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Stunning Pre-Revolutionary Russian Color Photos
http://www.newsweek.com/id/214585 ^ | September 07, 2009

Posted on 09/07/2009 9:20:56 PM PDT by Steelfish

Architecture, Churches, Infrastructure, and People of Pre-Revolutionary Russia. Photographer uses unique method to develop color photos.

(Excerpt) Read more at newsweek.com ...


TOPICS: Arts/Photography; Chit/Chat; History
KEYWORDS: godsgravesglyphs; infantkodachrome
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To: Mojave

They’re the ones who did the restorations, around 10 years ago IIRC.

It hasn’t been detailed here yet, but he took three photos (on glass plates) through glass color filters (R, G, B) in quick succession on a single camera.

Fortunately, those plate negatives had archival longevity, so the folks at the L.O.C. were able to scan them at high resolution, clean them up, register them, and color correct them giving these amazing results.

I think I first found out about this on dpreview.com.


21 posted on 09/07/2009 10:52:08 PM PDT by Erasmus (Barack Hussein Obama: America's toast!)
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To: Erasmus

BTW, if you look closely, you can sometimes see color fringing due to movement of the people, clouds, water ripples, etc.

Much like the color TV camera shots from the late Apollo missions, and for the same reasons.


22 posted on 09/07/2009 10:54:21 PM PDT by Erasmus (Barack Hussein Obama: America's toast!)
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To: Erasmus; Mojave
Cleanup process here:

http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/empire/making.html

23 posted on 09/07/2009 10:56:27 PM PDT by thecodont
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To: Steelfish
Stunning indeed, WOW & thanks for sharing.

Found the LOC site here...
http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/empire/

24 posted on 09/07/2009 11:27:27 PM PDT by ADemocratNoMore (Jeepers, Freepers, where'd 'ya get those sleepers?. Pj people, exposing old media's lies.)
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To: Steelfish

Wow! It is astonishing how we take these technologies we have today for granted. Imagine the joy of those who first captured scenes in color, true to the setting colors.


25 posted on 09/07/2009 11:32:21 PM PDT by MHGinTN (Dems, believing they cannot be deceived, it is impossible to convince them when they are deceived.)
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To: Mojave

ITS A HOAX.

This is actually a photo of the 32 Obama Czars, minus the knucklehead who just resigned. Notice they even painted the house white. Obama is not pictured with them, because the emporer just found out that he has no clothes and refused to be photographed.


26 posted on 09/07/2009 11:40:35 PM PDT by AdamsPapers (Go Navy, Beat Army!)
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To: Steelfish

That was very good, thank you.


27 posted on 09/07/2009 11:42:50 PM PDT by blam
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To: Steelfish
"A single, narrow glass plate ... was placed vertically into the camera.... He then photographed the same scene three times in a fairly rapid sequence using a red filter, a green filter and a blue filter."

ALL of those people remained perfectly still for three separate exposures?

I'm speechless.

28 posted on 09/08/2009 1:12:33 AM PDT by oprahstheantichrist (The MSM is a demonic stronghold, PLEASE pray accordingly. 2 Cor. 10:3-5)
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To: Steelfish

Reminds me of some of the WWI footage that is being colorized, when I saw it on TV it looked as if your are there.


29 posted on 09/08/2009 3:31:54 AM PDT by American Constitutionalist
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To: Steelfish

We use to look at old black and white photos and think “ ohh that’s so long ago “ and now since we have seen these colorized photos, those people and places look like those pictures were taken today,,,, amazing indeed.


30 posted on 09/08/2009 3:38:14 AM PDT by American Constitutionalist
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To: Steelfish

While I am firmly against colorizing black and white movies to make them “accessible”, these color photos of a time which usually can only be viewed in black and white, clearly adds a dimension of appreciation not there with black and white.


31 posted on 09/08/2009 3:49:57 AM PDT by School of Rational Thought (Freedom First in 2010)
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To: School of Rational Thought

The beauty that demonic Communism tried to destroy.


32 posted on 09/08/2009 4:00:46 AM PDT by wildandcrazyrussian
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To: Steelfish

Incredible. Thanks!


33 posted on 09/08/2009 4:05:20 AM PDT by paulycy (Screw the RACErs.)
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To: Steelfish
I wonder if the description of the exposure process is accurate, though: how could three sequential exposures produce unblurred images of running water, for instance? Cameras making simultaneous red, green and blue exposures on three separate plates were being made in Germany by the 1890s: Maybe that's what was used?
34 posted on 09/08/2009 4:23:41 AM PDT by Grut
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To: Mojave

That is a very no nonsense building.


35 posted on 09/08/2009 10:12:20 AM PDT by ansel12
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