This week, no specified theme is given for Monochrome Madness. The next “official” challenge will be next week.
So I decided to present some pictures which had not a common theme, except the fact, that I „moved“ them in the times where the photos were put on negative film and developed in the darkroom. The negatives were enlarged onto paper and many different tonalities were tried out so that the images wouldn’t just be in shades of grey. Sepia or cyan toning, toning with black tea, and whatever else was tried. Today, it’s easier to achieve this look using image editing software. My photos were taken at various events that reflected a little of the atmosphere of the past, so I wanted to transport the images back to that era as well.
Two Mustangs. One can fly, the other can drive. And both are already a few decades old. Here they are, standing side by side at a vintage aircraft meet.
An old Harley and a not-quite-so-old Harley fan. Taken at the Route 66 Festival in Aarburg, Switzerland
This lorry was already old when I was still young. But I was lucky enough to see vehicles like this when I was a child, and whenever we went for a walk, my grandad would make me stop at every lorry so I could check whether it had a tow bar. This one obviously does.
A scene from a time when Germany was occupied by the Allies following the Second World War. Here, a US military policeman stops a German motorcyclist in a village. The scene is from a themed day at an open-air museum marking the liberation of Germany from the Nazi regime.
This photograph depicts a scene in Britain during the ”Battle of Britain”. It was taken in Duxford during a Battle of Britain commemorative event.
More of these pictures can be seen in the gallery
Some of these old ladies are still in working order and pull historic museum trains. Here they are lined up in front of the engine shed at the Bavarian Railway Museum in Nördlingen, Germany.
What are your thoughts on the issue of ‘artificial ageing’ of images? Should we depict reality as it is, or should we incorporate a touch of the atmosphere of the era portrayed?