Leningrad then and now photos

[George MC]

http://biertijd.com/mediaplayer/?itemid=13744

Interesting set of images with morphed images from the seige superimposed on present day images.

[George MC]

http://biertijd.com/mediaplayer/?itemid=13744

[Der Alte Fritz]

Stunning, heart wrenching photos. Some of them have a real ghosts from the past feel about them.

And the work to make them is incredible, you have to get your old photograph, identify exactly the location from which it was taken, GO THERE, get yourself all lined up, take the photo, go home, photoshop it for half an hour and there you go. Allow a couple of hours a photo.

This is a great site if you have not seen it before. Many are not original but colourised but none the worse for that.

cheers

[huhr]

do they have any pictures of Stalingrad?

nice photos

[Der Alte Fritz]

Sorry it ate my link:

http://www.ww2incolor.com/

[Heinrich505]

Amazing photos. DAF, you are right about the ghostly effect the melding of the photos has. Some of the "then" photos are quite famous, and when put into the present in this fashion it makes for a fantastic effect.

Heinrich505

[Huron]

Indeed, the effect is some strangely haunted and haunting pictures, especially those with dead bodies or the children milling through the streets. I kept waiting for that picture with the lonesome Red Army soldier staring down at the victims of an artillrry barrage or the one where people have dug up the frozen ground and are queing for drinking water. Maybe they couldn't locate the exact spots where those pictures were taken, though.

Now I'm just waiting to see who'll make the first comment about those other, ahem, interesting pictures on the Biertijd site... :-)

[cinacchi]

amazin job! The merging between old and new building is just perfect: this mean a perfect job during the shooting phase. They are just incredible. Thanks for sharing.

[ravells]

Absolutely stunning! Thanks for posting the link!