Beautifully Colorized Photos from the Past...

[Don Pelon]

Worth a look. Elizabeth Taylor- Yowzaa!!

http://twentytwowords.com/2013/11/0...ke-the-past-seem-incredibly-real-36-pictures/

 

[Doctor Strange]

I don't think the colorization adds much to most of these, and it sometimes looks unrealistically oversaturated, like 1938 Technicolor. (Which is of course wonderful in The Wizard of Oz, The Adventures of Robin Hood, Gone With The Wind, etc., but it's not naturalistic.)

But then, I grew up working in my parents' b&w photo studio, so I probably have a lot more affection and respect for b&w photography than most...

 

[HeyMoe]

I love them!!

 

[The Wiser Hatter]

Good photoshop work.

 

[Hercule]

Those who do the colorization seem to be getting better and better at it.

 

[Tomasso]

Big fan of B&W here who finds the colorized versions fun to look at.

 

[this one guy]

The work looks pretty good, but I wonder how they determined Einstein's shorts were blue if they only had shades of grey to look at. And if Lincoln's jacket was really such a bad match to his vest, I would have preferred to not have seen the color version.

Yes, interesting, but I would rather appreciate B&W as it is.

(Audrey Hepburn looks great no matter what though.)

 

[CSG]

I prefer B&W photos but really enjoyed these creative efforts.

 

[HudsonHawk]

Elizabeth Taylor was indeed "Yowza!", but it would have lent more credibility had the colorizers not completely botched her famous eyes.

 

[scottyrocks]

Very well done, all around.

 

[tecolote]

Of those shown in the link, the one of Mark Twain looks as though it was taken yesterday.

Regards,

Tecolote

 

[hatguy1]

Worth a look. Elizabeth Taylor- Yowzaa!!

http://twentytwowords.com/2013/11/0...ke-the-past-seem-incredibly-real-36-pictures/

Yeah! Same for Audrey Hepburn.

 

[hatguy1]

Big fan of B&W here who finds the colorized versions fun to look at.

Agreed!

 

[Story]

Via Reddit
http://i.imgur.com/VEmdyAy.jpg

 

[Bushman]

Wow, these are absolutely gorgeous colorizations! Many of them look like they could have been taken today.