Re: NNG: Tennessee Valley Railroad Museum (photos)

John Bush Wrote:
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> I suspect the reason is to attempt to give the
> look of an old photo wether or not it is a
> phraudograph.
> Because the #168 here at the C&TS is being rebuilt
> to its 1915 appearance I am curious as to the
> possibilities of someone doing a comupter
> "colorization" to make the pictures look like hand
> tinted black and whites.
>
> John Bush
>

John,

The reason for me choosing B/W is not to attempt to fool anyone into thinking this is a photo from a prior generation. There is too much deviation in today's landscape to ever come close - lack of code lines and poles, missing trackside shanties and structures, roadbed too manicured, proximity of tress and vegetation to the right-of-way, modern day clothing, locomotives power washed.

When stripping away color from an image other elements become much more prevalent: shapes, textures, tones, lighting, shadow and highlights, contrast, composition. These are the details I key in on.

Matthew