Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2018/03/27
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]It also appears that two of the buildings were combined to form one facade. My thinking on the building heights is that more modern roofing surface were added On Tue, Mar 27, 2018 at 3:21 PM, Douglas Barry <imra at iol.ie> wrote: > Yes, it is, Sonny. > I'm up to my tits at the moment and am only skimming through images, but > curiosity drove me into the arms of Google streetview before I posted, and, > because there was an oddity to the place on that, I mentioned the reshoot > as I love images that contrast the old with the new. Seeing Jim's later > comment that the date numbers have been moved from one building to the > next, I realised the cause of the strangeness in the image is that the > fronts on some of the buildings have also been lowered - in addition to the > date relocation. Don't know why they did that, but the place looks better > in Jim's 1952 image. In photography the power of the fourth dimension - > time - is amazing. > > Any further backstory on that, Jim? > > Douglas > > > > On 27/03/2018 13:29, Sonny Carter via LUG wrote: > >> This looks like the same block: >> >> http://www.sonc.com/Aberdeen.jpg >> >> On Tue, Mar 27, 2018 at 5:39 AM, Douglas Barry <imra at iol.ie> wrote: >> >> A very nice trip in the time machine, Jim. Don't know whether you still >>> travel back there, but it would be interesting to see a contemporary >>> photo >>> from the same spot using a similar length lens. Google street view shows >>> it >>> but it's not the same. >>> >>> Douglas >>> >>> On 25/03/2018 17:23, Jim Nichols wrote: >>> >>> Nathan's recent B&W images set me to thinking about older images. With >>>> the tools available today, older scanned images can undergo considerable >>>> improvement. Here is a small town street scene from my home town, shot >>>> in >>>> 1952 with my Leica IIIa and 50/3.5 Elmar. Processed with LR and PS with >>>> help from Focus Magic and Neat image. >>>> >>>> http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/20100426-Commer >>>> ce+Street+Aberdeen+MS+52+orig.JPG.html >>>> >>>> Comments and critiques welcomed and appreciated. >>>> >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>> Leica Users Group. >>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >>> >>> >> >> > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > -- Regards, Sonny http://sonc.com/look/ Natchitoches, Louisiana 1714 Oldest Permanent Settlement in the Louisiana Purchase USA