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"Alan Harding" |
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23 May 2007 11:07:38 AM |
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!00 years ago |
The first colour photographs are one hundred years old! In 1907, the
Lumiére brothers made their fortune by being the first to come out with
a colour film - Autochrome - based on dyed potato starch. Even on
newsprint, the photographs look pretty good.
And I still haven't got my cameras out.
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The opinions given above may be mine. They might also
just be what I feel like saying right now, okay?
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| User: "Franz Bestuchev" |
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| Title: Re: !00 years ago |
23 May 2007 06:52:35 PM |
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On 5/23/2007 10:07 AM, Alan Harding was all like:
The first colour photographs are one hundred years old! In 1907, the
Lumiére brothers made their fortune by being the first to come out with
a colour film - Autochrome - based on dyed potato starch. Even on
newsprint, the photographs look pretty good.
And I still haven't got my cameras out.
Here's a different way to do it, not with a single film...but instead 3
black and white exposures. The saturation amazes me.
http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/empire/
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| User: "Alan Harding" |
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| Title: Re: !00 years ago |
26 May 2007 10:10:34 AM |
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In message <5bk2dtF2tbre1U1@mid.individual.net>, Franz Bestuchev
<franz.bestuchev@gmail.com> writes
On 5/23/2007 10:07 AM, Alan Harding was all like:
The first colour photographs are one hundred years old! In 1907, the
Lumiére brothers made their fortune by being the first to come out
with a colour film - Autochrome - based on dyed potato starch. Even on
newsprint, the photographs look pretty good.
And I still haven't got my cameras out.
Here's a different way to do it, not with a single film...but instead 3
black and white exposures. The saturation amazes me.
http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/empire/
Good looking images, but a more complicated process, and only one user.
Not the Kodachrome of its day. :)
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The opinions given above may be mine. They might also
just be what I feel like saying right now, okay?
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| User: "neoholistic" |
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| Title: Re: !00 years ago |
24 May 2007 04:12:20 PM |
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On 24 mayo, 01:52, Franz Bestuchev <franz.bestuc...@gmail.com> wrote:
On 5/23/2007 10:07 AM, Alan Harding was all like:
The first colour photographs are one hundred years old! In 1907, the
Lumi=E9re brothers made their fortune by being the first to come out wi=
th
a colour film - Autochrome - based on dyed potato starch. Even on
newsprint, the photographs look pretty good.
And I still haven't got my cameras out.
Here's a different way to do it, not with a single film...but instead 3
black and white exposures. The saturation amazes me.
http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/empire/
AWESOME pictures, Franz! Thanx for posting this!
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| User: "neoholistic" |
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| Title: Re: !00 years ago |
24 May 2007 04:16:20 PM |
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On 23 mayo, 18:07, Alan Harding <A...@harding.demon.co.uk> wrote:
The first colour photographs are one hundred years old! In 1907, the
Lumi=E9re brothers made their fortune by being the first to come out with
a colour film - Autochrome - based on dyed potato starch. Even on
newsprint, the photographs look pretty good.
And I still haven't got my cameras out.
--
The opinions given above may be mine. They might also
just be what I feel like saying right now, okay?
Actually, someone managed to get at least one colour
photograph somewhere between the 1860's and 1880's. Probably
following a similar procedure to the one used in the pics
at Franz's link.
I've seen the pic, a countryside scene, rather banal. I just
wish I could remember where I saw it (and when it dates
from).
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| User: "Alan Harding" |
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| Title: Re: !00 years ago |
24 May 2007 05:09:16 PM |
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In message <1180041380.017342.172680@p47g2000hsd.googlegroups.com>,
neoholistic <neoholistic@hotmail.com> writes
x-no-archive: yes
On 23 mayo, 18:07, Alan Harding <A...@harding.demon.co.uk> wrote:
The first colour photographs are one hundred years old! In 1907, the
Lumiére brothers made their fortune by being the first to come out with
a colour film - Autochrome - based on dyed potato starch. Even on
newsprint, the photographs look pretty good.
And I still haven't got my cameras out.
Actually, someone managed to get at least one colour
photograph somewhere between the 1860's and 1880's. Probably
following a similar procedure to the one used in the pics
at Franz's link.
I've seen the pic, a countryside scene, rather banal. I just
wish I could remember where I saw it (and when it dates
from).
What the Lumiéres did was make it widely available - anyone could go out
and buy the plates. I have no idea what they cost relative to
orthochromatic plates, or what the developing process was, but it was
obviously practical.
--
The opinions given above may be mine. They might also
just be what I feel like saying right now, okay?
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