Op Thu, 16 Mar 2006 23:25:37 +0100 schreef Collin R Brendemuehl
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From: "Fernando Terrazzino" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
I have the feeling that today's activity dropped a notch (march
break?) so I thought about asking to the eldery members if this effect
makes photos look like when you first started photography ;o)
Want to improve them and really give them the "old" look?
Take out the blue component first. Then convert.
Plate and tin type emulsions had little or no blue sensitivity.
There may be other fixes as well, but that comes to mind first.
Hi,
Last time I moved I went to an apartment in a building from the second
half of the 19th century. I wanted the adress card I sent friends and
relatives to have a photo that looked like it was taken when the building
was new. Since no original was available, I took a recent photo, cloned
out the obviously modern bits like cars and lamp-posts, desaturated
(probably would do that differently now) and reduced contrast quite a bit.
As far as I know, old film (or paper?) was not capable of recording lot of
contrast. I wouldn't know if it looked like a new photo from that time
would look, but it certainly fooled everyone I sent the card!
One other thing I notice: Old prints (say, beginning 20th century) often
do not have a full tonal range: There's black and dark grey, and a lot of
white. The middle to light grays seem to have bleached away. I think this
is an ageing effect. You could mimick that to make photo's look 'old and
worn'.
Hope this helps,
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Regards, Lucas
