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Again a colourisation from a low-rez download of unknown copyright . . . maybe another Foden publicity shot?
This one shows JAW 334, one of Salopia of Whitchurch (Salop)'s magnificent 1952 Whitsun bodied rear engined Foden PVRF6 observation coaches. In the background can be seen another similar example, but one wearing a slightly different livery application. Foden's own 2 Stroke Diesel provided the equally interesting sound track.
The photograph was taken on Salopia's home turf at 'The Raven', Prees, on the outskirts of Whitchurch. The Raven still stands to this day (though I'm unsure whether its still open) as a remnent of the era of these large pub type hotels which derived much of their trade as a coach refreshment halt. Even now, one of its entrances facing the busy A49 has the legend 'Coach Lounge' over one of its doors.
German pilot Alfred Bäder* from Jasta 65 (on the right leaning against the wing) poses next to his Fokker D.VII fighter. August to November 1918.
Unfortunately somewhat degraded, this photo offers a clear view of what made this particular aircraft famous among modelers: a rendition of a scene taken from an old Medieval German fairy tale called “The Seven Swabians”.
In the tale, 7 Swabians decide to travel the world carrying with them a long spear for protection. Among other adventures, one day they meet a sleeping hare which they take for a monster. Mustering all their courage they charge the hare but the later easily escapes, whereupon they realize they were once again fooled. Apparently, the whole point of the tale is to make fun of the people from the old Duchy of Swabia.
The aircraft has two distinct scenes painted on each side of the fuselage, one showing the Swabians seeing the hare and the one in this photo showing them charging the escaping animal. Behind the cockpit is the House of Württemberg Coat of Arms.
Uffz Alfred Bäder joined Jasta 65 from Jastaschule 2, serving with the unit from 31 August 1918 to 11 November 1918. During this period he scored two victories, both over Salmson fighters, one on October 2 and another on November 8, 1918. He was wounded in combat on September 4.
*Originally, the pilot was thought to be Wilhelm Scheutzel but it is now known that it was Alfred Bäder.
Note: Although models are usually painted in bright new colours, when this photo was taken this aircraft was clearly worn out with the mottled pattern on the wings barely visible and even a flat tire. Given the choice, I always prefer, if possible, to keep true to the photo so I kept the colours faded.
Original’s source unknown
Ferrari 599 aparcado en la zona financiera de Estocolmo. Justo detrás el moderno edificio del Banco de Suecia
Parked Ferrari 599 in the financial zone of Stockholm. Just behind the modern building of the Bank of Sweden
I reckon a young Katherine Hepburn may well have been a Bowie fan - I know I am and could not resist it.
Something a little different as I have attempted to renovate the original digital image (on the left) before my colourisation interpretation.
I found this image on The Queer Music Heritage (www.queermusicheritage.us/f-ross-robbie.html).
There is some manual scratch removal, blurring and some selective despeckling.
For more information on Robbie. there is a lovely interview with Robbie on David de Alba's site
www.david-de-alba.com/Ross.htm
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 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
Several of the former Lancashire Municipal fleets had a flirtation with Leyland's rear engined Panther chassis. Liverpool Corporation was one, as was neighbouring Southport. Both those two operations were merged into the Merseyside Passenger Transport Executive which was originally formed in 1969. Metro Cammell bodied FKF 910F would have been a mere two years old. By the time I caught up with it here in Liverpool city centre circa 1978 it would have been approaching ten years of age and probably hadn't much longer to go. If memory serves me correctly, I was in the city on a Geography trip from school and enjoying that 'free time' both we and the teachers looked forward to.
This is a colourisation of my own murky un-sharp original black & white shot, the latter version of which appeared elsewhere in my Flickr pages many moons ago.
. . . or so I thought.
North Wales independent Whiteways, not unsurprisingly, used white as their livery. They were somewhat in advance of the modern trend to have 50% of the country's remaining PSVs in bland white (with stickers if you're 'lucky'). Back in the mid '70s when I took the original b&w of their ex Warrington Corporation PD1 DED 797, white was novel and unusual.
I'm pretty sure I would have given a report on how I came to take this picture with my original posting of it some time ago, so I won't bore with the detail again. Suffice to say that I was on one of the most enlightening Geography field study trips from secondary school!
Fantasy colourisation of the sky at sunset in Regina, Saskatchewan. Shot from the south end of Prince of Wales Drive in the southeast area of the city.
See the same image, cropped & with different processing: "All Ablaze"; www.flickr.com/photos/joan-marie/9238463052/
See other sunsets in my "Sunsets" album: www.flickr.com/photos/joan-marie/sets/72157634112806178/
Shooting info: RAW; handheld, auto focus, 15.9 MP
Processing: colour & light adjusted in Aperture 3, saturation readjusted in Aviary; uncropped
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 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.
1961 (colourised). Spurred on by others on Flickr, notably TrainsandTravel and Katerfelto, ( if you can't beat 'em, join 'em!) this is a colourised version of a black & white shot of an identified 'King', possibly either 6007 KING WILLIAM III or 6027 KING RICHARD I, near West Ruislip in the late summer of 1961.
West Ruislip is on the Great Western and Great Central Joint Line not far out of London and was the route taken by Great Western, and later Western Region, trains from London to Birmingham, Wolverhampton and Birkenhead. The train with reporting number M16 is (was!) the 1.10pm from London Paddington to Birkenhead.
Many thanks to Keith Long for providing me with the information regarding the time and destination of M16. And to Geoff Plumb for telling me where I was at the time.
This is my first attempt at colourisation and it's by no means perfect. It took me ages to do – in fact I was so engrossed in it that I was up half the night working on it.
However, warts and all, I think that it's sufficiently presentable to be launched on an unsuspecting public!
Thanks to Geoff Plumb ( see his SmugMug site: plumbloco.smugmug.com/ ) for improving my ham-fisted efforts for me.
Copyright © Ron Fisher.
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
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.
Lyncombe Vale, April 1963.
53809 on the work for which the class were built, hauling coal from the North Somerset coalfield
This was taken at the start of the Easter Holidays after the Big Freeze had ended, and was on my first roll of film with a Brownie Cresta ll I had been given for Christmas, so would be one of my first 16 railway photos, I guess about 9th
I spent 2 consecutive mornings here on the lineside before I ran out of film!
AI colourisation of my scan
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.
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.
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.
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
The Red Rover AEC Renown at work in Aylesbury in 1968.
An AI colourised black & white negative in my collection. The blue car and the couple in the shop doorway were added by Google Gemini without asking. I have never worked out how some colourisations look more like illustrations than photographs.
A near future military assault frigate for space and atmospheric combat.
Crew: 2 (pilot, gunner)
Armament:
- 1 MaG cannon
- 2 A-Tar gun pods.
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.
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
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
This photo in B&W form came into my possession if I recall correctly via the PMT archive, having already been scanned by someone else into digital form. Regrettably, when I came to attempt a colourisation, I found disappointlingly that it was of very low resolution. However, the subject matter spurred me on!
The Potteries Motor Traction Co. Ltd. of Woodhouse Street Stoker on Trent were the worlds largest customer for the Daimler Roadliner. In addition to all the buses they bought, they also took six coaches. The 1967 delivery comprised three with Plaxton Panorama 1 bodies, whilst the following year saw three (as here) with Duple's Commander III. If nothing else, they were imposing machines for the day. If the buses led short and often ignoble lives, the coaches served for an even shorter time, about four years from memory.
Here numerically the middle one of the 1968 Roadliner coaches, PVT 101F, makes its way along Woodhouse Street past the old Tramway power house seemingly being driven by an engineering foreman. It appears to be hoping to make the trip across country to Great Yarmouth which would be about a 500 mile round trip from Stoke with pick-ups.
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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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.
"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.
** 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.
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.
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.
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.
A restored and colourised version of the sepia photo shown below.
The girl on the left is Alice Adshead and on the right is her cousin Doris McAuslan (my Grandmother). The photo was taken in about 1902 by Doris' father Norman Jones McAuslan in their garden at New Road, Belper, Derbyshire.
Alice and her sisters who were all born in County Durham, emigrated to Toronto, Canada before 1912 but I have no record of what happened to them after that.
Restored and colourised with Paint Shop Pro.
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].
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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