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Aug 6, 2020 22:29:42 #
I want to thank everybody for their comments and criticisms, its how we learn and expand our horizons.
The final "product" is dependent on the underlying image. If at all possible it is best to work with an image that has well-defined areas. It's rather difficult at times to have colors that are well saturated. In the end it really comes down to the perception and interpretation of the artist. Yep, I look at photography as art, and I really don't want to get into a lengthy discussion. "Technique changes, but art remains the same" I believe that is a quote from Claude Monet, but I won't put my paycheck on it. There was a Facebook page featuring the work of various individuals, but FB thought it was a scam and took it down. It was a real shame because we were swapping thoughts and ideas and showing what we were doing.
I have decided to kind of show the evolution of a simple colorization. The young lady is Della Ferrell and appeared in Buffalo Bill's Wild West show. The image came from the Pikes Peak Libray in Colorado Springs, Colorado. The first one is the original after I ran it through Photoshop to clean it up, sharpening and trying to adjust the contrast, etc. The second is what it looks like while working on it, showing the various color masks used and the final one is the final product. I hope this kind of gives an insight to the process. O course the more complex the image the longer it can take. Trust me there is a lot of going back and forth trying to choose the right colors. Yes, it is possible to bring the finished image into Photoshop (or your favorite program) to make further adjustments and fine-tuning, at the present time I have chosen not to that. Enjoy and let me know what you think. As I look at the final image, I see where I missed some of her hair just above the left shoulder. It's easy to do that.
The final "product" is dependent on the underlying image. If at all possible it is best to work with an image that has well-defined areas. It's rather difficult at times to have colors that are well saturated. In the end it really comes down to the perception and interpretation of the artist. Yep, I look at photography as art, and I really don't want to get into a lengthy discussion. "Technique changes, but art remains the same" I believe that is a quote from Claude Monet, but I won't put my paycheck on it. There was a Facebook page featuring the work of various individuals, but FB thought it was a scam and took it down. It was a real shame because we were swapping thoughts and ideas and showing what we were doing.
I have decided to kind of show the evolution of a simple colorization. The young lady is Della Ferrell and appeared in Buffalo Bill's Wild West show. The image came from the Pikes Peak Libray in Colorado Springs, Colorado. The first one is the original after I ran it through Photoshop to clean it up, sharpening and trying to adjust the contrast, etc. The second is what it looks like while working on it, showing the various color masks used and the final one is the final product. I hope this kind of gives an insight to the process. O course the more complex the image the longer it can take. Trust me there is a lot of going back and forth trying to choose the right colors. Yes, it is possible to bring the finished image into Photoshop (or your favorite program) to make further adjustments and fine-tuning, at the present time I have chosen not to that. Enjoy and let me know what you think. As I look at the final image, I see where I missed some of her hair just above the left shoulder. It's easy to do that.
The original image from the library.
The color masking.
The final image.
Aug 7, 2020 02:12:19 #
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Aug 7, 2020 08:35:35 #
GreenReaper wrote:
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Nice Job......congratulations and it looks authentic like old hand colored B&W's we used to see.
Aug 7, 2020 09:00:13 #
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