Re: Aging a fraud-o-graph

John West Wrote:
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> I thought the combination of a small engine,
> vintage cars, wig wag, and the scene in general
> made this a good image to try a little fraudulent
> aging using some of the digital filters that are
> readily available. Some of the details I like are
> the low level switchstands, the light rail and
> unballasted track, dusty crossing, the gazebo, and
> the old buildings. The 315 is another good
> subject for this sort of things.
>
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> JBWX

John, well done. With a caveat or three, imagine this was taken by Alfred Stieglitz, Edward Weston or Ansel Adam, using a view camera. It would be sharp and it would have depth of field. It would not have crisp steam clouds; they would show movement (slow shutter speed). The cars appear to be from the late 20’s/ early 30’s and using that time frame does allow for a better image quality than say 20 years earlier, although I’m sure you’ve seen late 19th and early 20th photographs that had both good contrast and were tack sharp, I think the contrast of this image could be lower for a better look.
Just the personal thoughts of a ‘back seater’