And staying with the Kelvedon and Tollesbury but thinking of Flaxfield, I think this turned out well.
Thx RobHi Chris,
I'm doing this on my phone via two apps.
Colourize free app does most of the work. You need to put up with rather annoying and very regular ads in the free version but it's tolerable. The app struggles with certain colours such as black or brown which can require a bit of work to correct, sometimes not wholly successfully.
I then use another free app which is Snapseed. I use this for all my photo editing. In this instance, I use it to enhance the detail and either increase or reduce the colour saturation, alter the brightness, shadows etc etc.
As I say, it's quite addictive.
Both are available via Google play.
Rob
Absolutely right, Dave. However, it's a technique which continued long after 1900. When I started working for Kodak in the 1960s the dyes were still available in sets - not that we ever sold very many!Interesting photo (the colourisation being the modern equivalent of what photographic studios were doing 120+ years ago with photo tinting .
I suspect this is Station Road, Tollesbury with the station on the left behind the trees. with the high ground in the background likely to be Hyde Farm just NNW of Great Wigborough. With Station Road being a minor road/lane leading to nowhere the chances are it did not warrant a Ministry of Transport (MoT) 'Crossing No Gates' road sign and left the the non-standard ungated level crossing warning sign - obviously erected by the railway.
However the MoT appeared to deem it necessary to erect a (reflective studded) speed derestriction sign between the crossing warning sign and the railway implying a built up area behind the photographer. At the date of the photo the national speed limit was 30 mph (48.2 kph) in built up areas with all other roads derestricted - not that many vehicles could manage today's national speed limit of 60 mph (96.5 kph) in 1947.
Absolutely tight, Dave. However, it's a technique which continued long after 1900. When I started working for Kodak in the 1960s the dyes were still available in sets - not that we ever sold very many!