Colorizing photos

[Torpedomaat]

just killing time

[Torpedomaat]

[Larrister]

Nice work!!

[Larrister]

Horch medium pkw, motorcycle, BMW and Mercedes Benz 170 V of 9 Pz. Division in Greece.

[Larrister]

Hi

My latest work. A pic from an Inf. Rgt. 154 album.

Cheers,
Larry

[Adrian Stevenson]

Hi Larry, I am impressed with the way you have varied the Feldgrau shade on different men's tunics. A very nice touch.

Cheers, Ade.

[esbit]

Larry,
have you done HG photos at all?
Dan

[Mark Mac]

Larry,

Another fantastic job!

[Larrister]

Thanks Ade and Mark, your compliments are appreciated.

Dan: I haven't coloured any HG photos yet.

Cheers
Larry

[Larrister]

Oberst Alexander von Pfuhlstein, cmdr. 58 Inf. Division.

[Tim DC]

Excellent work as usual Larry!
If you ever feel like running out of photos to colorise, just let me know

[i.spring]

i love how you did the yellow piping on the cap and the well balanced colour on the map they are reading, its always the little details thats compliment a job like this.
The only thing that i might do is, increase the saturation of the image by about 10 percent, drop down the lighting 5 percent, and sharpen once (using photoshop)
Hope this little advice helps.
Great work Larry !
Ian

[Larrister]

Hi Tim

Thankyou. I have many more photos to colourize.

Hi Ian,

Thankyou for the tips. I am still learning the art of colouring photos and your input is apreciated. I made the subtle changes as suggested to my photo and it definitely looks better.

Cheers

Larry

[mikel]

very nice

Larry and all

I like these photos very much, it really makes the images come alive!


How long does it take to colourise a photo?

and

How long did it take to get good at it?


Mike

[Larrister]

Hi Mike, It takes me a few days to colour a photo. It all depends on how much spare time I have. I started from scratch over a year and a half ago. Taught myself the basics, experimented a lot and made a lot of mistakes. Still learning and getting good tips from other forum members. Cheers, Larry