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Hi Quenyan
Just spent about an hour to come-up with what I will call an "Artistique rendering in colourization." This Daguerrotype probably dates from around circa 1845.
I have always admired the Daguerrotype as the best of all despite the fact that it was the 2nd earliest photographic process which followed having the image developed on pewter. Held just right so that the image can be seen (because of the shine of the silver) reveals exquisite detail unlike anything else. The later Tin Type of course was far easier to look at from any angle, but the process was different and the fine detail had been lost a bit.
Well, hope you can enjoy a bit of my "artistic liberty" as seen here complete with a bun. (Now all is longhair related.)
Justin~
Yes, amazingly enough, Justin, despite the fact that daguerrotypes are such "primitive" photographs, meaning that they're such an early form of photography (the second wave of the technology, had you infered?), they do render an exact resolution of their subjects, oft times even unattainable with the proliferation of today's Internet Age high tech gadgetry. It's a pleasure ta see your having taken the liberty to add color to the sepiatone of the day.
What you mentioned that I DID NOT know, is that there are PEWTER daguerrotypes that have the power to better capture their subjects, as in the one here. Whoa. I only knew of the tin ones and the glass ones. Just think how many that've been lost to us.
Fortunately, as my paternal grandfather and a brother of his, who was the travelling Vaudeville era "Cowboy Ventriloquist", Budd Lorraine, had been in the antiques business (there shoppe, in Sag Harbor, Long Island, was called The Sea Chest, due to its mostly maritime themed inventory) had many of these wonderful historical gems of photography, the daguerrotype.
Thank you for your mutual interest with and intrigue of these relics, Justin. The possibilities of colorisation are, quite literally, endless. Keep us dazzled. I applaude your efforts.
Oh! BTW, couldja send me that sing-songy poem, worthy of being set to music, about the imp who regretted his shorn locks, before once again scampering off into the wood anew? May your many talents ever florish. Mine will.
With a keen eye and ear AND in longhaired camaraderie,
El Quenyan in Underhill's Crossing
Yes, for whatever reason, the daguerrotype could capture the most amazing detail that even a camera of today would be hard- pressed to accomplish. The sepia photograph you refer to came much later, (Circa 1880's) and was made of paper which was glued to a card. (Cabinet cards they were called.) The very early beginning in the 1830's daguerrotype was like looking at a mirror and had to be tilted just right to see the image.
Actually, Pewter did not last long at all, but it was upon pewter that the very first successful photograph was made which is just about impossible to know what one is looking at. Probably only a handful of these remain as they were the 1st experiments.
I am sure he has seen many a fantastic image of olde through the years.
Well, I don't know about being dazzled, but for myself it makes for a fun hobby of trying to take something over 150 years old and colour it, seeking to see the image as close as possible to what it may have looked-like had colour been invented. The one I showed could have been made to look more realistic, but I rather like messing around now a bit in an attempt to create a "Fantasie Artistique" outcome of the original. Thanks for the applause by the way.
Ha Ha Ha. I can knock out little poems with such ease and the one you refere to was long ago deleated. I just winged-it when I made that posting and thought nothing more of it.
El Justin, Presidente pour le Hyperboard.
Hello Everyone,
Daguerrotypes were the gadget du jour in the 1800's and were just as painstaking to have taken, as having a painting made of you. This meant sitting motionless for the long duration of the exposure.
This technique also has shown a few long-haired men from this time. The longest that was "fashionable" was shoulder-length, like in the movie "The Chocolate Factory"
Here is an example gleaned from the web.
Have a nice day,
Georges
example 1
Example 2
Now colourized and photo restored with just a little bit of artistic licence thrown-in.
that is just really awesome....
i am really impressed with u bunch =D