These are nice, but at this point of distortion it's more like a painting than a colorized photo. I would change the title

I recognize the effort and intention. But they don't look like photos anymore

I like the old photos and the idea. I also appreciate the work involved but something seems off. Too garish perhaps?

Accidentally hit send. I also googled about 100 different exampkes of the first color photos. And I will have to agree with the other occments. There is too much saturated color. With the invention of Photoshop and digital photography it is now easier than ever to have fun with a photo...make the Arizona sunset flow in shades of purple, red and orange, saturate a forld of flowers, etc. As long as one is up front about the "extra boost"

These are less colourised photos and more postcard-style paintings. That they were originally photographs gets completely lost.

I dont do too much in photography right now, but I have in the past (including editing color for effect.)

I like the fact that colour has made the scenes come to life- something that is lacking in B&W photography and film. I do think the artist has taken some liberty with the choices of colour, as all you can really tell from the original photos is that the colours were light, medium or dark in tint.