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

mookiemookie · 07-31-10, 07:24 AM

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://sergey-larenkov.livejournal.com/

Schroeder · 07-31-10, 08:18 AM

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

Vladivostok · 07-31-10, 09:27 AM

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Originally Posted by Schroeder

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

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 · 07-31-10, 09:46 AM

OMG I love these pictures

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 · 07-31-10, 10:32 AM

Wow

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

August · 07-31-10, 01:08 PM

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Originally Posted by Schroeder

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

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 · 07-31-10, 02:56 PM

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

STEED · 07-31-10, 03:24 PM

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

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

razark · 07-31-10, 04:08 PM

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Originally Posted by August

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 · 07-31-10, 04:32 PM

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Originally Posted by razark

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 · 07-31-10, 05:05 PM

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Originally Posted by razark

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.

XabbaRus · 08-01-10, 04:03 AM

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 · 08-01-10, 08:43 AM

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Originally Posted by 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.

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 · 08-01-10, 10:41 AM

Nice idea - I like it.

Mike.

August · 08-01-10, 12:06 PM

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

07-31-10, 07:24 AM	#1
mookiemookie Navy Seal Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Houston, TX Posts: 9,404 Downloads: 105 Uploads: 1	Ever wonder what the place in that WW2 picture looks like today? 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://sergey-larenkov.livejournal.com/ __________________ They don’t think it be like it is, but it do. Want more U-boat Kaleun portraits for your SH3 Commander Profiles? Download the SH3 Commander Portrait Pack here.

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Schroeder Navy Seal Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Banana Republic of Germany Posts: 6,170 Downloads: 62 Uploads: 0	While this is interesting, I think I would have preferred to see both pictures unmerged next to each other. __________________ Putting Germ back into Germany.

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Weiss Pinguin Ocean Warrior Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Auburn, Alabama Posts: 3,333 Downloads: 101 Uploads: 0	Wow 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 __________________

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Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 190,473 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	Some great shots there...especially that tank going under the archway __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!!

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STEED Lucky Jack Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Down Town UK Posts: 27,695 Downloads: 89 Uploads: 48	If you want to see photos then and now this may interest some folk here. http://www.afterthebattle.com/index.html __________________ Dr Who rest in peace 1963-2017. To borrow Davros saying...I NAME YOU CHIBNALL THE DESTROYER OF DR WHO YOU KILLED IT!

07-31-10, 09:46 AM	#4
Betonov Navy Seal Join Date: May 2009 Location: Slovenia Posts: 8,647 Downloads: 26 Uploads: 0	OMG I love these pictures 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

08-01-10, 04:03 AM	#12
XabbaRus Navy Seal Join Date: Sep 2001 Posts: 5,330 Downloads: 5 Uploads: 0	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. __________________

08-01-10, 10:41 AM	#14
MGR1 Grey Wolf Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Aberdeen, Scotland, United Kingdom Posts: 980 Downloads: 252 Uploads: 0	Nice idea - I like it. Mike. __________________ "I am the battleship Jean Bart. This name originates from a certain 'respected' privateer... Yes? You want to know what privateers are? Hmph, they are pirates that rob openly under the banner of their country." Jean Bart from the mobile game Azur Lane.

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August Wayfaring Stranger Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Massachusetts Posts: 23,197 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	I tried making one myself. It's not that hard as long as both shots are close to the same angle. __________________ Flanked by life and the funeral pyre. Putting on a show for you to see.