GRAPHIC Confederates in color

[USS ALASKA]

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...ates-colour-Rare-images-bloody-Civil-War.html

"The photographs were carefully colorized by Mads Madsen, from Horsens, Denmark.

He spent between 12 to 14 hours colorizing the pictures of the dead men at Dunker Church and Antietam alone."

USS ALASKA

 

[Zuzah]

Say my name two more times and I'll appear.

 

[Seduzal]

Beautiful work. The colors really make the photos come alive. Thanks for sharing.

 

[Patrick H]

I will probably disappoint many when I say I am not impressed with these images. In the first place, I'd much rather just see a black and white image cleaned up and optimized. That's a personal preference. But I see what I believe are very glaring oversights here, too. For example, look at the dead Confederate with his rifle. Look at the butt of his rifle stock. It's colorized brown, as if it had no steel butt plate. I am reasonably sure this boy's rifle had a butt plate that the color artist misinterpreted.

 

[thomas aagaard]

I believe the butt plate should be brass... not steel?

 

[Patrick H]

I believe the butt plate should be brass... not steel?

I don't know enough about these old weapons to say for sure, but I think it's a fairly sure guess that the butt was not bare wood. On the other hand, I have a quail hunting buddy who broke the hard rubber butt plate of his shotgun some years ago and he hunts with the bare wood exposed on his gun. My friend has removed the screws from the butt of his gun. Getting back to this Confederate soldier, I suppose this poor dead kid could have done the same, but I doubt it. No screw holes visible, etc. I think this is poor (or maybe I should say uninformed) colorization.

 

[Zuzah]

I will probably disappoint many when I say I am not impressed with these images. In the first place, I'd much rather just see a black and white image cleaned up and optimized. That's a personal preference. But I see what I believe are very glaring oversights here, too. For example, look at the dead Confederate with his rifle. Look at the butt of his rifle stock. It's colorized brown, as if it had no steel butt plate. I am reasonably sure this boy's rifle had a butt plate that the color artist misinterpreted.

It's very poor quality, and it was done in an unfortunate rush to finish the last few images for the magazine's deadline, so I had no real time to really double-check details.

If you look in the original, there's really no distinction between the two materials - you can't tell where the buttstock ends, and the buttplate begins.

 

[Patrick H]

It's very poor quality, and it was done in an unfortunate rush to finish the last few images for the magazine's deadline, so I had no real time to really double-check details.

If you look in the original, there's really no distinction between the two materials - you can't tell where the buttstock ends, and the buttplate begins.

I have seen plenty of high quality work from you, and I know these images don't represent the usual quality of your work.

 

[Zuzah]

I have seen plenty of high quality work from you, and I know these images don't represent the usual quality of your work.

Good to know! It was also a number of years ago, I've gotten (marginally) better since then

 

[mofederal]

Still an interesting thread. I still enjoyed it. Thank you.

 

[wilber6150]

Good to know! It was also a number of years ago, I've gotten (marginally) better since then

Hey, long time hows it going, first time on this site in a while and I see you popped up to0 lol

 

[WJC]

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...ates-colour-Rare-images-bloody-Civil-War.html

"The photographs were carefully colorized by Mads Madsen, from Horsens, Denmark.

He spent between 12 to 14 hours colorizing the pictures of the dead men at Dunker Church and Antietam alone."

USS ALASKA

Thanks for posting this article. The colorized photos, when they are posted from time to time, are a favorite.
As to those who occasionally criticize them, none of us was there. None of us knows every detail. So often it is up to the artist to make choices when 'filling in the blanks'. They may not be perfect, but they certainly enable us to become far more engaged with the people and scenes portrayed.
Keep them coming!

 

[Zuzah]

Hey, long time hows it going, first time on this site in a while and I see you popped up to0 lol

Hey again Wilber, how have you been? I'm good, working on a documentary right now actually!

 

[wilber6150]

Hey again Wilber, how have you been? I'm good, working on a documentary right now actually!

Not bad, took a change in career path to focus on family and give myself time to enjoy life and actually work on some images again lol Congrats on documentary, whats it about

 

[Zuzah]

Not bad, took a change in career path to focus on family and give myself time to enjoy life and actually work on some images again lol Congrats on documentary, whats it about

It's a documentary about Tesla as a matter of fact, not fun colorizing his trunks and the hotel rooms he stayed in.

What did you switch to?

 

[wilber6150]

It's a documentary about Tesla as a matter of fact, not fun colorizing his trunks and the hotel rooms he stayed in.

What did you switch to?

just went from salaried to a hourly position, no more 80 90 hour weeks lol