Comments on: Oh, Color!

Oh, Color!

Lockeownzj00 — Mon, 31 Oct 2005 18:56:15 -0800

From abstract artistic applications to the history of pigments, color has lots splainin' to do. For example, who put color in my World War I photos?! (insert Michael Jackson joke here)

By: SteelyDuran

SteelyDuran — Mon, 31 Oct 2005 23:26:55 -0800

No, no. Leave out the Michael Jackson joke. Instead, use the time you save to head over and see The Empire That Was Russia, in which Sergei Mikhailovich Prokudin-Gorskii makes absolutely delicious color photos. It's been posted here before, but it's worth viewing again because it's a true delight.

By: elgilito

elgilito — Tue, 01 Nov 2005 03:31:05 -0800

One amazing thing with the Prokudin-Gorskii plates is that one can search the collection for interesting-looking images and do the job using Photoshop or any editor able to mix the red, green and blue layer. Straightforward, but still magical.