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I've learned how to colorize B&W photos, so I've made the following up to now:
AETOS (1912)
SMS Seydlitz (WW1)
SMS Derfflinger (WW1)
KILKIS (1919, Smyrna)
ELLI (1920s)
RICHELIEU (1935)
ASHIGARA (1937)
VAINAMOINEN (1938)
ROMA (WW2)
USS ARCHERFISH (WW2)
USS TRENTON (1943)
I'm not as good as that Japanese website yet, but I think they are ok. I may make more periodically.
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| That is pretty cool. Nice work. |
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Pretty cool. I love WW2 color photos, I have a couple books full of them. Most of them tend to be aircraft, first because I love airplanes, and second because it seems the aircrews were most likely to have cameras capable of taking color photos. They bring a sense of realism to the era that I don't quite get with B&Ws. Thanks ND, can't wait to see more!
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Nice work! 
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that is amazing! i gives life to the pictures!
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Nice work, ND!
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As a part-time photographer I am not a big fan of colorizing B & W photos. But it looks like you are learning quickly. Some of the more brightly camouflaged ships would be interesting to see as they were freshly painted, but from what I have read the paints during WWII faded very quickly. Especially the blue tints like the US widely used. That is why the camouflage patterns are usually not very distinct in the photos.
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Wow! Amazing work. I hope you post more. These are beautiful. It really brings the ships to life. Reminds me of that country song, "You should have seen it in color."
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  nice work ND
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Nice job ND
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| Fri Feb 20, 2009 3:38 am |
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| weedsrock2 wrote: | | Some of the more brightly camouflaged ships would be interesting to see as they were freshly painted, but from what I have read the paints during WWII faded very quickly. Especially the blue tints like the US widely used. That is why the camouflage patterns are usually not very distinct in the photos. |
I like what you've done so far but agree with weedsrock2 that the camouflaged ships would be really cool to see. The nicely colored ones of course but even the black and white Kriegsmarine vessels. A nice shot of the Bismarck, the Admiral Hipper, etc.
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very nice. Got anything for Washington or Vainamoinen? 
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| Fri Feb 20, 2009 6:47 am |
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I'm not as good as needed to do the fancy camo ones, so until then, here's the Vainamoinen
Vainamoinen (1938)
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Beauty!
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Its kind of nice having the color to really make the ships 'pop' from the image. With BW things can tend to blend a lot (especially with those older photos). If you feel up for it NeuralD, care to take a pass at my lovely italian battleship?
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I think I'll add this as a contest in the forumini Olympics. Anyway, see you on Monday. Have a nice weekend.
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| Fri Feb 20, 2009 6:24 pm |
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If you're taking requests then I'd love for a new sigpic with a colorized Scharnhorst. But, I can always put that in the sigpic request area.
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Holy Shiza!
Great work!
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| cwfgamecast wrote: | | If you're taking requests then I'd love for a new sigpic with a colorized Scharnhorst. But, I can always put that in the sigpic request area. |
I'm afraid I can't really take request for these, because they are very time-consuming.
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I see some important mistakes with that ship. I'll try to find some time to fix them.
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