Members who color photos

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Members who color photos

Post by Larrister » 18 Oct 2009 07:46

Hi,

Are there any members here who color B&W photos.
Maybe some members of this forum color photos and would like to share them.

Here's an example of one I colored a while ago. It shows 389 Inf. Division.

Cheers,

Larry
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Re: Members who color photos

Post by rlimike » 18 Oct 2009 22:53

Larry, good job that picture (IMO) looks much better in color,but there are some who would not agree with me.

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Post by Larrister » 19 Oct 2009 04:06

rlimike wrote:Larry, good job that picture (IMO) looks much better in color,but there are some who would not agree with me.

Mike
Thanks Mike. Some may not agree but I believe that if the colorization is done properly and the colors are accurate then this brings life to the photo.

Another colorization done by myself.

Cheers

Larry
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Re: Members who color photos

Post by Helly Angel » 19 Oct 2009 04:50

Great work Larry! thanks for share your Art in the forum :)


Helly

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Post by sobel » 19 Oct 2009 15:29

Hi Larry nice work, you've seen lots of mine over at WAF, (aka Dmytro-Alex K)

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Post by Larrister » 20 Oct 2009 10:29

Hi Alex

Yes I remember that one. Nicely done! :D

Hope there's someone else on this forum who does the same.

Meanwhile, here's another from my own collection I colored a while ago.

Cheers

Larry
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Re: Members who color photos

Post by Beek » 29 Nov 2009 05:58

Great Pictures!
Is this done commercially? Would love to have some done of my Grandfather

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Post by Larrister » 29 Nov 2009 10:24

Hi

I color photos for a very small fee to cover my time and effort. I have colored photos for books as well.

Here's one I did a couple of years ago.

Larry
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Post by Larrister » 29 Nov 2009 10:32

Another.
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Re: Members who color photos

Post by division azul » 29 Nov 2009 13:32

nice work larrister,it really makes it come alive,i like the b&w ones too,but you do a fanastic job!Keep them coming :-)

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Post by Beek » 29 Nov 2009 16:08

Larrister, When you do this does the process require the original photo? If you could post some information about your services and fees that would be great. I think these would be a great present for my father to see a color photo of his dad.

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Post by Larrister » 29 Nov 2009 22:58

division azul wrote:nice work larrister,it really makes it come alive,i like the b&w ones too,but you do a fanastic job!Keep them coming :-)

Cheers
Thankyou for the kind words.
I enjoy coloring photos very much.

Beek: PM sent.

A colored portrait from my collection.

Larry
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Re: Members who color photos

Post by Larrister » 29 Nov 2009 23:09

One more for now.
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Re: Members who color photos

Post by bil » 30 Nov 2009 00:24

These are very nice,and the object is to bring a subject more realism,not to fool anyone.B&W pictures are nice,but color makes it so much more 'real'.Unfortunately,I was never much for coloring,I always got bad marks for going out of the lines! :D ---bil

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Post by Larrister » 30 Nov 2009 01:43

Thanks bil.
I collect B&W photos and have a very large collection. Now and then I find one that would look good in color and I color it.
Some are complex and others not, some can take a few days and others only a couple of hours.

Here's a more complex colorization which took nearly two weeks to complete.

Photo of an MG crew of Inf. Rgt. 154 on alert in a forest outside Leningrad.

Larry
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