flickr.com/photos/joan-marie/sets/72157634112806178/
Processing: RAW; handheld, auto focus, 15.9 MP
Processing: colour & light adjusted in Aperture 3
A near future military assault frigate for space and atmospheric combat.
Crew: 2 (pilot, gunner)
Armament:
- 1 MaG cannon
- 2 A-Tar gun pods.
The PMT archive again provides the colourisation material for tonight's posting.
Back in 1961 when the Weymann 'semi-lowbridge' bodied Leyland Atlantean 828 KVT was just about new, it had the dubious honour of being the last bus to leave Goldenhill garage. The latter had originally been a tram depot, the most northerly on the Potteries Electric Traction system. With the cessation of tram services to Goldenhill in 1927, it was given over to motorbus operation and remained as such for nearly 35 years.
Following closure, the small allocation was split between Burslem and Biddulph garages and the building sold to a haulage contractor who transported Tate & Lyle sugar. In the early '70s it was finally demolished and replaced by a new 'Mobil' branded service station. Eventually that too succumbed and the plot of land now has flats and housing built on it.
Fantasy colourisation of the sky over Regina, Saskatchewan at sunset. The rays of the setting sun were touching the ground. Shot from the south end of Prince of Wales Drive in the southeast area of the city. The University of Regina campus is visible on the horizon, almost 2 miles away as the crow flies.
See other sunset images in my "Sunsets" album: www.flickr.com/photos/joan-marie/sets/72157634112806178/
Shooting info: RAW; handheld, auto focus, master pixel size 15.9 (now 14.1 MP)
Processing: cropped along the bottom into 4 x 6 format; colour & light adjusted in Aperture 3 and some spots removed with the retouch tool
Another colourised picture of Les Lee from a Female Impersonator Show porgramme.
Disclaimer: The layered colourisation work and digital enhancements to the original are all my own work and any such unauthorised use (without prior permission) for that aspect of the work will be considered a violation of my copyright. Where the original item is shown, it is done so purely for comparative purposes only.
I took this in a local pub as some of my friends were playing cards. I thought it would be interesting to do selective colourisation on this to make the cards stand out even more.
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Cliched? Check. Cheesy? Check. Overdone? Check. Fun to do? Check!
Just going through some old pictures and figured this one was ripe for the old selective colour treatment.
Best viewed on black - hit the L key on your keyboard to see it that way.
Fantasy colourisation of the sky over Regina, Saskatchewan, just before the sun dipped below the horizon. Shot from the south end of Prince of Wales Drive in the southeast area of the city. Caption inspired by the bits of orange colour that are at the sides, and by Joni Mitchell's song, of course.
See other shots from this location in my "Sunsets" album: www.flickr.com/photos/joan-marie/sets/72157634112806178/
Shooting info: RAW; handheld, auto focus, master pixel size 15.9 (now 11.9 MP)
Processing: cropped into 16 x 9 (HD) format; colour & light adjusted in Aperture 3; one area retouched
El sifaca diademado o de diadema (Propithecus diadema) es una especie de primate estrepsirrino de la familia Indriidae catalogado como "en peligro", que habita en la selva lluviosa del este de Madagascar. El sifaca diademado es una de las especies de lémures más grandes del mundo.
es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Propithecus_diadema
The diademed sifaka (Propithecus diadema), or diademed simpona, is an endangered species of sifaka, one of the lemurs endemic to certain rainforests in eastern Madagascar. Along with the indri, this species is one of the two largest living lemurs, with an average weight of 6.5 kg and a total adult length of approximately 105 centimetres (41 inches), half of which is its tail. Russell Mittermeier, one of the contemporary authorities on lemurs, describes the diademed sifaka as "one of the most colorful and attractive of all the lemurs", having a long and silky coat. P. diadema is also known by the Malagasy names simpona, simpony and ankomba joby. The term "diademed sifaka" is also used as a group species designation formerly encompassing four distinct subspecies.
P. diadema is readily distinguished from all the other lemur species by its characteristic markings and large physical size. Its entire coat is moderately long, silky and luxuriant. The long white fur encircling his muzzle and covering its cheeks, forehead and chin, engenders the "diadem" or crown appearance. Its eyes are a reddish brown, the muzzle is short, and the face is bare with colourisation of darkish gray to jet black. The crown fur is also quite black and often extends to the nape of the neck. The upper back and shoulder fur are slate grayish, although the lower back is lighter in colour attaining a silvery quality. Flanks and tail are a paler gray, sometimes even white, as is the case for ventral fur. Hands and feet are entirely black, while arms, legs and base of tail are a yellowish-golden hue. Only the male is endowed with a large cutaneous gland at the exterior center of the throat, which feature is typically reddish brown.
Tying in with yesterday's offering, here's an ex NWRCC AEC Renown from the following year's delivery. This batch carried 'B' suffix registrations denoting 1964. Upon the break up of the company under NBC control, the 1963 'VDB . . . ' registered Renowns all passed to Crosville, whilst the 'AJA . . .B' batch went to SELNEC PTE. This photograph however was taken of one of the latter, AJA 122B when it had passed to Cannock area independent Churchbridge Luxury Coaches. The bus had a large fibreglass patch on its offside dome, but I swear I once saw it at Lawton Bodyworks with its nearside dome stoved in. How unlucky can a low height double decker be!?
The photo was taken at Drayton Manor Park back around 1976 / 77 and is another colourisation effort of mine. I seem to recal that the original b&w is somewhere else in the bowels of my photostream if anyone prefers such.
The shop is closed.
The chair is empty.
But still he waits.
In a street stripped back to greys, the only signal left is green — not brighter, just chosen. A quiet suggestion that something might still happen… eventually.
"Saints In Colour"
Showing how the Wallingford Screen might have looked in the medieval period - with a 21st century twist. The Cathedral has worked in close partnership with Hogarth, a WPP agency, to explore ground-breaking techniques for bringing history to life, using the latest technology from Panasonic and Epic Games.
Cutting edge scanning and projection techniques using Reality Capture software will bring to life the 15th century screen and 19th century statues with a millimetre accurate 3D scan and re-colourisation, based on historic research by Dr James Alexander Cameron. The colours have been produced by artist Amara Por Dios, and the technology was used to train apprentices in WPP’s Creative Technology Apprenticeship programme, which aims to diversify the emerging technology workforce. St Albans Cathedral is committed to social justice, so we are excited to bring the statues to life in a racially diverse way, reflecting where each of the saints depicted came from.
And now for something a little different. This is a colourised version of a black & white photo of BR 2MT 2-6-2T 84004 in the bay platform at Oswestry (see original b/w below).
Colourisation seems to be becoming popular although complex AI software and a lot of processing power is necessary for the best results. The later versions of Photoshop Elements have colourisation built in but the results, in my opinion, are not very good for railway subjects.
This one was created using the online 9May Russian website and then sharpened a little in Photoshop Elements.
24/04/2020 [GB 1549].
www.flickr.com/photos/trains-travel/49521516461/in/photos...
Another image of premier female impersonator Robbie Ross. I removed the captions, corrected a few imperfections, before my colourising interpretation. The end result was slightly enhanced also
Disclaimer: The layered colourisation work and digital enhancements to the original are all my own work and any such unauthorised use (without prior permission) for that aspect of the work will be considered a violation of my copyright. Where the original item is shown, it is done so purely for comparative purposes only.
One of my very first attempts. Quite a famous image from bygone days of a young pioneering queen, Laurie Allen. The original is on the left.
Disclaimer: The layered colourisation work and digital enhancements to the original are all my own work and any such unauthorised use (without prior permission) for that aspect of the work will be considered a violation of my copyright. Where the original item is shown, it is done so purely for comparative purposes only.
Colourisation of 1950's Female Impersonator, KT Lee.
Disclaimer: The layered colourisation work and digital enhancements to the original are all my own work and any such unauthorised use (without prior permission) for that aspect of the work will be considered a violation of my copyright. Where the original item is shown, it is done so purely for comparative purposes only.
Quite some time ago, I mentioned a visit to Devon General's Newton Road garage, where in 1977, I found and photographed an ex Exeter Corporation Leyland Panther outshopped in traditional Devon General colours. The Marshall bodied single decker was sitting out in the field behind the garage amongst several withdrawn buses. I posted this shot in original black and white but there's nothing like seeing it represented in colour . . . even if this particular colourisation isn't my favourite. I couldn't fathom out why, several years after the introduction of NBC corporate image (and therefore Poppy Red) this bus appeared to have been outshopped in the old BET style scheme.
Did it ever return to the road? Did it operate in these colours, or was it 'poppied'?
Colourisation is a double edged sword. At its best it opens up a new aspect to our hobby, gives pleasure to the person doing the 'work' and hopefully to most viewing. It also allows hitherto mediocre captures to have a new lease of life. On the flip side, those undertaking the job need to have a good basic idea of how the scene should look, with in particuular, accuracy of the livery being interpreted in the case of a bus / coach. If its wrong, you're re-interpreting history.
In the case of this view of Mounts Bay Coaches Duple Commander IV AEC Reliance NUR 484H, I only have my memory to refer to. Try as I might, I couldn't find a single colour photo on line of this coach with that operator. My memory tells me that its livery was much lighter than their standard two tone blue (present on their Plaxton bodied Leyland Panther the same day).
The original negative to this was totally out of focus too, but via a convoluted path of sending the scanned image to my phone, some black magic in the latter allows an 'un-blurring' feature to help us out. Its not 100%, but it improves matters dramatically. This then is a colourised version of the sharpened original.
NUR 484H was one of a pair of similar AEC Reliance 691s (the other being 483H) new to Whytes of Colnbrook in 1970. This was her in 1976 at Plymouth's Bretonside Bus Station where I'd arrived aboard as a 15 year old on a day trip from Hayle. What a crackin' ride home it was 'competing' with and trouncing the aforementioned Panther on the climbs.
I believe, after service with Penzance based Mounts Bay, it moved on to Roselyn Coaches of Par where it joined many other AECs.
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French Journal Day 75 (Travel Diary Day 155)
Twas as dark as the pit at 6:00am this morning as we readied ourselves for the drive up the Pyrenees. Unfortunately we only had about 4 hours for the round trip, and since no-one was around to give us advice on good spots for shooting, we eventually settled on a view-point called Col d’Aspin, an hour drive from our place.
Skirting along the winding ro
ads, we came to a petrol station which was closed. It’s automated credit card pump was available so we pulled in. Under the cover of darkness, in the middle of nowhere, and in freezing temperatures a scantily clad young lass approached me while I was at the pump. She asked me if I was going to a particular town that we’d already passed about 5 miles back. She was looking for a ride, I’d assumed.
I apologised and said we were headed in the opposite direction. In my innocent mind I thought ‘poor girl, walking all that way in these conditions’. When I got into the car and explained the exchange to Rachel. She rather cynically said ‘Are you sure she wasn’t a prostitute?’
I think Rachel got a tinge of jealousy, although she wouldn’t admit it.
She may have been a prostitute but I prefer to think that she saw a handsome fella with a flash Ford Mondeo, sporting a red frilly scarf (I borrowed it from the woman who we are house sitting for), and thought ‘Wow, I wonder if this sexy, kind, and well-dressed man would drive me to work’.
Anyway, the drive was lovely and although our view wasn’t the most spectacular due to lack of planning, I did get some shots of the beautiful snow-capped mountains that have been staring at us for the past 2 days.
The rest of the day was glorious. It was 20C. We ate lunch in the garden and then visited our elderly neighbours who were fantastic. Being so close to Spain, the people here tend to roll their ‘Rs’ instead of the French guttural ‘R’. It’s actually a lovely accent, and quite clear to my untrained ears.
They are the key-bearers to the church next door. We borrowed the keys and spent a few minutes in the 250 year-old establishment taking pictures (see below).
Rachel even forced me to go out for a run. It’s such a rewarding feeling pounding the country roads and paths to the beautiful backdrop of the Pyrenees.
Today’s Photo – l’Eglise
This is the church that the house is attached to.
Many HDRists have said it before, and I’m going to repeat it here – for me, Photomatix is an important step in the HDR process but it is only the beginning. In fact, as you can see below (see blog post for before & After photo - strange-lands.com/daily/2012/12/16/leglise/
), my post-photomatix images are as flat as humanly possible (with the exception of the blown-out light to the left). The last thing I try to achieve in Photomatix is contrast and colourisation. That’s for photoshop and various plugins.
Here I applied various Nik filters in Color Efex, including Detail Extractor, Glamour Glow & a Vignette. I’m very selective about the Detail Extractor. I used it for the wood grain and the details of the window arches to the left mainly.
Well, Gregory Peck really - a screen icon in his most iconic role.
Restored and coloured for you by internationally unknown restorer and all-round good egg, Billyfish Photographic Art
Annie, seven, and one-year-old Nellie, sit sad and hungry on sacking outside their house in Spitalfields. They were among ten children born to single mother Annie Daniels. Five of their siblings died in childhood.
Picture from an excellent article
Coloured by Billyfish Photographic Art
A fabulous image of Harvey Lee from 1936, again the original image and far more information can be found at the excellent Queer Music Heritage Site (www.queermusicheritage.us/f-lee-harvey2.html). This image is claimed as being taken byJames Kriegsmann rom NYC.
To colourise, I greyscaled the image, uniform coloured the border and removed some slight imperfections from the original image.
As always, no offence is intended against either the original or current copyright owner, but is shown purely as my artistic interpretation of the original image.
Disclaimer: The layered colourisation work and digital enhancements to the original are all my own work and any such unauthorised use (without prior permission) for that aspect of the work will be considered a violation of my copyright. Where the original item is shown, it is done so purely for comparative purposes only.
A little bit of time off over the Easter break has seen a few more colourisations commenced and some of those finished too.
Harping on again about the old days, cost of photography, lack of skill and knowledge etc, I found myself with an inordinate amount of sub-standard images. As its obviously not now possible to go back and have another go nowadays, tinkering with the aged results can provide hours of cheap entertainment!
The accompanying picture of the Willowbrook bodied Devon General AEC Regent V hadn't got much going for it as it was a 'grab shot', taken into the sun without any opportunity to alter any settings. The resultant b&w negative was un-sharp and 'muddy'. Hopefully colourising it has brought a bit of life back to it.
'Mediumweight' AV470 engined CTT 518C was pounding up the climb out of Teignmouth on the coastal service to Exeter when I took the photo some 45 years ago in 1977. The old girl was making a good fist of it even if her dishevelled appearance would give a different impression. I've no idea whether she made it into full 'NBC Poppy Red' garb.