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Anyone who looks in at my photostream with any regularity will by now know that I enjoy a bit of colourisation. Not only that, they will also know that some of my earlier photographic offerings were a fair bit worse than my later ones. Occasionally I'll have a play when spare time permits, to see if I can improve any of those old pre 35mm images.
This is my latest effort. Back in 1977/8 we found ourselves in Oxford where the traditionally AEC fleet was in retreat under NBC ownership. There were still a number of AEC Renown double deckers working plus a handful of Reliances, but we only ever saw one Swift and this was it. 1966 built DFC 623D was photographed on Gloucester Green bus station (when it was a more useful size) in the company of a Reliance and a Bristol RELH coach. Sadly, like nearly all my output of the day, the result was somewhat unsharp. Hopefully its a little more viewable now even if the job seemed to take an age.
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Soldiers from the Indian Legion being inspected by Luftwaffe officers, Bordeaux, France, February 1944. The Free India Legion, officially the Infantry Regiment 950 (Indian), and later the Indian Volunteer Legion of the Waffen-SS intended to serve as a liberation force for British-ruled India, it was made up of Indian prisoners of war and expatriates in Europe. Initially raised as part of the Heer, it was part of the Waffen-SS from August 1944. A maximum of 2,600 Indians joined or were drafted into the legion. The Indians fought on France, Italy, and In January 1942, 100 men from the unit were parachuted into Persia and infiltrated India to commit sabotage.
02/1944
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When the world has turned grey, and metal is dominant with rust the only thing growing nature will lead the resistance. It will take hold in the smallest of footholds and will fight back even against a seemingly overwhelming foe.
of the Alte Mälzerei Eisenach (malthouse). More pictures of the malthouse and it's surroundings here.
A Norwegian child being carried to an ambulance from HMS Onslaught at Gourock, Scotland, 1 March 1945. She was one of over 500 civilians recued by the Royal Navy after hiding from the Germans on Sørøya island. 525 Norwegians, who had been hiding from German patrols in caves on the snow covered mountains of Sørøya island, Norway for three months, were rescued by four British destroyers of the Home Fleet who raced in broad daylight, 60 miles behind enemy lines and took them safely to a Gourock.
IWM (A 27491) / D.W. Cooksey
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The official caption states: “Western Front. August 1918. German Army troops man handling guns into position”
This is most probably a photo of Bavarian Infanteriegeschützebatterie (Infantry Gun Battery) No. 2 taken at a training area, possibly near Rethel, France. Note the British Mk. IV and a French Snider tank in the background.
A typical Infantry Gun Battery consisted of 4 guns with a 6 man crew per gun which is the case here (the fourth gun is probably to the left, out of frame. Note the two shadows on the ground). Such units were formed on a divisional level and accompanied infantry for the duration of one operation. The unit would take position on the flanks of the second wave of infantry shock troops and would advance 1000 yards after the first assault wave. Guns would move in two-gun detachments, so that the two other pieces of artillery were always at the ready. The aim was to take out enemy strongholds at close range.
The guns have been identified as 7,7 cm Infanterie-Geschütz 18, a late-war model that never saw action and of which very few photos exist. There’s a camouflaged crate on top of each the guns which gives the illusion of an odd shaped shield.
Also of interest are the camouflaged helmets which seem to be painted unevenly with one single colour over the standard feldgrau. Discernible on some of the helmets is an unidentified crest.
I was unable to identify the binoculars the officer has.
Text compiled from a discussion concerning a copy of this photo owned by S. Wouters.
Original: German War Museum (Bufa 11796) via AWM
Pfc. Robert E. Leight, an American soldier of B Company, 1st Battalion, 329th Infantry Regiment, 83rd Infantry Division, with a German MP38, two MP40s, an MG34, and an MG42, after the capture of Düren during the Battle of Hürtgen Forest, late 1944. Note de M20 Greyhound on the background. This picture was featured as cover of the Yank Continental Edition magazine on January 14, 1945. Robert E. Leight, was born on September 15, 1919 in Washington DC. After enlisting in May 22, 1941 in Richmond, Virginia, he was sent along his division to Europe with the number #33044651. He died at age 76, on January 26, 1996.
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My Great Grandfather Norman McAuslan again with a different bicycle. This time the shot is posed in his own studio, hence the painted backdrop. I guess it's still a self portrait, although he would have needed some assistance to take this shot.
The new bike now has a brake (a small pad pressing on the front tyre!), an acetylene lamp and pneumatic tyres.
Norman is wearing a wedding ring in this photo, which dates it after 1891 but before 1900, by which time he was too ill with tuberculosis to work.
I found this signed picture of female impersonator George Ellisia on ebay recently. The signature suggests that Ms Ellisia was a member of the cast of the movie "Splinters In The Air" details of which can be found on the British Film Institute (explore.bfi.org.uk/4ce2b6b70d8b1) and seems to have been the last of the films that "The Splinters" ( a troupe formed during WW1 and featured elsewhere on my photostream) made.
It is not clear if Ms Ellisia was with the troup durting The Great War, but there are references to her appearing in other stage productions and pantomimes, if anyone reading this has further information I would be delighted to hear more.
Image manipulation performed: Brush cloning and healing to remove the signature. Auto white balance on the resultant image and personal colour interpretation.
Disclaimer: I am not the copyright owner of the image and my publication on flickr is not intended to infringe any such copyright. I seek to make no financial gain from the reproduction. If you are the original copyright owner and wish the image to be removed, please contact myself.
Bit more playing with openflights data and orthographic projections.Perhaps haven't quite got the viewing angle in the best place but not bad for a first effort. Again, not exactly original, but I still think an effective image. Really like the raster topography colourisation.
Again shows all (or many) of the worlds flight paths; lighter colours = longer flights, darker colours = shorter flights. Backdrop is a NASA topography image.
Thanks to the internet (mainly stack exchange this time) for guiding me through the process and the wonderful community who have built QGis - truly brilliant bit of kit (and considering what we use at work amazing that it is free!).
I realise this isn't for everyone, but it keeps me out of trouble and I think its fun.
Fuso Class Yamashiro in 1916 Colourised.
Original: ww2db.com/image.php?image_id=11708
Maritime History and Science Museum, Kure, Japan
La Rambla is a street in central Barcelona, popular with tourists and locals alike. A tree-lined pedestrian mall, it stretches for 1.2 kilometres (0.75 mi) connecting Plaça de Catalunya in the centre with the Christopher Columbus Monument at Port Vell. La Rambla forms the boundary between the quarters of Barri Gòtic, to the east, and El Raval, to the west.
La Rambla can be crowded, especially during the height of the tourist season. Its popularity with tourists has affected the character of the street, with a move to pavement cafes and souvenir kiosks. It has also suffered from the attention of pickpockets and, especially towards its southern end, sex workers.
The Spanish poet Federico García Lorca once said that La Rambla was "the only street in the world which I wish would never end."
U.S. 38th Bombardment Group soldier reading a newspaper while working on something else, New Guinea zone, c. 1944. Why did I posted this photo? Today, believe it or not, is United Nations World Toilet Day! World Toilet Day (WTD) is an official United Nations international observance day, celebrated on 19 November, to raise awareness of the global sanitation crisis. Worldwide, 4.5 billion people live without "safely managed sanitation." The global sanitation crisis affects people in developing countries the most. The right to water and sanitation was officially declared a human right by the UN on 28 July 2010. During World War 2, the only way to go the toilet in desparate situations, such as air raids in shelters, people would use a bucket separated by a curtain. Doris Sloane said, “I remember one day, a Chartered Accountant, who was beautifully dressed, with a bowler hat, lent on the curtain, fell backwards into the bucket - his legs and briefcase flying everywhere!”
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Fantasy colourisation of a water lily in the pond in Assiniboine Park in Winnipeg, Manitoba.
Shooting info: RAW; handheld with remote shutter release, auto focus, master pixel size 14.6
Processing: cropped substantially; colour & light adjusted in Aperture 3; some specks removed with the retouch tool
Have a good one buddy xx
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Gooood morning!
Day off today, but a hectic one, last 2 days off before Uni on Saturday! Eek..
Dashing around the shops and Gran this morning/afternoon then meeting up with some mateys from school back up in London this evening for the last time in a while before we all go our separate ways... Sniff! Should be nice though! :)
Then tomorrow more hectic dashing around, other gran and packing I think! Blimey, where did the last 4 months go?!
So I spotted this beaut yesterday evening wandering around the Victoria area after running for a train and missing it by literally seconds!
Wasn't really sure how I could make it stand out, hence the colourisation, its pretty cheesy I'm afraid and could've done it better but I was frankly exhausted last night! 430 I do believe?!
Happy Tues all.
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Fantasy colourisation of white cosmos.
I don't have a macro lens; .5 metre/20" is as close as my 14-150 mm lens will focus.
See also:
"Blue Chiffon"; www.flickr.com/photos/60785624@N07/10529709065/
"Lilac Chiffon"; www.flickr.com/photos/joan-marie/13885108628/
"White Chiffon"; www.flickr.com/photos/joan-marie/9239093842/
The wee Topolino in Dornoch is settling into the landscape, and the weeds are taking over. Mono conversion in Silver Efex, with the colour popped using selective colourisation.
Photo by Edward Curtis
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_S._Curtis
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Although of poor quality, this photo is extremely interesting given that it seems to portray an actual frontline/combat situation. Something rare, given that most of the best-known Great War ‘combat’ photos are actually behind-the-line re-enactments done for propaganda purposes.
In this case, the soldiers’ body language seems to suggest that they are taking due care not to expose themselves in the somewhat shallow trench or perhaps trying to shelter from incoming artillery as the area appears to have been subjected to heavy shelling. Given that the photo is devoid of a date or location, one can only speculate as to the circumstances.
Original property of Wooway1 Collection.
German soldier with binoculars guarding a trench in Staraya Russa prior to the Battle of Kholm, Soviet Union, January 1942.
Source: Bundesarchiv Bild 101I-004-3634-33 (Muck, Richard)
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Cowal Gathering 2003
Shinty is a team game played with sticks and a ball. Shinty is now played mainly in the Scottish Highlands, and amongst Highland migrants to the big cities of Scotland, but it was formerly more widespread,being once competitively played on a widespread basis in England and other areas in the world where Scottish Highlanders migrated.
A fairly easy headshot to colourise and again quite a common picture of 50's female impersonator, Jackie Gordon
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 second colorised version of the same black & white photo of BR 2MT 2-6-2T 84004 in the bay platform at Oswestry.
This one has had Auto Color Correction and some sharpening applied using Photoshop Elements. The result is that the greenish tinge in version A has gone.
24/04/2020 [GB 1550].
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I was never that happy with my previous colourisation on this lovely old portrait, so I decided to run it through AI to see what it made of colourisation. I was very impressed with the results - much better than my last go.
My wording from the original post on the vintage portrait:
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I found this old photo again recently while going through a bag of my old letters in the loft. I originally smuggled the photograph out of a box of old photos at my Nan's house when I was very young, I remember thinking she had the most wonderful eyes!
To me, her eyes seem very alive, they seem to effortlessly bridge across all the years since the photo was originally taken. I think the photographer really knew how to capture a beautiful woman. Sadly i have no idea who she was, but I fell in love with those eyes that very first time i saw this photograph and truth be told, I'm still in love with them now.
I did quite a bit of fixing on the photo as the original was quite tatty and had lots of drawing-pin holes in it. (I imagine it was probably pinned to some lads wall!). I am very pleased with the way it came out.
A German observer jumping from his observation balloon, 1917-1918. While this picture's original description written on 13 November 1918 reads "German aviator escapes from attacked ballon. German Soldier jumping from gondola of his observation balloon during an attack by allied aircraft. His parachute has not opened yet", it is difficult to know if this is a staged photograph. Instead of a real action photo, this seems to show a German official demonstrating the method of escape from an observation balloon in the event of attack. However, this image is featured in a collection of war stamps. Its caption reads: "The spring battle at Arras. April 2 - May 25, 1917. Parachute jump of an artillery watcher from a captive balloon during an enemy air raid. From the official material of the Reichasarchiv Potsdam." Others point it was taken by a nearby aviator. The original was most likely taken by a German soldier or photographic unit, which was later captured by American soldiers. That would explain its presence in the archives labeled as "Enemy Activities - Miscellaneous" and without the date of shot. Reconnaissance balloons hanged up to more than 1000 metres above the ground and, while they had by anti-aircraft batteries and machine guns, were easy but fortified victims. Shooting a balloon down counted as taking down any other aircraft (1).
Source: National Archives and Records Administration (31479817)
Ghent University Library (ED059A90-1728-11E2-A8D9-5A520D0ED9C1)
Australian War Memorial (H13483)
Bibliography: 1. Hodges, Ian (2010) Australian Fling Corps. Canberra: Department of Veterans’ Affairs, p. 23, 87
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So many lovely variations in colourisation and patterns on these. And I just love the way the walls flatten their bodies out to maximum the coverage for heat intake.
I thought it was time to look out some more of my old family photos and give them a bit of a 'polish'.
This is my Great Grandfather Norman Jones McAuslan with his 'penny farthing' bicycle taken at the studios of J. Clark of Matlock Bath, Derbyshire. Assuming Norman is in his late teens in this picture, the photo would have been taken in the late 1870s.
In his adult life, Norman was a photographer himself with a small studio in Belper, Derbyshire. Sadly, he suffered from tuberculosis and died in Australia in 1905, aged 43.
Points of interest:
A whistle on a lanyard to warn off pedestrians!
No gears or brakes!
A bell (?) hanging from the handlebars.
The narrow, solid tyres.
The boots with gaping soles - but still highly polished!
The completely absurd cast iron chair!
Austrian Schwarzlose machine gun mountain unit between Monte Cevedale and the Gran Zebrù, Northern Italy, c. 1917. The Italian Front, known in German as the Gebirgskrieg ("Mountain war"), was the front that saw hostilities between Austria-Hungary and Italy during World War I. After secret promises made in the Treaty of London, Italy entered the war to take Austria-Hungary southern territories. This manoeuvre was intended to be fast and to take the Austrians at another front. The Austrians, however, answered the offensive with trench warfare and gained terrain into Italy, eventually being defeated when general Díaz took command over general Cadorna and pushed over the Veneto. If you want to see more exclusive never-colourised pictures, take a look at www.soldiershop.com/libri/ww1-and-2/1915-1918-la-guerra-i...
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Happy (and scary spooky) Halloween to everybody.
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Tired soldiers carry a wounded comrade through the forests of Burma during WWII.
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Whilst researching online about British FI Tommy Rose (www.flickr.com/photos/23638019@N05/8054026007/in/photostream). I found this article on the Brighton "Our Story" website (www.brightonourstory.co.uk/newsletters/summer06/tales.htm) and this rather precious image of Sonny Dawkes, who formed a partnership with Tommy Rose in the post WW2 years, in fact there is a caricature of them and other pantomime performers on the V&A website (collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O86533/gary-webb-sonny-dawkes-...).
Rather than simply lift the image to share here, I have attempted one of my colourisation attempts. The Brighton Story article indicates that Sonny sadly passed away in June 2006, but it provides a wonderful insight into Female Impersonation in the British during those times.
As always, if the subjects family and/or current copyright holders object to my reproduction of this image I will gladly remove.