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11 hours ago, Shamus O'Sean said:

Looks great, but the give-away is the sharpness of focus.  An original photo back in the day may have been sharp, but they seem to blur a little with age.  Or is that an effect added to make them appear old?

I have had a fair bit to do with Photo enhancements & it is a never ending story as it all starts with the type of file, what it's converted to, which program is used & your intention of what you want to achieve, there are so many ways to sharpen, blur a photo & many other things you can do to make it appear older including Sepia or Black & White. I have restored, enhanced many old photos some even taken from the Hotel wall, probably been there for 50-100 years & there are many ways to manipulate them. 

It is just as much fun starting with a modern SLR camera & taking a high resolution shot & then playing around in Photoshop to completely change it's appearance & make it look older.

One of my favourite photos is the Carlton Clydesdale Horses outside some of the famous old Victorian Hotels, sadly they are now all retired.

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On 3/9/2021 at 9:57 PM, Shamus O'Sean said:

Looks great, but the give-away is the sharpness of focus.  An original photo back in the day may have been sharp, but they seem to blur a little with age.  Or is that an effect added to make them appear old?

Just a little softness added mate, looks a bit older now.  Some of the pics from years gone by are pin sharp depending on what format they were taken on. I'm sure storage and time plays a huge role in how they've aged. 

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On 3/6/2021 at 5:01 PM, Hilltop hops said:

Not as vintage as those but have a 1980 Mazda RX7, been collecting dust for a few years. Kids, work etc.20201231_081057.thumb.jpg.a594cd112c40a13d227f2c303674c5a0.jpg

I have something very similar in my garage. I'm talking about the piles of junk stacked on shelves of course. 😁😁

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7 hours ago, MUZZY said:

I have something very similar in my garage. I'm talking about the piles of junk stacked on shelves of course. 😁😁

Well Muzzy as you I do not have a Vintage Car in my garage simply because I do not have a garage, the good thing is there is no junk either 😕

But I do have a storeroom full of stuff, well junk.

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9 hours ago, MUZZY said:

I have something very similar in my garage. I'm talking about the piles of junk stacked on shelves of course. 😁😁

You have SHELVES? 😄 

I have shelves... in boxes waiting for me to put them up so I can put junk on them. 😄

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