Amazing Colorized IJN Photos

[Q-Ball]

I ran accross a Japanese blog that has many digitally colorized photos of IJN ships. It's a little fake, and I wish I could read Japanese to surf around more, but some of the products are amazing. Just one example, a colorized Fuso is attached. Here is the link:

//blog.livedoor.jp/irootoko_jr/

[Q-Ball]

Another one:



Many of the photos I recognize as famous shots. Seeing them in color is pretty mind boggling.

[Q-Ball]

Pretty amazing detail on some of them, this a side shot of CL Jintsu:



I could keep going, there are better ones on the blog. Not sure how this was done, but you have to check it out.

[deanver]

Got any carriers?

[Q-Ball]

Ok, here is one of Kaga I like, but I don't want to post more and hog the thread. You have to check out the link in first post:

[deanver]

Japanese carriers have always looked odd to me.

[Elouda]

These are stunning. Ive seen a few of them before, like the one of the 1928 era Kaga.

This one is definately one of the most impressive.

[m10bob]

Very nice!..Thank you.

[patrickl]

Amazing! [&o][&o] Thanks for the link.

[cantona2]

Though some of the pics get repeated you do get some brilliant colourised photos there

[John 3rd]

Wow...
 

[BrucePowers]

Very nice....

[Apollo11]

ORIGINAL: Q-Ball

I ran accross a Japanese blog that has many digitally colorized photos of IJN ships. It's a little fake, and I wish I could read Japanese to surf around more, but some of the products are amazing. Just one example, a colorized Fuso is attached. Here is the link:

//blog.livedoor.jp/irootoko_jr/

Thanks - nice find!


Leo "Apollo11"

[lineartube]

Wow.. whole different war(s) but there it is the CSS Stonewall

[wdolson]

ORIGINAL: lineartube

Wow.. whole different war(s) but there it is the CSS Stonewall

History of the Stomewall: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CSS_Stonewall

Bill

[madgamer2]

might be because they were built on the hull of a different ship class. That might be why they look like someone took a large knife and sliced all the super structure from the ship and put a deck in its place. One thing for sure they don't have the grace of the American carriers.

Madgamer

[Q-Ball]

Spent the last hour thumbing through, lot's o good stuff!

[wdolson]

ORIGINAL: madgamer

might be because they were built on the hull of a different ship class. That might be why they look like someone took a large knife and sliced all the super structure from the ship and put a deck in its place. One thing for sure they don't have the grace of the American carriers.

Madgamer

Japanese carriers had very small islands, or in some cases, no island. It makes the proportions look odd, like a big husky guy with a small head.

BTW, these pictures are very nice. A few do look a bit odd, but most look like they were originally in color. Whoever is doing the colorization is doing an excellent job.

Bill

[Anthropoid]

Hey what's the story with that one that Elouda posted of the big ship on fire next to land? Was it at port and getting attacked?

[Elouda]

Its battleship Ise, on the 24th July 1945, at Ondo Seto (between Kure and Kurahashijima), under attack by aircraft from the USS Ranger.