mwsilvers Loc: Central New Jersey

I took this image at the Citadel in Halifax and wondered how it would look as an 1850's period image. The uniform is not correct for the intended period but I decided to give it a shot anyway. The ambulance was from WW I so I removed the front and the red cross to make it look more like a small covered supply wagon. The original raw file was processed in DXO PhotoLab. The B&W image was partially processed in DXO's version of the Nik Collection and partially using DXO PhotoLab and DXO FilmPack. Besides the Nik filter and some PhotoLab adjustments, using FlmPack I added some blur, dirt, a bit of yellowing and random old paper texture. I tried as much as reasonably possible to remove, modify, or avoid calling attention to, any trappings of the 20th-21st century.

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Curmudgeon Loc: SE Arizona

I like the second one best by far.

mwsilvers Loc: Central New Jersey

Thanks. The only reason I included the color version was to show what the image looked like before the vintage conversion.

Linda From Maine Loc: Yakima, Washington

Thanks so much for giving us the details about your workflow. You obviously went to a great deal of effort and thought for this engaging result. My only negative observation is the faintness of the guard's legs. I wonder if it's possible to mask or lessen the vignette from that area, either with a separate layer or the Nik control points. Would brightening his legs prior to conversion help, or maybe changing the color of his boots to black (pre-filter application)?

mwsilvers Loc: Central New Jersey

I will consider it, but it was purposely done that way to emulate some photos I have of kilted Scottish soldiers during the Crimean War in 1853. If I had composed the image with more foreground detail perhaps the boots would have been more distinct as they would have been further from the bottom edge in the final image.

Linda From Maine Loc: Yakima, Washington

Ah, I should have known you had that covered Thanks again!