Restored picture of Enterprise first arrival

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Had some free time...



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[Mike J.]

OMG, is that a Plymouth Fury back there?

Nice job on the photo. Care to list, generally, what you did?


-MJ

 

[spockboy]

OMG, is that a Plymouth Fury back there?
Nice job on the photo. Care to list, generally, what you did?

Thanks Mike

-I removed over a hundred little speckles and scratches.
-Altered the color, (a lot of 1960's pictures have a red sheen over them)
-Altered the shadows and highlights ( a lot of the whites were blown out and pink)
-Lastly I filled in the rough edges of the picture.

I wish I had a very hi rez scan of the original photo so I could go to town on it. I think the Smithsonian has a lot of the original negatives.

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[rbeach84]

Great explanation, S.B.

If the Smitty has the originals, perhaps they could provide you with a scan of the negs or prints - especially if you show them what you've done with what you have! ;^)

All they can say is 'no'!

Cheers - Robert

 

[spockboy]

Great explanation, S.B.

If the Smitty has the originals, perhaps they could provide you with a scan of the negs or prints - especially if you show them what you've done with what you have! ;^)

All they can say is 'no'!

Cheers - Robert

Thanks!
That's true but I wouldn't know who to contact to get the negative.
Maybe someone here does.

 

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Got this one from alensatemybuick over at the RPF so I restored it as well.


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[Avanaut]

I like this photograph, I like it very much. Excellent job with the cleanup!

I just ran into a couple of versions of this photograph online. In the photograph on the right (according to this web page): Richard Datin, Vern Sion, Mel Keys and Volmer Jensen. But it seems to be a merge of the photos on the left and in the middle. This may be commonly known amongst the true connoisseurs, but I found this interesting. I wonder where the one on the right first showed up.

 

[spockboy]

I like this photograph, I like it very much. Excellent job with the cleanup!

I just ran into a couple of versions of this photograph online. In the photograph on the right (according to this web page): Richard Datin, Vern Sion, Mel Keys and Volmer Jensen. But it seems to be a merge of the photos on the left and in the middle. This may be commonly known amongst the true connoisseurs, but I found this interesting. I wonder where the one on the right first showed up.

http://i1166.photobucket.com/albums/q614/Avanaut/Enterprise_zpsk61ntit4.jpg

Hey I think you're right. Maybe the Smithsonian wanted a pic with everyone involved in the same picture.
Makes sense.
Good catch!


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[Treadwell]

No, it was done years ago. The text in the corner is up front about it.

 

[spockboy]

No, it was done years ago. The text in the corner is up front about it.

What text?
The text in the corner of the picture talks about what the ship is made of, nothing about who is in the picture.

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[Treadwell]

Oh, sorry, I couldn't read it on this copy. I've seen one posted by the guy who photoshopped it who had text on it (or under it) that explained he did that just for fun, to have all the creators together.

 

[spockboy]

Cool.
That was a good idea on his part.

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[rbeach84]

It certainly appears they were all there at the same time, but swapped 'photographer' duties to make sure everyone was in the pictures. The length of the shadows in the background kind of make that obvious.

The guy who altered the pic did a good job with the foot of the fellow on the left since it wasn't visible in the original image. Only glitch I see is he didn't match the heights correctly (he made the additional guy too short...)

R/ Robert