Colourization old photos.

Oran17

thought id try out colourizing some old photos here are my results





James Connolly Colourization by orandesmond, on Flickr
4courts Colourization by orandesmond, on Flickr

Colourization by orandesmond, on Flickr
Dun laoghaire Colourization by orandesmond, on Flickr

inspired by https://www.facebook.com/pages/Colorizedhistory/430760113645337?fref=ts

AnCatDubh

no, no, no, no, noooooooooooo

(oh, by the way, you did a great job on #2)

/onhighhorse
Though generally I think they should be left as they were
/offhighhorse

Oran17

AnCatDubh wrote: »

/onhighhorse
Though generally I think they should be left as they were
/offhighhorse

Yeah me to i just though id give it a go.

ScumLord

AnCatDubh wrote: »

/onhighhorse
Though generally I think they should be left as they were
/offhighhorse

I don't know, I've seen some old b&ws that look amazing when coloured in. There's something about adding colour to those old pinhole photos that make them really pop due the shallow depth of field. They just look so unusual and unique.

magicbastarder

ScumLord wrote: »

There's something about adding colour to those old pinhole photos that make them really pop due the shallow depth of field.

does not compute. one of the defining characteristics of pinhole cameras is their extremely deep depth of field. none of the photos above, for example, would have been taken on pinhole cameras.

CabanSail

Most of those seem to have a high enough depth of field.

What makes them good is that high quality black and white photos have nice contrast.