Before & After: Keifer

[Mike Serpa]

• Title: Gen. J. Warren Keifer
• Date Created/Published: [between 1860 and 1865]
• Medium: 1 negative : glass, wet collodion.
• Reproduction Number: LC-DIG-cwpbh-03243 (digital file from original neg.)
• Rights Advisory: No known restrictions on publication.

 

[7th Mississippi Infantry]

Fantastic job.

 

[Bonny Blue Flag]

Holy cow! Very nice work.

--BBF

 

[reading48]

Nice.....

 

[Nathanb1]

Mike the Miracle Worker.

 

[John Winn]

That's a mighty fine job.

 

[28thNewYork]

Very nice work. The original was not very well composed, with a lot of "empty" space on the left and top. I wonder how re-cropping it to eliminated some of that (and also bringing the right margin in closer to the left hand) would look ?

 

[Union_Buff]

Amazing job Mike!

 

[Mike Serpa]

Mike the Miracle Worker.

No, no, no.

 

[Nathanb1]

No, no, no.

Okay. Magic Mike, then.

 

[Mike Serpa]

Okay. Magic Mike, then.

lol

 

[Mike Serpa]

That's a mighty fine job.

Thanks. Here are Doubleday and Dix from many months ago.

 

[Mike Serpa]

Very nice work. The original was not very well composed, with a lot of "empty" space on the left and top. I wonder how re-cropping it to eliminated some of that (and also bringing the right margin in closer to the left hand) would look ?

Something like this?

 

[BlueGrayBlood]

Amazing
With the right tools, patience and an artful talent
You have captured an era long ago
BGB

 

[Mike Serpa]

Amazing
With the right tools, patience and an artful talent
You have captured an era long ago
BGB

Thanks. I try to imagine what it might have looked like new. Then, hopefully, recreate what I imagine.

 

[godofredus]

This is a great foto, made me want to look him up: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._Warren_Keifer

Quite a guy, but in the pic it looks like he is missing a leg, and there is nothing about that in the bio....
We sure we got the right guy?

 

[John Hartwell]

This is a great foto, made me want to look him up: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J._Warren_Keifer

Quite a guy, but in the pic it looks like he is missing a leg, and there is nothing about that in the bio....
We sure we got the right guy?

No missing leg, just the right leg crossed over the left (the image is reversed, so it looks like left leg over right).
Really great job, Mike.

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[Mike Serpa]

No missing leg, just the right leg crossed over the left (the image is reversed, so it looks like left leg over right).
Really great job, Mike.

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Thanks. Yes, his legs are crossed.

 

[Robert Gray]

A print made from the original negative while it was still intact.

 

[Mike Serpa]

A print made from the original negative while it was still intact.View attachment 35277

This would have saved me a whole bunch of time!! Ugggh. Do you mind if I steal it?