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09/09/2010 12:14:38 PM · #1 |
The ORIGINAL RGB technique :-)
Photographer Sergei Mikhailovich Prokudin-Gorskii (1863-1944) undertook a photographic survey of the Russian Empire with the support of Tsar Nicholas II. He used a specialized camera to capture three black and white images in fairly quick succession, using red, green and blue filters, allowing them to later be recombined and projected with filtered lanterns to show near true color images. The high quality of the images, combined with the bright colors, make it difficult for viewers to believe that they are looking 100 years back in time - when these photographs were taken, neither the Russian Revolution nor World War I had yet begun. |
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09/09/2010 01:18:16 PM · #2 |
| Wow. Just...wow. Thanks for the link, truly amazing stuff. |
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09/09/2010 04:00:30 PM · #3 |
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09/09/2010 04:06:13 PM · #4 |
| Very interesting and amazing quality photos from 100 years ago. This is the same technique used in Astrophotography using a superCCD camera which shoots true B&W. As with the photos in the post, three photos are taken using red, green and blue filters, these are then stacked to form the finished astrophoto. The results are so much better than those taken using a colour/greyscale DSLR or CCD camera. |
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09/09/2010 08:18:16 PM · #5 |
Couple past threads relating to this... I think there are couple more too.
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09/09/2010 08:56:21 PM · #6 |
| Wow amazing photos! Some could even win ribbons on DPC! #32 must be an ancestor of Orlando Bloom. :) |
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09/09/2010 09:01:01 PM · #7 |
| I love these pictures -- the detail and the colors always amaze me. They are worth looking at again and again. |
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09/10/2010 11:52:56 AM · #8 |
Originally posted by robinssong:
Wow amazing photos! Some could even win ribbons on DPC! #32 must be an ancestor of Orlando Bloom. :) |
Can anyone tell me what he's carrying in those vials, or what looks like vials, in his coat pockets along his chest?
A cookie for the one who tells me first. I have no idea. I thought maybe ammunition but no rifles in sight in any of the pics. Vodka vials? ;) |
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09/10/2010 12:23:16 PM · #9 |
Originally posted by SteveJ:
Very interesting and amazing quality photos from 100 years ago. This is the same technique used in Astrophotography using a superCCD camera which shoots true B&W. As with the photos in the post, three photos are taken using red, green and blue filters, these are then stacked to form the finished astrophoto. The results are so much better than those taken using a colour/greyscale DSLR or CCD camera. |
I've often wondered if taking 3 photos with a digital SLR, using RG&B filters and then combining them in PS would create a better photo ... I just haven't taken the time to experiment.
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09/10/2010 04:16:04 PM · #10 |
Originally posted by fotomann_forever:
Originally posted by SteveJ:
Very interesting and amazing quality photos from 100 years ago. This is the same technique used in Astrophotography using a superCCD camera which shoots true B&W. As with the photos in the post, three photos are taken using red, green and blue filters, these are then stacked to form the finished astrophoto. The results are so much better than those taken using a colour/greyscale DSLR or CCD camera. |
I've often wondered if taking 3 photos with a digital SLR, using RG&B filters and then combining them in PS would create a better photo ... I just haven't taken the time to experiment. |
It may well work? The problem is that DSLRs are not true B&W cameras like the CCD cameras are. DSLRs are either colour RGB or desaturated Greyscale so they do not capture the correct data, but to most people the photos done the way you suggest would look pretty good. May well be worth you giving it a try one night:)) |
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09/10/2010 04:25:32 PM · #11 |
Originally posted by kirbic:
Couple past threads relating to this... I think there are couple more too.
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The short term memory DPC has explains a lot.
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09/10/2010 04:54:40 PM · #12 |
Originally posted by yanko:
Originally posted by kirbic:
Couple past threads relating to this... I think there are couple more too.
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The short term memory DPC has explains a lot. |
Short term memory? What if the two last posters of the link didn't see the first thread?
ooooo look at that water drop.... :D |
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09/10/2010 05:35:55 PM · #13 |
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09/10/2010 06:18:47 PM · #14 |
| its amazing how color affects your interpretation of history. |
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09/10/2010 06:22:43 PM · #15 |
Originally posted by mike_311:
its amazing how color affects your interpretation of history. |
Excellent point. |
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