OK'd Cars 3 (Colored)

I'm taking a stab at learning to colorize photos to look like old 50s

and 60s photos. For comparison's sake,

href="http://photo.net/photodb/photo?photo_id=6987443">HERE

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the original. I don't really know what I'm doing yet, so if you have

any pointers on technique, I'd appreciate them. Please visit

href="http://www.dmogalleries.com">www.dmogalleries.com

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Nothing I can tell you, because it already looks like you succeeded. The minute I opened this I thought it looked like a fifties postcard. Then I read your statement, and bingo. You've got it right.

Thanks, Dave. That's really encouraging.

I think you need to work on reducing the vignetting. I can do that with my RAW editor but I've not checked to see if the PS editor will also do it. I think the effect you've achieved is very good, but if you are looking for a postcard type of '50s image then you'll need to goose up the saturation on the blues much more.

Good tips. Thanks, Shawn.

I like your retro colored series. You did a good work, both in choosing a retro subject and then applying your "PS-magic". This one tends to have too much green IMO. I did pretty much the same work with my fake Polaroid folder - cropping pictures to squares and playing with color levels/saturation/blur, then adding a Polaroid frame. I would be interested to see more of yours. Best regards, Axel G.

Thanks for the feedback, Axel.

This happens to be one of my favorite Chicago signs and as you know there are many to choose from. There are also some good photos of this one over at http://www.flickr.com

 

I think the vignette adds a 50s box camera look. Maybe not so much of a postcard type image but retro looking for sure.

Thanks, Dennis. This sure is a great sign. I hope this place sticks around for a while, although I see that luxury condos are already creeping onto the block, so it can't last long.