Page 1 of 1

Old photos of mother in law roadsters

Posted: Tue Mar 28, 2023 9:11 pm
by Herb Iffrig
model T roadster.JPG
Model  T mother in law seat roadster.JPG

Re: Old photos of mother in law roadsters

Posted: Tue Mar 28, 2023 9:24 pm
by Distagon2
So let's see if I am getting any better at early brass car identification. I say the top photo is 1911-early 1912. Am I close?

Attached are some quick and dirty photoshop corrections of those great pictures.

Re: Old photos of mother in law roadsters

Posted: Tue Mar 28, 2023 9:32 pm
by Norman Kling
How do you do that, Herb? You took a faded picture and made it look like new.
Norm

Re: Old photos of mother in law roadsters

Posted: Tue Mar 28, 2023 10:24 pm
by Distagon2
I used Photoshop. These pictures interest me since I am working on a 1912 Commercial Roadster with the mother-in-law seat. I have been a photographer since I was 14 (I am 67 now) and have spent hours and hours in darkrooms, etc. I know the "old school" photography well including the chemistry. What happens to these old photos is that the image may fade due to improper fixing (dissolving of silver salts in sodium hyposulfite) or incomplete washing of the print after the fixing process. Photoshop is a God-send when you have to restore old, damaged photos. You can use the pre-sets in the software to 'Enhance Image" and then "Sharpen." I also changed the color cast using this software to look more normal as a black and white print.

While I have plenty of digital cameras, I don't enjoy them as much as my old mechanical Leicas and Hasselblads. Something about the old feeling of using film and the magical chemistry that goes with it. Yes, digital is far more convenient and by far more economical, but I cling to my old film cameras and use them once in a while. Probably for the same reason I still have two Model T's. For just getting around, I drive my 2021 vehicle but for a thrill, I use the old obsolete iron.