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Wye Plantation Landscape (Colorized)
Submitted by Dennis Klassen on Sat, 06/30/2012 - 2:00am.
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Wye Plantation Landscape, Maryland. 1936. Colorized from Library of Congress photo by Frances Johnston. View full size.
Spectacular!
Submitted by ban_sidhe on Fri, 11/16/2012 - 3:12am.
This is simply gorgeous. So well done!
Re: Stunning Colourisation.
Submitted by DonW on Fri, 07/13/2012 - 2:39pm.
I agree with UKGEORGE's comment wholeheartedly. I personally think that Dennis Klassen's submissions continue to set the standard for those of us that practice the "verisimilitude" style of colorizing. I would add that for both those that enjoy viewing colorized photos and those that colorize photos that have not looked at all of his work submitted in the past then I would suggest clicking on his "Name" and then "Track" and enjoy. It was his "Set A Spell" that I first viewed as a new member that got me inspired/hooked on what has become a very enjoyable pastime.
Stunning colourisation
Submitted by UK George on Sat, 06/30/2012 - 4:34am.
Absolutely brilliant work, Dennis.
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