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Miss Elizabeth Zolnay, colorized
Submitted by ban_sidhe on Tue, 10/27/2009 - 10:56am.
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This is one of my favorite pictures on the site (so far). The scruffy dog and Miss Elizabeth's Mona Lisa smile really make the picture. View full size.
Fredric Falcon and Call 911
Submitted by ban_sidhe on Sun, 11/01/2009 - 2:20am.
Fredric Falcon: Thanks much! I've got a few more, but don't want to bombard the site with them all at once. My first choice to submit was my version of Dorothea Lange's Migrant Mother, but someone beat me to that one.
And I've never been quite happy with Miss Elizabeth's hair color, actually.
Call 911 (and Dave): LOL about the grapefruit. Honestly though, I can't make that object be a grapefruit. It looks like a metal bowl to me.
Call 911
Submitted by Anonymous Tipster on Fri, 10/30/2009 - 11:53am.
Why did you make her grapefruit black?
[Maybe it was broiled. Or is it some kind of melon? - Dave]
Excellent colorizing
Submitted by Fredric Falcon on Fri, 10/30/2009 - 3:17am.
I'm impressed by your fine attention to the smallest details and the color choices are natural. I might have chosen another color for her hair, though. But overall it's a fine addition to the Shorpy collection of colorized images.
Are you doing any more?
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