C Carl Posted February 21, 2020 Share Posted February 21, 2020 I enjoy de-colorizing appropriate recent pictures which contain no obvious modern cues. And now off to try to take a moderate drive in the '24 Cad. - CC 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keiser31 Posted February 21, 2020 Share Posted February 21, 2020 No, but I like them. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike6024 Posted February 21, 2020 Share Posted February 21, 2020 No Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
auburnseeker Posted February 21, 2020 Share Posted February 21, 2020 Maybe the images are just too Crisp? Use a fuzzy filter add some brown tint and bingo. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
46 woodie Posted February 21, 2020 Share Posted February 21, 2020 I think they are great! I think the top picture could pass. I would bet that if you could put someone in period clothing in the picture it would help. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamesR Posted February 21, 2020 Share Posted February 21, 2020 I like them better than the old photos because of the better resolution. Most people would recognize them as more modern photos, though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J.H.Boland Posted February 21, 2020 Share Posted February 21, 2020 Sepia toning and "noise" would age it just fine. I've posted this photo before.I took it about 18 months age at the local pioneer village.My '25 Buick was first owned by a doctor,as was the house in the village.The "doctor " just happened to be in. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keiser31 Posted February 21, 2020 Share Posted February 21, 2020 I did this one of my 1931 DB coupe a while ago.... 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alsancle Posted February 21, 2020 Share Posted February 21, 2020 It would be an interesting study to see if we could actually distinguish modern for period. To me all of these look modern, but I couldn't explain why. Maybe just because I know they are not period? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nzcarnerd Posted February 21, 2020 Share Posted February 21, 2020 Tyre tread styles probably distinguish 'modern' photos. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J.H.Boland Posted February 21, 2020 Share Posted February 21, 2020 How's this ? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J.H.Boland Posted February 21, 2020 Share Posted February 21, 2020 And this. My photo shop has a "burlesque" filter. The Chrysler roadster is just too shiny.Drive it down some muddy back roads first,then try the picture ! Jim 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Wetherbee Posted February 21, 2020 Share Posted February 21, 2020 7 minutes ago, J.H.Boland said: How's this ? if you had erased the white line in the road I would bet it could fool anyone now... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J.H.Boland Posted February 21, 2020 Share Posted February 21, 2020 I used the same filter on this one of my '21 Chevy fresh out of the paint shop back in 1981. Again,they were rarely shiny after driving the roads of the day. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keiser31 Posted February 21, 2020 Share Posted February 21, 2020 3 minutes ago, J.H.Boland said: I used the same filter on this one of my '21 Chevy fresh out of the paint shop back in 1981. Again,they were rarely shiny after driving the roads of the day. That looks great and almost a silver tone to it like original photos. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
keiser31 Posted February 21, 2020 Share Posted February 21, 2020 Another of my '31 and a buddy.... 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
60FlatTop Posted February 21, 2020 Share Posted February 21, 2020 Sometimes my modern digital camera will only take black & white pictures. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J.H.Boland Posted February 21, 2020 Share Posted February 21, 2020 By comparison,a real 1918 vintage photo of some of my family with their 1917 (?) McLaughlin-Buick. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J.H.Boland Posted February 21, 2020 Share Posted February 21, 2020 6 minutes ago, keiser31 said: Another of my '31 and a buddy.... Yeah.Sometimes you just gotta have a tommy gun I 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
padgett Posted February 21, 2020 Share Posted February 21, 2020 For me the depth of field is the clue. Also 100 years ago people were mostly not that well fed, knew how to shave, and rarely smiled. Brownies had fixed focus and took square photos. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J.H.Boland Posted February 21, 2020 Share Posted February 21, 2020 I don't mean to hog this thread,but recreating vintage photos is a side hobby of mine. This is my friend's '29 Hupmobile roadster,complete with golf clubs. I should have removed the display sign first ! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joe_padavano Posted February 21, 2020 Share Posted February 21, 2020 14 minutes ago, 60FlatTop said: Sometimes my modern digital camera will only take black & white pictures. Considering that new cars apparently only come in black, white, and shades of grey or silver, it's kind of a moot point. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J.H.Boland Posted February 21, 2020 Share Posted February 21, 2020 (edited) 28 minutes ago, padgett said: For me the depth of field is the clue. Also 100 years ago people were mostly not that well fed, knew how to shave, and rarely smiled. Brownies had fixed focus and took square photos. Yeah. I told my wife she was too happy to be a gangster's moll ! Well fed ?!! Gravity caused my chest to fall, that's all . Edited February 21, 2020 by J.H.Boland (see edit history) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike6024 Posted February 21, 2020 Share Posted February 21, 2020 Original photos at top have too much contrast. I even turn down the contrast on my TV set, because I think it is easier on the eye. Most people seem to turn up the contrast, but I think that makes it look less natural. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brass is Best Posted February 21, 2020 Share Posted February 21, 2020 Here are a couple I have done: 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J.H.Boland Posted February 21, 2020 Share Posted February 21, 2020 (edited) Period aircraft can make a nice backdrop, but sometimes can make the photo look cluttered. I tried to get around that with this picture. Both the Packard and Yale trainer are 1940 models. Edited February 21, 2020 by J.H.Boland (see edit history) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John_S_in_Penna Posted February 21, 2020 Share Posted February 21, 2020 (edited) 2 hours ago, alsancle said: To me all of these look modern, but I couldn't explain why. 2 hours ago, keiser31 said: I did this one of my 1931 DB coupe a while ago.... Keiser's good photo of his 1931 Dodge looks newer to me, and let me explain how I figure it: The 1931 car is like-new condition. If this were an old picture, then, the picture would have been taken around 1931 or 1932. The house is a style that would have been built from the late 'Teens into the early 1930's. The house would have been little over 10 years old, at most, in 1931; yet its yard is unkempt and the building looks quite worn-- unlike a 10-year-old house. In contrast, below is a picture from about 1895 with a Duryea: the Victorian house looks brand-new! Edited February 21, 2020 by John_S_in_Penna (see edit history) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1937hd45 Posted February 21, 2020 Share Posted February 21, 2020 So far this is the only photo I like, only because it looks like a Henry Austin Clark post card photo from the early 1960's. The tires are the giveaway clue on all the others. Bob 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dei Posted February 22, 2020 Share Posted February 22, 2020 With what you fellows are doing, curious as to what you think my Whippet would look like done that way? I don't have a photo shop program to try (as if I have time for that anyway...) Yes that is an actual fully restored certified flying Lancaster Bomber based in Hamilton, Ontario Canada. They flew into Windsor for an Air Show and antique cars were let in with prior permission. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Cocuzza Posted February 22, 2020 Share Posted February 22, 2020 Yes, absolutely - 85 years from today...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dei Posted February 22, 2020 Share Posted February 22, 2020 7 minutes ago, Joe Cocuzza said: Yes, absolutely - 85 years from today...... I liked what a few have done to recent pictures like J.H.Boland did with his Packard shot and as stated, just curious tinted, browned (however it was done) what the Whippet would look like given the background. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brass is Best Posted February 22, 2020 Share Posted February 22, 2020 1 hour ago, dei said: With what you fellows are doing, curious as to what you think my Whippet would look like done that way? I don't have a photo shop program to try (as if I have time for that anyway...) Yes that is an actual fully restored certified flying Lancaster Bomber based in Hamilton, Ontario Canada. They flew into Windsor for an Air Show and antique cars were let in with prior permission. Doug, This was a fast attempt: 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mike6024 Posted February 22, 2020 Share Posted February 22, 2020 need to dim the bright spots some more. tone down the whitewalls, and the radiator chrome. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J.H.Boland Posted February 22, 2020 Share Posted February 22, 2020 I like the way Brass is Best made the lawn chairs disappear in a cloud of dust. I'm not clever enough with photo shop to remove the historic licence plate or dull it down. A filter helps reduce the glare and give it that 1940's album look. Jim 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jpage Posted February 22, 2020 Share Posted February 22, 2020 I think it best, when taking period photos, not to include people as thy are a dead giveaway for modern photos. Mainly because one cannot really capture the period look. Hair cuts aren't authentic, clothing doesn't fit right or look correct. Usually too, the cars just look too new or too fancy, especially with the whitewalls. Of course, this is just my opinion. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alsancle Posted February 22, 2020 Share Posted February 22, 2020 These are all good points. All the pictures except for the single period one just don't look right. I guess there are probably many factors. Expensive in period whitewalls on an economy car is a definite giveway. Also, the condition of the cars is like they were brand new, when 99 percent of the time in a real photo they are beat to crap. This Stearns picture was taken in 1948 or thereabouts just before the car was put in a barn for 60 years. It is good for comparison on all the points you guys are making. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeff Perkins / Mn Posted February 22, 2020 Share Posted February 22, 2020 Are the www a giveaway? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dei Posted February 22, 2020 Share Posted February 22, 2020 I appreciate what you are all saying and the attempts to touch up my Whippet picture. I still like how it looks touched up but see the points spelled out about white walls and tones etc. Here is an authentic old picture of Dad's Hupmobile taken during the War. Mom thought he was a pretty dapper guy when they met on a blind date. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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