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Orphanannie
June 23rd, 2007, 01:32 PM
Hi All,

This picture was taken of me in Toronto in 1970, at the Canadian National Exibition. I grew up training and showing horses in central NY as a teenager. My parents used to cart me all over NY, PA, NJ and Canada...... Too bad I had to grow up:(. This is my first colorizing, all comments and advice for the next project would be great.:)

http://www.pixentral.com/hosted/1ZxFLqI9JZYkFN7WFCMJYRXL0fAAwf_thumb.jpg (http://www.pixentral.com/show.php?picture=1ZxFLqI9JZYkFN7WFCMJYRXL0fAAwf)

http://www.pixentral.com/hosted/1GDWaAcDkfGp4qExy9HOYASx4A3r0_thumb.jpg (http://www.pixentral.com/show.php?picture=1GDWaAcDkfGp4qExy9HOYASx4A3r0)
Wendy
June 23rd, 2007, 05:11 PM
Hi Andrea ...

Oh you have done really well with that ... nice work !!

It looks good :)

Wendy
lindajay
June 23rd, 2007, 05:59 PM
First try?! You did great :-)
nolanc
June 23rd, 2007, 08:43 PM
Very Nice:)
kroberts
June 23rd, 2007, 09:02 PM
Great job!:) Looks like the original was in color!
NMarti
June 23rd, 2007, 10:02 PM
I think you did a great job. Really nice job on the skintones.
Orphanannie
June 23rd, 2007, 10:29 PM
Thanxs to you all for the comments, glad you liked it. It was fun doing it. I found this picture along with alot of other B/W in a box of my mothers pictures. Haven't sorted them out as of yet, but I know there are lots of techniques to use, we shall see whats next. The lasso tool is becoming my best friend!!!:)

Kim it really was a B/W. I can remember when my mother put it in an envelope and put it away. It has been in her box for 37 years. Most of her pictures are in pretty good shape.....
uniqcrafts
June 24th, 2007, 09:00 PM
What a great job for your first try. Way to go!
Orphanannie
June 24th, 2007, 09:10 PM
Thanxs Michelle,

Been looking in the "old box" and found a couple of more I would like to try different techniques on. Thanxs for the encouragement......
uniqcrafts
June 24th, 2007, 09:12 PM
Well you be sure and post more here so we can see your wonderful work. Love to look at the old pictures. I won't ever get tired of it.
vawitt
June 28th, 2007, 10:07 PM
If you had said "here is the original (color)...here's my first try at making it B&W, I would have believed you. Very nice!

~Val in breezy IL
Orphanannie
June 28th, 2007, 10:32 PM
Hi Val,

I'm a little confused!!!:confused::confused: Please respond as to what you mean.......
vawitt
June 28th, 2007, 11:32 PM
I meant that the colorizing looked so natural that the original photo could have been the one that was in color. :)

Hi Val,

I'm a little confused!!!:confused::confused: Please respond as to what you mean.......
CalamityJanet
June 29th, 2007, 05:34 AM
Wow, Andrea! Another great job! It sounds like you lived my dream childhood...I was crazy about anything to do with horses, but never given the opportunity to own one or take riding lessons.:( I spent many Saturday mornings watching "My Friend Flicka", "Fury", "Roy Rogers", etc. I never liked "The Lone Ranger" much, but I watched because of Silver. And on Sunday night there was "Bonanza"...Little Joe was cute but I liked his horse better!:)

I look forward to seeing what else is in that old box! I bet there's a lot of potential for some great collages/montages.
vawitt
June 29th, 2007, 11:10 AM
Janet - LOL on the "Little Joe and his horse" comment. I, too, was a horse crazy kid. I loved all of the Black Stallion books and just adored the movie when it came out - even though I was an adult by then.

Worth renting if you've never seen it.



Wow, Andrea! Another great job! It sounds like you lived my dream childhood...I was crazy about anything to do with horses, but never given the opportunity to own one or take riding lessons.:( I spent many Saturday mornings watching "My Friend Flicka", "Fury", "Roy Rogers", etc. I never liked "The Lone Ranger" much, but I watched because of Silver. And on Sunday night there was "Bonanza"...Little Joe was cute but I liked his horse better!:)

I look forward to seeing what else is in that old box! I bet there's a lot of potential for some great collages/montages.
CalamityJanet
June 29th, 2007, 11:51 AM
RENT "The Black Stallion"?!!!:eek: I OWN two different copies on DVD and one on VHS! When it hit the theatres in 1979(maybe?) I was 24 and saw it three times in the first week. The first 30 minutes is some of the most fascinating footage...no dialogue at all, beautiful cinematography and music. I wonder if it's beeg re-released in HD yet...just got a HD DVD player.
Orphanannie
June 29th, 2007, 04:14 PM
Hi,

Sorry for the delay in the Thank You dept. Got up this morning and had no Internet service. What a withdrawal that was, that was worse than having no coffee:). So now that I'm home from work I can get to it. Before doing anything like this before, you would see a picture that has been made over, and you would think to yourself " How do they do that ". Well now I know.... Not being a photographer, I really like this area. So glad there is a place where we can show others, what we did. I have learned so much these past couple of months, that it's mind blowing.

A Very Special Thanxs to Wendy and Butch, for getting me started with this tike. I posted this guy before and asked for help with him and both of them came to the rescue in style. Butch did alot of work on him also. Plus he wrote down everything he did.... That was very kind of him.

I look in other galleries and still, ask myself... How do they do that ???. I now can ask them.

I look forward to learning much, much more and someday will even be able to help someone as you all have helped me:):)
Orphanannie
June 29th, 2007, 04:18 PM
Hi All,

I posted a thank you in the wrong thread... How can I retract it and put it where it belongs........ Must be having another Blonde Moment:):mad:
Orphanannie
June 29th, 2007, 04:35 PM
Thanxs to all for the kind words and encouragement. This is alot of fun and all of you are the greatest.

Janet, I probably did live your child hood dream.... Not only did I train and showed professionally. I was very active in the 4-H, I taught others to ride. Taught Horse Husbandry and was a judge with my Dad amongst other things. Didn't have much time with the tele. Saturday mornings were spent cleaning the barn, giving baths to my guys for Sunday ( that was show day if we were going local ). It gave me great pleasure to do this. It wouldn't have been possible, if it weren't for my parents...... That part of my life I miss very much. The horse I won the most with was a sorrel colored American Quarter Horse, his name was Lena's Red. My parents bought him for me when I was 13 years old. I will dig out a picture of him soon and post it. Enough rambling, thanxs again for the compliment.:)
Punkinsmom
June 29th, 2007, 04:37 PM
Very nice job and good lookin horse, too!:)
PegPowell
June 29th, 2007, 07:01 PM
Years ago, my uncle did a lot of photography and my aunt did colorizing on the portraits. Oh, how much easier now. Wonderful job.
Orphanannie
June 29th, 2007, 08:35 PM
Thanxs so much Ladies,

Sherrie, His name was Eagle Eye H. Appaloosa stallion. He was not one of the ones my family owned. I was commissioned to ride and promote him for stud service. Back then it was not favored that young girls rode stallions. Never could understand this. He was very well behaved:)

Peggy, Tell me about it, this program is sooooo cool:D