Painting out the sky
Posted: Sat Sep 24, 2016 8:41 pm
I have several photographic cards where the producer has painted out the sky, following the skyline and painting round trees, chimneys etc quite coarsely when looked at closely. This would be to lighten grey skies. The worst offender of the cards I have is WHA - eg
http://rthcards.co.uk/fullsize.html?img ... 0WHA%20651, but also other cards.
A WHA card currently on ebay of Chiswick Eyot, WHA 651 (item 152251516644) is even more bizarre.
Maybe this stems from Young & Co as it occurs on what looks like a Young's card:
http://rthcards.co.uk/fullsize.html?img ... )%20SM%201.
I have an old glass plate negative which actually has had this done to it, in black paint on the emulsion side.
Was this a geneal practice?
http://rthcards.co.uk/fullsize.html?img ... 0WHA%20651, but also other cards.
A WHA card currently on ebay of Chiswick Eyot, WHA 651 (item 152251516644) is even more bizarre.
Maybe this stems from Young & Co as it occurs on what looks like a Young's card:
http://rthcards.co.uk/fullsize.html?img ... )%20SM%201.
I have an old glass plate negative which actually has had this done to it, in black paint on the emulsion side.
Was this a geneal practice?