Russia – Color photos dating from 1905 to 1915

Steve Hix

Jul 30, 2004

In article ,
(Igor Sklar) wrote:

[snip]

All these color photos were taken by Sergei Prokudin-Gorskii (1863-1944). See http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/empire/ for details.

Great pictures! What process was he using, btw?

Crownfield

Jul 30, 2004

Steve Hix wrote:

In article ,
(Igor Sklar) wrote:

[snip]

All these color photos were taken by Sergei Prokudin-Gorskii (1863-1944). See http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/empire/ for details.

Great pictures! What process was he using, btw?

check on the site:

http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/empire/making.html

Bob

Jul 30, 2004

"Steve Hix" wrote in message

In article ,
(Igor Sklar) wrote:

[snip]

All these color photos were taken by Sergei Prokudin-Gorskii (1863-1944). See http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/empire/ for details.

Great pictures! What process was he using, btw?

you should check out the link .. it is very interesting… he used glass plates, taking 3 exposures for each picture, and using a red, then blue, then green filter for each shot, so he got a photo of each channel, and then combined the images back out using a device called a "magic lantern" that had a red, blue and green light each focused through the image, converging at the same spot on a screen, to create a full color slide show back in 1910 or whatever…amazing!

Bob

no.email

Jul 30, 2004

In article , (Igor Sklar) wrote:

All these color photos were taken by Sergei Prokudin-Gorskii (1863-1944). See http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/empire/ for details.

Absolutely incredible!

DK

JJS

Jul 30, 2004

In article ,

(Igor Sklar) wrote:

All these color photos were taken by Sergei Prokudin-Gorskii (1863-1944). See http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/empire/ for details.

People who think a 3-shot digital back is so wonderful should look at that site. Here we are today duplicating the same effort, just to Be Digital.

Steve Hix

Jul 30, 2004

In article
wrote:

Steve Hix wrote:

In article ,
(Igor Sklar) wrote:

[snip]

All these color photos were taken by Sergei Prokudin-Gorskii (1863-1944). See http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/empire/ for details.

Great pictures! What process was he using, btw?

check on the site:

http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/empire/making.html

Ah! Thanks.

Great results, and not just for 1913.

bagal

Jul 30, 2004

Thank you for these Igor

What a wonderul series of images
At first I could not believe it

With much gratitude

Arts

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All these color photos were taken by Sergei Prokudin-Gorskii (1863-1944). See http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/empire/ for details.

Mike Russell

Jul 30, 2004

In article ,
(Igor Sklar) wrote:

All these color photos were taken by Sergei Prokudin-Gorskii (1863-1944). See http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/empire/ for details.

I love these pictures. If you want to experiment with putting them together yourself, here’s a tutorial:

http://geigy.2y.net/ColorSeps/Default.htm
—

Mike Russell
www.curvemeister.com
www.geigy.2y.net

Wayne J

Jul 30, 2004

"Steve Hix" wrote in message

In article ,
(Igor Sklar) wrote:

[snip]

All these color photos were taken by Sergei Prokudin-Gorskii (1863-1944). See http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/empire/ for details.

Great pictures! What process was he using, btw?

I notice some unacceptable purple fringing at
http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/empire/images/p87-5006.jpg
I guess some things never change.

Wayne

Crownfield

Jul 30, 2004

Wayne J wrote:

"Steve Hix" wrote in message

In article ,
(Igor Sklar) wrote:

[snip]

All these color photos were taken by Sergei Prokudin-Gorskii (1863-1944). See http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/empire/ for details.

Great pictures! What process was he using, btw?

I notice some unacceptable purple fringing at
http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/empire/images/p87-5006.jpg
I guess some things never change.

i bet that the pole moved. note the effect in the water. the top of the pole moved between exposures.

Wayne

Terry Hollis

Jul 31, 2004

"Crownfield" wrote in message

Wayne J wrote:

"Steve Hix" wrote in message

In article ,
(Igor Sklar) wrote:

[snip]

All these color photos were taken by Sergei Prokudin-Gorskii (1863-1944). See http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/empire/ for details.

Great pictures! What process was he using, btw?

I notice some unacceptable purple fringing at
http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/empire/images/p87-5006.jpg
I guess some things never change.

i bet that the pole moved. note the effect in the water. the top of the pole moved between exposures.

Wayne

The discoloration is caused by the waves on the water moving between the separate exposures.

—
Regards – Terry Hollis, Auckland, New Zealand

replace "nospam" with "terry.hollis" to reply

PhAnTOmaS

Jul 31, 2004

FUCK!!! that shit rocks!!!!
really, really good.

"Igor Sklar" escribi

sklar2002

Aug 3, 2004

Thank you for these Igor

What a wonderul series of images
At first I could not believe it

With much gratitude

Arts

bagal

Aug 3, 2004

Dobri Igor

Arts

"Igor Sklar" wrote in message

Hello,

I found some more links for your pleasure:

A bridge in the Urals (1910):
http://img.photosight.ru/2004/08/03/571627.jpg

Breakfast in the field (1909):
http://img.photosight.ru/2004/04/14/460720.jpg

A peasant woman at work (1910):
http://img.photosight.ru/2004/05/18/493555.jpg

Hermitage in the wood (1912):
http://img.photosight.ru/2004/03/29/446320.jpg

Seashore of Georgia (1912):
http://img.photosight.ru/2004/04/12/458576.jpg

An Armenian woman (1912):
http://img.photosight.ru/2004/04/12/458611.jpg

People of Samarkand (1909):
http://img.photosight.ru/2004/04/16/462612.jpg

Samarkand beggars (1909):
http://img.photosight.ru/2004/04/15/461646.jpg

A lynx in the Cherdyn museum (1910):
http://img.photosight.ru/2004/03/26/444160.jpg

Still life with a yellow rose (1914):
http://img.photosight.ru/2004/06/22/530065.jpg

The complete series are available at
http://www.prokudin-gorsky.ru/database.php3?first=0

regards

"Arty Phacting" wrote in message

news:<z5zOc.1148$>…

Thank you for these Igor

What a wonderul series of images
At first I could not believe it

With much gratitude

Arts

Mark Dunn

Aug 3, 2004

I assume they’re Autochromes. Stunning. Almost unbelievable. Arty Phacting wrote in message

Dobri Igor

Arts

"Igor Sklar" wrote in message

Hello,

I found some more links for your pleasure:

A bridge in the Urals (1910):
http://img.photosight.ru/2004/08/03/571627.jpg

Breakfast in the field (1909):
http://img.photosight.ru/2004/04/14/460720.jpg

A peasant woman at work (1910):
http://img.photosight.ru/2004/05/18/493555.jpg

Hermitage in the wood (1912):
http://img.photosight.ru/2004/03/29/446320.jpg

Seashore of Georgia (1912):
http://img.photosight.ru/2004/04/12/458576.jpg

An Armenian woman (1912):
http://img.photosight.ru/2004/04/12/458611.jpg

People of Samarkand (1909):
http://img.photosight.ru/2004/04/16/462612.jpg

Samarkand beggars (1909):
http://img.photosight.ru/2004/04/15/461646.jpg

A lynx in the Cherdyn museum (1910):
http://img.photosight.ru/2004/03/26/444160.jpg

Still life with a yellow rose (1914):
http://img.photosight.ru/2004/06/22/530065.jpg

The complete series are available at
http://www.prokudin-gorsky.ru/database.php3?first=0

regards

"Arty Phacting" wrote in message
news:<z5zOc.1148$>…

Thank you for these Igor

What a wonderul series of images
At first I could not believe it

With much gratitude

Arts

Mike Russell

Aug 3, 2004

The color images are made from three separately filtered and exposed plates. —

Mike Russell
www.curvemeister.com
www.geigy.2y.net

Mark Dunn wrote:

I assume they’re Autochromes. Stunning. Almost unbelievable. Arty Phacting wrote in message

Dobri Igor

Arts

"Igor Sklar" wrote in message

Hello,

I found some more links for your pleasure:

A bridge in the Urals (1910):
http://img.photosight.ru/2004/08/03/571627.jpg

Breakfast in the field (1909):
http://img.photosight.ru/2004/04/14/460720.jpg

A peasant woman at work (1910):
http://img.photosight.ru/2004/05/18/493555.jpg

Hermitage in the wood (1912):
http://img.photosight.ru/2004/03/29/446320.jpg

Seashore of Georgia (1912):
http://img.photosight.ru/2004/04/12/458576.jpg

An Armenian woman (1912):
http://img.photosight.ru/2004/04/12/458611.jpg

People of Samarkand (1909):
http://img.photosight.ru/2004/04/16/462612.jpg

Samarkand beggars (1909):
http://img.photosight.ru/2004/04/15/461646.jpg

A lynx in the Cherdyn museum (1910):
http://img.photosight.ru/2004/03/26/444160.jpg

Still life with a yellow rose (1914):
http://img.photosight.ru/2004/06/22/530065.jpg

The complete series are available at
http://www.prokudin-gorsky.ru/database.php3?first=0

regards

"Arty Phacting" wrote in message
news:<z5zOc.1148$>…

Thank you for these Igor

What a wonderul series of images
At first I could not believe it

With much gratitude

Arts

JJS

Aug 3, 2004

"Mike Russell" wrote in message

The color images are made from three separately filtered and exposed

plates.

Indeed, good old RGB. 🙂 Like the 3-shot digital backs of today. Funny how we are starting all over.

TP

Aug 3, 2004

"jjs" wrote:

Indeed, good old RGB. 🙂 Like the 3-shot digital backs of today. Funny how we are starting all over.

In fact, that is really no surprise, as the Laws of Physics have remained unchanged.

😉

JJS

Aug 3, 2004

"TP" wrote in message

"jjs" wrote:

Indeed, good old RGB. 🙂 Like the 3-shot digital backs of today. Funny

how

we are starting all over.

In fact, that is really no surprise, as the Laws of Physics have remained unchanged.

So you say! Time goes by faster and gravity pulls stronger now than it did 60 years ago… but I guess you had to be there. 🙂 (olde pharte jokes are pathetic, ain’t they?)

Actually, it’s a comment on the present state of some digital capture approaches, specifically the 3-pass back. Somehow I find it hard to believe people find merit in the things.

Back to PS!

Bernie

Aug 4, 2004

On Fri, 30 Jul 2004 18:40:56 GMT, "Bob" wrote:

"Steve Hix" wrote in message

In article ,
(Igor Sklar) wrote:

[snip]

All these color photos were taken by Sergei Prokudin-Gorskii (1863-1944). See http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/empire/ for details.

Great pictures! What process was he using, btw?

you should check out the link .. it is very interesting… he used glass plates, taking 3 exposures for each picture, and using a red, then blue, then green filter for each shot, so he got a photo of each channel, and then combined the images back out using a device called a "magic lantern" that had a red, blue and green light each focused through the image, converging at the same spot on a screen, to create a full color slide show back in 1910 or whatever…amazing!

Bob

For the record, the technique is almost a 150 years old. The first man to do this James Clark Maxwell–of Maxwell’s equations fame. He projected a color image of a ribbon in 1861 before a large audience at the Royal Institute in London.

The idea lanquished until the beginning of the 20th century, mainly because the emulsions used in the 19th century were insensitive to green and almost totally insensitive to red.

jpc

lostinspace

Aug 4, 2004

The Library of Congress American Memory section has some superb photo’s by Sergei Mikhailovich Prokudin-Gorskii
"The Empire That Was Russia"

http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/empire/

richardsfault

Aug 4, 2004

Is that not in principle similar to Kodachrome?
———————————————————— ——————

Some people claim that there’s a woman to blame, but I think it’s all…

Richard’s fault!

Visit the Sounds of the cul-de-sac at www.richardsfault.com

Kulvinder Singh Matharu

Aug 5, 2004

On 30 Jul 2004 10:15:15 -0700, (Igor Sklar)
wrote:

[snip]

All these color photos were taken by Sergei Prokudin-Gorskii (1863-1944). See http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/empire/ for details.

Thanks for the link. Those are truly wonderful photographs…it brought the past a little bit closer to us.

—
Kulvinder Singh Matharu
Website : www.metalvortex.com
Contact : www.metalvortex.com/form/form.htm

"It ain’t Coca Cola, it’s rice" – The Clash

Mark Weaver

Aug 5, 2004

"Kulvinder Singh Matharu" wrote in message

On 30 Jul 2004 10:15:15 -0700, (Igor Sklar)
wrote:

[snip]

All these color photos were taken by Sergei Prokudin-Gorskii (1863-1944). See http://www.loc.gov/exhibits/empire/ for details.

Thanks for the link. Those are truly wonderful photographs…it brought the past a little bit closer to us.

Yes–very cool. The image quality is amazing for 100 year old images. Thanks.

Mark

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