They seem too clear, especially looking at black and white (...black and yellow/red) photos of the same time period. I figure they may be real, but also slightly colorized and edited to look clearer. Since, if photos could come out that clear in color, then black and white must have been able to come out fairly clear as well.
That picture of, I think, St. Petersburg with the tri-color filters is cool though, and makes sense why it could be so in-depth - and expensive.
<!--QuoteBegin-UltimaGecko+Mar 1 2005, 02:53 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (UltimaGecko @ Mar 1 2005, 02:53 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> That picture of, I think, St. Petersburg with the tri-color filters is cool though, and makes sense why it could be so in-depth - and expensive. <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd--> The site makes the process sound a whole lot harder than what it really is.
<!--QuoteBegin-MedHead+Mar 1 2005, 03:01 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (MedHead @ Mar 1 2005, 03:01 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> <!--QuoteBegin-UltimaGecko+Mar 1 2005, 02:53 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (UltimaGecko @ Mar 1 2005, 02:53 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> That picture of, I think, St. Petersburg with the tri-color filters is cool though, and makes sense why it could be so in-depth - and expensive. <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd--> The site makes the process sound a whole lot harder than what it really is. <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd--> I just meant on the basis that you'd need to buy 3 plates to get one picture (plus a 4th plate for a completed image), which is a lot of work compared to one plate that accepts all 3 base colors.
Oh, I thought you meant the process the site had to go through to get the color back, rather than the process in taking the picture. My mistake, sorry.
I think thats really really amazing, wonderful. <img src='http://www.bigdandbubba.com/images/sap01_ca000577_p.jpg' border='0' alt='user posted image' /> The 'Urinal-Francais' of 1916 was an outstanding technological achievement of the French during this period of warfare. Without it, countless men would have had their privacy invaded (along with their country).
<!--QuoteBegin-CommunistWithAGun+Mar 1 2005, 12:36 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (CommunistWithAGun @ Mar 1 2005, 12:36 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> <!--QuoteBegin-reasa+Mar 1 2005, 12:33 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (reasa @ Mar 1 2005, 12:33 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> Something about this picture scares me... <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd--> Maybe its the guy in the dress <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd--> They're surgeons. It's a smock to keep the blood off of their clothes.
<img src='http://www.bigdandbubba.com/images/sap01_ca000547_p.jpg' border='0' alt='user posted image' /> The enclosed version of the aforementioned toilet proved far more popular, queues often stretched for miles through the trenches, as soldiers waited patiently for the opportunity to use this masterpiece.
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<!--QuoteBegin-TOmekki+Mar 1 2005, 09:36 AM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (TOmekki @ Mar 1 2005, 09:36 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> <!--QuoteBegin-KungFuSquirrel+Mar 1 2005, 09:28 AM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (KungFuSquirrel @ Mar 1 2005, 09:28 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> Even if this is just colorization, it looks pretty convincing and is still really interesting.
I didn't know they'd invented color yet. <!--emo&;)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/wink-fix.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='wink-fix.gif' /><!--endemo-->
Psst... person above me... too many stars. <!--emo&;)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/wink-fix.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='wink-fix.gif' /><!--endemo--> <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd--> there can never be too many stars in that flag.................
more on topic: very nice find, and i think i know the answer to why soldiers died like mice in that war: blue uniforms :o <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd--> heh it seems so strange (well when compaired to nowadays) to see all those guys running around in those plain blue uniforms.
and that last bottom pic reminds me of the back of that bombed out church in dod_avalanch for some reason.
Amazing pictures. I'm with a few of you guys in that I'm so used to seeing these kinds of pictures in B&W that actually seeing them in color is just.. freaky.
As for whether these are fake or not, I dunno. I doubt it for some reason.
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There was a series in England a while ago (I say England but it must have been broadcast in other countries) that took a load of WW2 footage and colourised it, so maybe the same was just done with these WW1 photos and the description is wrong? (Snopes shows how pictures can be true with a false caption all the time).
<!--QuoteBegin-BeowulfGrendel+Mar 1 2005, 10:50 AM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (BeowulfGrendel @ Mar 1 2005, 10:50 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> Some from pre 1917 Russia <a href='http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/empire/' target='_blank'>here</a>.
They took 3 B&W photos using R, G & B filters. <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd--> Darn it! I wanted to do that I got the link and everything before I clicked the thread <!--emo&:angry:--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/mad-fix.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='mad-fix.gif' /><!--endemo-->
Recently on Australian TV they showed this documentary. <a href='http://shop.abc.net.au/browse/product.asp?productid=725652' target='_blank'>World War 1 In Colour</a>
It was really good and quite surreal to see all of this footage in colour. They'd done quite an amazing job colourising all the footage; for any historical buffs I'd recommend you track down a copy of this documentary.
*EDIT* I highly doubt colour photography was such in World War 1 that they could take photos like that. I think these photos have been manipulated the same way the video footage in the documentary was. It's still quite impressive
I don't know if these images are "fake" or not, but I agree with the sentiment that seeing them in colour looks pretty freaky. There's just something wierd about seeing colour pictures of something you've only seen in black and white.
<!--QuoteBegin-0blique+Mar 2 2005, 03:10 AM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (0blique @ Mar 2 2005, 03:10 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> I don't know if these images are "fake" or not, but I agree with the sentiment that seeing them in colour looks pretty freaky. There's just something wierd about seeing colour pictures of something you've only seen in black and white. <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd--> I completly agree. It looks like they're having halloween or something.
The real scary thing it that in some parts of europe the houses and surroundings look exactly like those on the photos. Belgium for example has quite a lot of such areas.
<!--QuoteBegin-CommunistWithAGun+Mar 1 2005, 08:05 AM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (CommunistWithAGun @ Mar 1 2005, 08:05 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> They still left me with a distinct feeling of creepyness for some odd reason. Nice find... <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd--> I gotta agree, this is pretty neat. If it is real, its a good way to view ww1 times with a diffrent perspective
<!--QuoteBegin-X Stickman+Mar 1 2005, 05:46 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (X Stickman @ Mar 1 2005, 05:46 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> There was a series in England a while ago (I say England but it must have been broadcast in other countries) that took a load of WW2 footage and colourised it, so maybe the same was just done with these WW1 photos and the description is wrong? (Snopes shows how pictures can be true with a false caption all the time). <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd--> if im thinking of the same one it shows it on the history channel "the color of war"
Fantastic find. I think my fave pic is the old men in uniform in a line... can anyone tell what ranks they are (if any, I'm not savvy with this kind of thing)?
<!--QuoteBegin-Tyrain+Mar 1 2005, 09:21 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (Tyrain @ Mar 1 2005, 09:21 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> <!--QuoteBegin-0blique+Mar 2 2005, 03:10 AM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (0blique @ Mar 2 2005, 03:10 AM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> I don't know if these images are "fake" or not, but I agree with the sentiment that seeing them in colour looks pretty freaky. There's just something wierd about seeing colour pictures of something you've only seen in black and white. <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd--> I completly agree. It looks like they're having halloween or something.
The real scary thing it that in some parts of europe the houses and surroundings look exactly like those on the photos. Belgium for example has quite a lot of such areas. <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd--> My theory is that there is a certain point in history, maybe not a solid line, where you imagine everything before that to simply be black and white, as that's all you've ever seen of it.
It's more surreal because a B&W picture is a much less personal picture than one in color, and it crosses a personal line of familiarity, thus causing a rift where you say "what the heck? that's not supposed to be there!"
These pictures are awesome. I doubt that they are faked. Its really cool to see these in color from a different angle than we normally saw it. However I'm sure they were <i>photoshoped,</i> as all these movies that are on the WW2 sites have some clearly faked parts as well as the same footaged played "reversed" (to give the .. "illusion" of seeing it from the other side, such as the P-38's dropping the bombs is just the same clip only reversed), but they also have some real bits in there. I think its a mixture of it all. Some of the photos are photoshopped, they might be faked, but some arent.
<!--QuoteBegin-AlienCow+Mar 1 2005, 03:59 PM--></div><table border='0' align='center' width='95%' cellpadding='3' cellspacing='1'><tr><td><b>QUOTE</b> (AlienCow @ Mar 1 2005, 03:59 PM)</td></tr><tr><td id='QUOTE'><!--QuoteEBegin--> <img src='http://www.bigdandbubba.com/images/sap01_ca000547_p.jpg' border='0' alt='user posted image' /> The enclosed version of the aforementioned toilet proved far more popular, queues often stretched for miles through the trenches, as soldiers waited patiently for the opportunity to use this masterpiece.
Sorry. <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd--> You can tell thats a real shot from the "ghosting" effect of the men standing in line. The camera took so darn long to take the pictures causing that, and thats probably why you didnt see any color combat photos, it would all be a blurr. They didnt have high enough speed color film.
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plz expand on this rather than just saying "fake omg"
That picture of, I think, St. Petersburg with the tri-color filters is cool though, and makes sense why it could be so in-depth - and expensive.
The site makes the process sound a whole lot harder than what it really is.
The site makes the process sound a whole lot harder than what it really is. <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
I just meant on the basis that you'd need to buy 3 plates to get one picture (plus a 4th plate for a completed image), which is a lot of work compared to one plate that accepts all 3 base colors.
<img src='http://www.bigdandbubba.com/images/sap01_ca000577_p.jpg' border='0' alt='user posted image' />
The 'Urinal-Francais' of 1916 was an outstanding technological achievement of the French during this period of warfare. Without it, countless men would have had their privacy invaded (along with their country).
<!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
Maybe its the guy in the dress <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
They're surgeons. It's a smock to keep the blood off of their clothes.
The enclosed version of the aforementioned toilet proved far more popular, queues often stretched for miles through the trenches, as soldiers waited patiently for the opportunity to use this masterpiece.
Sorry.
I didn't know they'd invented color yet. <!--emo&;)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/wink-fix.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='wink-fix.gif' /><!--endemo-->
Psst... person above me... too many stars. <!--emo&;)--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/wink-fix.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='wink-fix.gif' /><!--endemo--> <!--QuoteEnd--></td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'><!--QuoteEEnd-->
there can never be too many stars in that flag.................
more on topic: very nice find, and i think i know the answer to why soldiers died like mice in that war: blue uniforms :o <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
heh it seems so strange (well when compaired to nowadays) to see all those guys running around in those plain blue uniforms.
and that last bottom pic reminds me of the back of that bombed out church in dod_avalanch for some reason.
As for whether these are fake or not, I dunno. I doubt it for some reason.
there is a chinese foreman in those pics. amazed. old empires in color
They took 3 B&W photos using R, G & B filters. <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
Darn it! I wanted to do that I got the link and everything before I clicked the thread <!--emo&:angry:--><img src='http://www.unknownworlds.com/forums/html/emoticons/mad-fix.gif' border='0' style='vertical-align:middle' alt='mad-fix.gif' /><!--endemo-->
It was really good and quite surreal to see all of this footage in colour. They'd done quite an amazing job colourising all the footage; for any historical buffs I'd recommend you track down a copy of this documentary.
*EDIT* I highly doubt colour photography was such in World War 1 that they could take photos like that. I think these photos have been manipulated the same way the video footage in the documentary was. It's still quite impressive
I completly agree. It looks like they're having halloween or something.
The real scary thing it that in some parts of europe the houses and surroundings look exactly like those on the photos. Belgium for example has quite a lot of such areas.
I gotta agree, this is pretty neat. If it is real, its a good way to view ww1 times with a diffrent perspective
Now I just gotta get the chills out of my back XD
if im thinking of the same one it shows it on the history channel "the color of war"
/me wants a cane
I completly agree. It looks like they're having halloween or something.
The real scary thing it that in some parts of europe the houses and surroundings look exactly like those on the photos. Belgium for example has quite a lot of such areas. <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
My theory is that there is a certain point in history, maybe not a solid line, where you imagine everything before that to simply be black and white, as that's all you've ever seen of it.
It's more surreal because a B&W picture is a much less personal picture than one in color, and it crosses a personal line of familiarity, thus causing a rift where you say "what the heck? that's not supposed to be there!"
The enclosed version of the aforementioned toilet proved far more popular, queues often stretched for miles through the trenches, as soldiers waited patiently for the opportunity to use this masterpiece.
Sorry. <!--QuoteEnd--> </td></tr></table><div class='postcolor'> <!--QuoteEEnd-->
You can tell thats a real shot from the "ghosting" effect of the men standing in line. The camera took so darn long to take the pictures causing that, and thats probably why you didnt see any color combat photos, it would all be a blurr. They didnt have high enough speed color film.