Peter Orincsay Posted January 8, 2009 Share Posted January 8, 2009 (edited) I'm not sure if this picture came from this forum, or from another, but if I recall correctly it was colorized by a member from Norway.Kaiser Wilhelm II in an Austrian uniform:I did this colourization a year ago.. Im from Sweden by the way!Greetings P?ter NyitrayI later got aware of the mistakes in the uniform colours and changed it to the correct one! Edited January 8, 2009 by Peter Nyitray Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Orincsay Posted January 8, 2009 Share Posted January 8, 2009 I used to do this for fun and got quite good at it after a while.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Orincsay Posted January 8, 2009 Share Posted January 8, 2009 I do mostly Hungarian photos since i know that kind of uniforms best.Here a photo from 1944 of General vit?z Ferenc Kisbarnaki. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Orincsay Posted January 8, 2009 Share Posted January 8, 2009 Some photos that i did took some repair works before i could do the colours..Here is a Austro-Hungarian soldier in a makeshift studio. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Orincsay Posted January 8, 2009 Share Posted January 8, 2009 The few German colourizations i made was requests from forum-members and friends. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Orincsay Posted January 8, 2009 Share Posted January 8, 2009 I gave some colour to the photo of Swedish King Oscar II from Wikipedia. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Orincsay Posted January 8, 2009 Share Posted January 8, 2009 My latest work took me about a week to do. It was a restoration/colourization work. The person wanted help to restore a family photo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex K Posted January 8, 2009 Author Share Posted January 8, 2009 (edited) My latest work took me about a week to do. It was a restoration/colourization work. The person wanted help to restore a family photo.One word, AMAZING, particularly the first one, well doneedit, Hi Peter didn't spot your earlier posts, they're all good regardsAlex K Edited January 8, 2009 by Alex K Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex K Posted January 9, 2009 Author Share Posted January 9, 2009 (edited) At the moment, I am still learning the ropes so tend to keep the subjects fairly simple, Most of my subjects are head and shoulder portraits, albiet, TR as I am familiar with the uniforms and decorations which in the end are very easy to do. The hard part is recreating realistic flesh tones and facial features. I hope to expand when I have sufficient knowledge and confidence to colour other periods. Meanwhile one addition, which I have also posted on another site.Franz Ritter Von Leeb. (Scary Eyes!)at the same time the man voted as the scariest to look at in Germany during the war, Hugo von SperrleRegardsAlex K Edited January 9, 2009 by Alex K Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Dwyer Posted January 9, 2009 Share Posted January 9, 2009 I did this colourization a year ago.. Im from Sweden by the way!Greetings P?ter NyitrayI later got aware of the mistakes in the uniform colours and changed it to the correct one!Peter,I apologize for moving you to the wrong country! It was some time ago that the picture was posted, but I loved it so much I kept a copy of it on my computer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex K Posted February 23, 2009 Author Share Posted February 23, 2009 Something a bit different for me and a bit of a challenge, Hungarian Ambassador Eugen Ratz, My thanks to Hunyadi and Rick Research who gave me some good pointers as to uniform and medal bar detailsregardsAlex K Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ulsterman Posted February 23, 2009 Share Posted February 23, 2009 Good Lord!! That is publishable!!well done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex K Posted February 23, 2009 Author Share Posted February 23, 2009 Good Lord!! That is publishable!!well done.Thanks for the complement. It always helps when you have a good sharp image to work on. Funnilly enough the hardest part was his medal rack, trying to unravel the various shades of Black, grey, white to ensure that as far as possible the colours and order were correct.regardsAlex Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul R Posted February 23, 2009 Share Posted February 23, 2009 Those are so completely amazing!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex K Posted February 23, 2009 Author Share Posted February 23, 2009 Those are so completely amazing!!Thankyou. There will always be some "poetic licence" when doing these things but I certainly like to pay attention to uniform/insignia details, facial colourizations is a bit more difficult and subjective, but studying colour photo's of actual people of similar age or nationality give some pointers. (The chair may well have been green!!)Alex K Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robert Noss Posted March 15, 2009 Share Posted March 15, 2009 Here is a photo of Alfred Sticht, a pilot in the KG 53 "Legion Condor"To give You a bit of inspiration, here is a hand-colorized photo, made by a period photographer.It is a larger size photo, made to hang it on a wall.I think this is a good example how colorization was done before the computer age.Alex, keep up Your excellent work. This thread is one of the most interesting ones here, so speaks a photo-collector.Kind regardsRobert Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex K Posted March 15, 2009 Author Share Posted March 15, 2009 Here is a photo of Alfred Sticht, a pilot in the KG 53 "Legion Condor"To give You a bit of inspiration, here is a hand-colorized photo, made by a period photographer.It is a larger size photo, made to hang it on a wall.I think this is a good example how colorization was done before the computer age.Alex, keep up Your excellent work. This thread is one of the most interesting ones here, so speaks a photo-collector.Kind regardsRobertHi Robert and thanks, it does become addictive,? I have to admit that period colourization you posted ?is really quite fantastic, thanks for postingregardsAlex Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex K Posted March 16, 2009 Author Share Posted March 16, 2009 Hi Robert and thanks, it does become addictive,? I have to admit that period colourization you posted ?is really quite fantastic, thanks for postingregardsAlexHi Robert, hope you don't mind but couldn't resist the challenge!, attached my rendition of your original B/W photo, colourised in the manner of the true contemporary image, and the other, how I would have done it without any earlier influenceregardsAlex Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Alex K Posted March 25, 2009 Author Share Posted March 25, 2009 Just a few more lying around on my hard drive.Heirich Neihoff, Ernst Udet, Ritter Von Griem & Gunther Rall (My Luftwaffe period!)RegardsAlex Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ulsterman Posted March 25, 2009 Share Posted March 25, 2009 wow! That PLM is magnificent! You are a master. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex K Posted March 25, 2009 Author Share Posted March 25, 2009 wow! That PLM is magnificent! You are a master.Genuine thanks for the compliments, I feel quite flattered, I do have more to come, which I hope will be of similar interestregardsAlex K Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex K Posted March 25, 2009 Author Share Posted March 25, 2009 One from the "Other side" Ioseb Besarionis dze Jughashvili aka Joseph "Batchko" Stalinany comments on incorrect colours appreciated.Once again, Life/GoogleregardsAlex Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex K Posted March 26, 2009 Author Share Posted March 26, 2009 (edited) post deleted? Edited March 26, 2009 by Alex K Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Dwyer Posted March 26, 2009 Share Posted March 26, 2009 Great job on Kaiser Wilhelm, Alex! If I had the time and the talent, I'd scan my entire Imperial postcard collection and colorize them, just for my personal enjoyment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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