I am a photographer, I've been shooting for a long time now, but decided to get into colorizing years ago. I've always thought time travel would be fun, but changing the course of time is a pain, and it's just not worth it.
When I colorize, I'm a time traveler—seeing the up-close detail and filling in the color. My finished pieces will look as if I went back in time and shot it with my own camera. Many of them have the look of a classical painting.
This group of pictures is just New York City. Some of these buildings are gone, but you can still find some of them now.
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Elite Lunch Bar, 1938
Flavors Of Italy, 1900
Now it looks like a painting of some sort. Yet, the details are amazing
Times Square On A Rainy Day, 1943
In this instance the black and white one gives more of that rainy day feeling. In my opinion anyway.
Tastee's And Macy's, 1942
The Short Lived Grand Central, 1900
It's Newsworthy, 1901
Ernest Roeber's Cafe, 1908
South Street Seaport, 1901
Little Italy NY - Mussel Man, 1900
Jewish Market On The East Side, 1890
It is nicely done, but for me these are more "art" then "historically correct". There was not so much color these days, and in a lot of photo's a blue sky with clouds was added.
A Night Out, 1920
Fashion Statement, 1905 (Macy's Dept Store)
Laying The Track, 1891
Stuck In A Rut, 1920
The Great Steeplechase, 1903
Fraunce's Tavern, 1890
The Circus Is Coming To Town, 1920
The Nation's Largest Dept Store, 1908
Want A Paper Mister, 1903
Washington Street Market, Buying At Night, 1952
The contrast is gone in this one. The stones of the street should shimmer, and not in this "brown light"
Drinking Water From A Street Pump, 1910
Rush Hour Traffic, 1900
Fresh Air Outing, 1913
Pipe Maze, 1891
The Future Site Of The Flatiron Building, 1890
A Hundred Some Years Ago, 1900
Chatham Square, 1900
Lunch Carts On Broadway St,1906
The Grand Central Depot, 1890
The Brooklyn Bridge, 1903
Nice photos. In my opinion there is a little too much colorization- too saturated? Not sure if that was the intention.
Right? I would think in the height of the industrial revolution everything would look dirty, sooty, grey. More like the original photos. Certainly not "that" much color.
Load More Replies...These are nice, but at this point of distortion it's more like a painting than a colorized photo. I would change the title
They do point out in the bio/description that some of these look more like classical paintings.
Load More Replies...According to the author, everything should look like a painting, but these clouds are too realistic (looks copy paste from a photo) and often steel the spotlight from the other parts of the picture.
Load More Replies...Nice photos. In my opinion there is a little too much colorization- too saturated? Not sure if that was the intention.
Right? I would think in the height of the industrial revolution everything would look dirty, sooty, grey. More like the original photos. Certainly not "that" much color.
Load More Replies...These are nice, but at this point of distortion it's more like a painting than a colorized photo. I would change the title
They do point out in the bio/description that some of these look more like classical paintings.
Load More Replies...According to the author, everything should look like a painting, but these clouds are too realistic (looks copy paste from a photo) and often steel the spotlight from the other parts of the picture.
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