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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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#2
Flavors Of Italy, 1900
Final score:
21points
Marshmello 4 years ago
Now it looks like a painting of some sort. Yet, the details are amazing
#3
Times Square On A Rainy Day, 1943
Final score:
19points
Kenny Kulbiski 4 years ago
In this instance the black and white one gives more of that rainy day feeling. In my opinion anyway.
#4
Tastee's And Macy's, 1942
Final score:
18points
#5
The Short Lived Grand Central, 1900
Final score:
18points
#6
It's Newsworthy, 1901
Final score:
16points
#10
Jewish Market On The East Side, 1890
Final score:
10points
Christophe Beunens 4 years ago
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.
#11
A Night Out, 1920
Final score:
10points
#17
The Circus Is Coming To Town, 1920
Final score:
8points
#20
Washington Street Market, Buying At Night, 1952
Final score:
7points
Up All Night 4 years ago
The contrast is gone in this one. The stones of the street should shimmer, and not in this "brown light"
#26
A Hundred Some Years Ago, 1900
Final score:
5points
#30
The Brooklyn Bridge, 1903
Final score:
3points
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Zara VP 4 years ago (edited)
Nice photos. In my opinion there is a little too much colorization- too saturated? Not sure if that was the intention.
RitaGG 4 years ago
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.
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BingeFest1 4 years ago
These are nice, but at this point of distortion it's more like a painting than a colorized photo. I would change the title
Zara VP 4 years ago
They do point out in the bio/description that some of these look more like classical paintings.
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Up All Night 4 years ago
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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Zara VP 4 years ago (edited)
Nice photos. In my opinion there is a little too much colorization- too saturated? Not sure if that was the intention.
RitaGG 4 years ago
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... BingeFest1 4 years ago
These are nice, but at this point of distortion it's more like a painting than a colorized photo. I would change the title
Zara VP 4 years ago
They do point out in the bio/description that some of these look more like classical paintings.
Load More Replies... Up All Night 4 years ago
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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