Ever wonder what the place in that WW2 picture looks like today?

[mookiemookie]

Sometimes when I see old pictures of WW2, I imagine what the place in the photo looks like today. This is a blog that shows exactly that - the photographer goes to the exact spot where the old picture was taken and the melds the two together. Pretty awesome!

http://pics.livejournal.com/sergey_larenkov/pic/000608bd

http://sergey-larenkov.livejournal.com/

[Schroeder]

While this is interesting, I think I would have preferred to see both pictures unmerged next to each other. :hmm2:

[Vladivostok]

While this is interesting, I think I would have preferred to see both pictures unmerged next to each other. :hmm2:

I looked around but couldn't find it right now. Some guy(?) went along the western front and took pictures as comparison without merging them together. I'll see if I can dig 'em back up again.

[Betonov]

OMG I love these pictures :DL I'll have the one in the OP printed into a poster, will look good on the wall, very art-like

Great find, a lot of them are quite beautifully done, altrough some have to rough transition, could have looked better

The one with the train on the street is superb, like a ghost

[Weiss Pinguin]

Wow :o

I have to say, though, if I had those pictures I could do so much to blend them together... but what he's done is really cool :yep:

[August]

While this is interesting, I think I would have preferred to see both pictures unmerged next to each other. :hmm2:

Now I prefer to see them merged. The problem i always have with comparison pictures is that the perspective changes. Yeah it's the same landmark in the background but the angle isn't exactly the same so it gets difficult to place where individual things actually were.

This guy adjusts them so they are in sync with each other. That anti-tank gun in the 8th picture sat right there, two feet from what is now a curb. You could literally stand in their exact footsteps. That is very cool.

[Jimbuna]

Some great shots there...especially that tank going under the archway :yeah:

[STEED]

If you want to see photos then and now this may interest some folk here.

http://www.afterthebattle.com/index.html

[razark]

Now I prefer to see them merged. The problem i always have with comparison pictures is that the perspective changes. Yeah it's the same landmark in the background but the angle isn't exactly the same so it gets difficult to place where individual things actually were.

This guy adjusts them so they are in sync with each other. That anti-tank gun in the 8th picture sat right there, two feet from what is now a curb. You could literally stand in their exact footsteps. That is very cool.
I'd like to see the two pictures overlaid, and be able to switch between them to compare. That way you can see the detail in each picture, as well as compare then and now. Maybe a slider bar to adjust transparency?

[August]

I'd like to see the two pictures overlaid, and be able to switch between them to compare. That way you can see the detail in each picture, as well as compare then and now. Maybe a slider bar to adjust transparency?

Good thinking. I have a picture book of various Roman buildings then and now that uses overlays like that. They're all paintings though of course.

[Schroeder]

I'd like to see the two pictures overlaid, and be able to switch between them to compare. That way you can see the detail in each picture, as well as compare then and now. Maybe a slider bar to adjust transparency?
That's a cool idea.:DL

[XabbaRus]

I couldn't believe that there are some guys commenting on one blog that this was a rubbish use of photoshop.

I wish I could get larger images, ie able to print decently on A3 at work on our plotter.

Some would make great pictures if plotted onto canvas.

[August]

I couldn't believe that there are some guys commenting on one blog that this was a rubbish use of photoshop.

I wish I could get larger images, ie able to print decently on A3 at work on our plotter.

Some would make great pictures if plotted onto canvas.

Some to them are larger than the one Mookie posted in the OP. The one I mention above for example was so big that I had to take it out of my post, so you might find something suitable if you look.

[MGR1]

Nice idea - I like it.:up:

Mike.

[August]

I tried making one myself. It's not that hard as long as both shots are close to the same angle.

http://home.comcast.net/%7Erdsterling/pwpimages/arc-de-triomphe-picture.jpg

[Jimbuna]

That's a great effort :yeah:

[nikimcbee]

I had a book that did the same thing/idea, but with Civil War landmarks. They used pictures of reenactors though:o. IMO, it looked kinda silly, but neat idea though.

[August]

Here's another one I did that didn't come out too bad. I can see that you almost need to go out to the location with the historical picture and match the angles as much as possible.

If I had made the picture I'd have had the t-shirt guy stand two steps to his right as well. Sorry for the size of the picture.

http://home.comcast.net/%7Erdsterling/pwpimages/Devils_Den_Aug_1.jpg

[Schroeder]

Nicely done.:yeah:
I take that poor guy is from the civil war?

[August]

Nicely done.:yeah:
I take that poor guy is from the civil war?

Yes, that is a place called "Devils Den" from the Gettysburg battlefield in Pennsylvania.

[Schroeder]

Hard to believe that the pic is roughly 150 years old. Looks like the guy was hardly older than 20. :-?

[Penguin]

Here you can find photos from Normandy - after the allied landings and from today: http://acidcow.com/pics/3772-normandy_1944_then_and_now_204_pics.html
You can find some more on the website of this guy: http://www.6juin1944.com/album/thennow/index.php
On that page you can find more information about the time and place of the pictures - the other pictures/stuff there are also worth a look.

[Jimbuna]

Good links http://www.psionguild.org/forums/images/smilies/wolfsmilies/thumbsup.gif

[Weiss Pinguin]

Hard to believe that the pic is roughly 150 years old. Looks like the guy was hardly older than 20. :-?
Maybe not even :hmmm:

[August]

Here's a couple more I did last night.

http://home.comcast.net/%7Erdsterling/pwpimages/Canadians%20Normandy%201.jpg

http://home.comcast.net/%7Erdsterling/pwpimages/Paratroopers%20Normandy%201.jpg

[Weiss Pinguin]

Very cool :salute: Where were these taken?

[August]

Very cool :salute: Where were these taken?

Normandy.

[mookiemookie]

Looks like I may have started August on a new hobby. :03:

[Oberon]

Wow...pretty good stuff there August, I like the Normandy ones...and that Civil War picture is damn clear for its age.

[Jimbuna]

Looks like I may have started August on a new hobby. :03:

Looking at what he's created thus far makes him a natural in my eye :yeah::yep:

[Oberon]

Tried my hand at it...hard to match the angles isn't it?

EDIT: Dammit...sorry, I just realised I did the same pic as August...it's been one of those weeks :damn:

And one more I just did...not exactly a spot on spot for spot picture...but both taken at the same battlefield:

http://img46.imageshack.us/img46/9584/countryofpoppies.jpg

[Jimbuna]

Tried my hand at it...hard to match the angles isn't it?

EDIT: Dammit...sorry, I just realised I did the same pic as August...it's been one of those weeks :damn:

And one more I just did...not exactly a spot on spot for spot picture...but both taken at the same battlefield:

http://img46.imageshack.us/img46/9584/countryofpoppies.jpg

Blackadder? :DL

[Oberon]

Blackadder? :DL

T'was the inspiration...probably the most touching scene in a comedy that. :yep:

[Jimbuna]

T'was the inspiration...probably the most touching scene in a comedy that. :yep:

Without a shadow of a doubt :yep:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IJZsZ0bWTSw