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Also see [1] and [2]. The rest of that rarehistoricalphotos.com site is well worth browsing for many more amazing photos. [1] - "Rare pictures of London in Du
by pmoriarty 6y ago
Also see [1] and [2].
The rest of that rarehistoricalphotos.com site is well worth browsing for many more amazing photos.
[1] - "Rare pictures of London in Dufaycolor, 1943-1945" - https://rarehistoricalphotos.com/rare-pictures-london-dufaycolor-1943-1945/ https://rarehistoricalphotos.com/rare-pictures-london-dufayc...
[2] - "Rare color pictures from Russian Empire, 1905-1915" - https://rarehistoricalphotos.com/rare-color-pictures-russian-empire-1905-1915/ https://rarehistoricalphotos.com/rare-color-pictures-russian...
- sb057 6y agoProkudin-Gorskii's photograph of a simple railway bridge has always struck me the most of any early color photograph. The quality is such that it could have easily been taken today with a good camera. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Prokudin-Gorskii-25.jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Prokudin-Gorskii-25....
- strogonoff 6y agoThe shot was created in 2004 using software to combine digitized negatives. IMO it is hard to say exactly how much of that impression is to be attributed to software capabilities, the colors in the Wikipedia version are definitely touched up. (Great shot though, hands down.)
- Aardwolf 6y agoThe ones from the Russian Empire are much higher resolution (stunning!) than the WW I photos, any idea if this has to do with the original photos themselves, or the scanning process?
- hnick 6y agoI'd assumed it was due to the 3-step process (taking 3 photos quickly with red, green, and blue filters). Rather than have it all together on one colour film which was still quite new. It's interesting you can see the effect this has on moving water, where it has an oil-slick rainbow sheen.