B-24E (Liberator) Bombers – 1943
I love Shorpy.com and whenever a really interesting image appears, I love to try and do something unique with it. This image is called Avenging Angels 1943 and is of the Assembly Plant that was in Michigan and it was a huge facility. I love seeing the woman looking at the engine and another in the front center window – very busy people in this place! Check out the comments for some really interesting information.
Since the original is a black and white image, First I ran the image through Lucis Pro to really sharped the edges of the image. I wanted to add a little color so a Gradient Map Adjustment Layer with purples and blues set Soft Light blend mode and a Color Lookup Table Adjustment Layer using my Sharply Dark LUT at 86% layer opacity. Painted in some lightening and darkening using Sam Peterson’s brush and technique (see my Fun Photoshop Blog – A Few Photoshop and Lightroom Tips and Tricks-Step 2). Last step was to add a Black and White Adjustment Layer set to Luminosity blend mode and setting the Blues and Cyans to get a good contrast. …..Digital Lady Syd
Before Walmart
Just enjoyed taking this image from Shorpy.com (click to see original B&W image) and converting it into a colorized image. Loved the sign that shows all the items offered, definitely a precursor to Walmart. Also loved the silhouette sitting outside the store. Had to straighten the image using the Camera Raw Filter’s Geometry panel. The wires were removed – I wanted to leave them in, but the original image did not show the wires strong enough to see them in the colorized image. In Topaz Studio 2 my “Look” for colorizing was used (for more information see on see How to Convert Black and White Images to Colorful Paintings with Topaz Studio 2 blog – links to other blogs on this site) and made a few changes to fit this image – this is where the real fun begins. Back in Photoshop a little clean up was done and a sky with the PS’s new Sky Replacement function was added – the clouds were taken from my backyard around noon. Finished off with Topaz (see sidebar for website link) ReStyle (using the Zambezi Zest preset) to get the right color grading effect to the image. Check out Shorpy’s for lots of fun pix to colorize…..Digital Lady Syd
