Digitally colourising Black and White photographs

[Deggers]

Another one for the photography buffs  . . .  

Long before the advent of colour photography, in an attempt to embellish and create more realistic images, photographers and artists manually hand-coloured prints with the addition of watercolours, oils, crayons or dyes.

 

Now however, photographic artists are using Artificial Intelligence and a wealth of digital tools to enhance monochromatic photographs.

And the results are pretty impressive.

 

Amelia Earhart : 24th July 1897 - 2nd July 1937

 

Che Guevara : 14th May 1928 - 9th October 1967

 

Marlon Brando : 3rd April 1924 - 1st July 2004

 

American Civil War : Officers of the 69th New York Volunteer Regiment, Fort Corcoran, 1861

 

Abraham Lincoln : 12th February 1809 - 15th April 1865

 

Mary Snowden : (c.1900, Leavenworth penitentiary) 1879 - 1908

 

Gene Tierny : 19th November 1920 - 6th November 1991

 

Mata Hari : 7th August 1876 - 15th October 1917

Cheers, Deggers

[john.r.davies]

Surely the greatest example of this technology is Peter Jackson's "They shall not grow old", WW1 film colourised and given sound in a wholly convincing and moving way?

The trailer for the film is on YouTube:

 

[stillp]

I didn't know that Brando had a blue rinse!

Pete

[Mk2 Chopper]

Stunning, that trailer is something else. 

Gareth

[rogerguzzi]

Hello All

                The Film is even better and makes it all seem more real and terrible at the same time!

Roger

[john.r.davies]

A photo I recently discovered , among others, of my grandfather's time in Italy in WW1.   I rather like its sepia tint, and wouldn't want it colourised

Grandfather Fred is the Company SM in the middle of the front row, with the other Senior NCOs, at their Italian billet.    Being in the City (of London), he was in the Honourable Artillery Company, the oldest unit in the British Army, then and now part of the Army Reserve of volunteers, and infantry, not gunners, despite the name.     The HAC was posted to Italy and reinforced the Italian army in the battle of Piave, when they so distinguished themselves that the Italians awarded the regiment a medal, a unique event in Army history!  Their part of the action involved crossing the Piave River to an large island, occupied by the Austrians, which is remembered in the medal:

 

Edited May 11, 2021 by john.r.davies

[stillp]

Now that post deserves a "Like"! If only we had a button for that...

Great photo John

Pete

[DavidBee]

On 5/8/2021 at 11:23 PM, Deggers said:

Another one for the photography buffs  . . .  

Long before the advent of colour photography, in an attempt to embellish and create more realistic images, photographers and artists manually hand-coloured prints with the addition of watercolours, oils, crayons or dyes.

 

Now however, photographic artists are using Artificial Intelligence and a wealth of digital tools to enhance monochromatic photographs.

And the results are pretty impressive.

 

Amelia Earhart : 24th July 1897 - 2nd July 1937

 

Che Guevara : 14th May 1928 - 9th October 1967

 

Marlon Brando : 3rd April 1924 - 1st July 2004

 

American Civil War : Officers of the 69th New York Volunteer Regiment, Fort Corcoran, 1861

 

Abraham Lincoln : 12th February 1809 - 15th April 1865

 

Mary Snowden : (c.1900, Leavenworth penitentiary) 1879 - 1908

 

Gene Tierny : 19th November 1920 - 6th November 1991

 

Mata Hari : 7th August 1876 - 15th October 1917

Cheers, Deggers

Back to Deggers, I have only just spotted this thread. I agree. Didn't know AI software had reached this level of sophistication. The detail is astonishing! Thanks, will bear it in mind. You never know. I have a black and white photograph from the First World War and will post it in here. 

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