Re:Russia in color, a century ago
by 001sky on Saturday September 08, 2012 @08:41PM
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So long as the recording and reproduction processes are faithful to the colors present in the original image
The faithfulnees is at the monochrome level. The recomposition, if done digitally, is impacted by the scanner, the working colour space, and the output colour space. color chemistry has unique set[1] properties (eg polaroid) while digital has far more flexibility [2]. From there is more a question of style than authenticty per-se.[3]
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[1] The colour is set once, and by the chemists. Kodachrome will not look like Velvia will not look like Polaroid, etc. You can digitally mimic these looks, however. As instagram has shown, to good effect.
[2] Non-destructive 16 bit editing, various colour spaces, etc etc.
[3] We have limited idea what colours look like on Mars, etc
The faithfulnees is at the monochrome level. The recomposition, if done digitally, is impacted by the scanner, the working colour space, and the output colour space. color chemistry has unique set[1] properties (eg polaroid) while digital has far more flexibility [2]. From there is more a question of style than authenticty per-se.[3]
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[1] The colour is set once, and by the chemists. Kodachrome will not look like Velvia will not look like Polaroid, etc. You can digitally mimic these looks, however. As instagram has shown, to good effect.
[2] Non-destructive 16 bit editing, various colour spaces, etc etc.
[3] We have limited idea what colours look like on Mars, etc