Vintage

[hamlet]

Just testing, tweaking and experimenting with different techniques and styles in post.

Poof oude wereld by miranfoto, on Flickr

Poof oude wereld by miranfoto, on Flickr

 

[KenC]

Interesting concept. I think the cracks look like ceramic cracks instead of paper tears/cracks. I'm not sure if this was your intent, but I sort of got stuck on it.

 

[hamlet]

I just thought it looked good. I think what you say makes sense, i can go back and change this at will. Thanks for the input.

 

[hamlet]

I made some adjustments

edit: made some additional changes to make it look more realistic. This is not easy to get that authentic look

 

[sleist]

Not a fan of this type of processing myself. I find it to be gimmicky and generally unflattering to the original photo.
Just my 2 cents.

 

[snowbear]

Of the two, I prefer the first one. I think the contrast is better.

 

[hamlet]

Of the two, I prefer the first one. I think he contrast is better.

I find that these types of photos look more washed out because of either how it was made or because of the photos age, so i removed a lot of contrast to duplicate that. But its a work in progress, i'll take all critique to hart and hope i can improve on what i'm doing.

 

[snowbear]

I prefer a higher contrast than that if the second photo, but you need to edit them to please yourself. Thanks for posting them.

 

[KenC]

The edit certainly comes closer to replicating the "vintage photo" look, but I agree with others about the contrast - more, but not as much as the first. I like the fold lines.

 

[hamlet]

Thank you. I bumped up the contrast and put that little fold in there. Though the fold looks too clean, it is a step closer to that worn old picture that was kept in a wallet and exposed to all the elements and constant bombardments of the suns radiation. Now i have a starting point from which to create more of these.