Faded Rainbow Ridge, 1950s

I scanned a small group of slides from the 1950s that were extremely faded; but I was pretty certain that a bit of Photoshoppin' could bring them back to something approximating their former glory. I'm fairly pleased with the results!

There's the little mining town of Rainbow Ridge - I suspect that the Rainbow Desert Mine Train had debuted not long before this picture was taken (from the decks of the Mark Twain). It feels like we need cataract surgery.

Ah! The surgery was a success. I much prefer that deep-blue sky. Upon viewing this adjusted version, I'm wondering if the Mine Train was, in fact, operational yet? There are no real signs of activity, and there is definitely not a line (notice the sign near the entrance to the queue - I have no idea what that says). There are two or three people who appear to be on the elevated platform - what can I say, I'm confused. I like seeing the pack mules in the lower left, and the Castle and Skyway to the right.

In this early view, I was hoping to get a clear glimpse of the little graveyard that was on the slope below the chapel (trees would obscure it pretty quickly). But... no such luck. There are no tiny tombstones or grave markers yet.

Next is this oddly-composed photo, a little closer to Rainbow Ridge. It looks as if somebody has ignited a bunch of smoke bombs. Probably teenagers!

The color is better - as is often the case, I could keep fussing with it forever. Reduce some magenta, now it's too cyan! Reduce some of the cyan, now it's too yellow! And so, at some point, I just had to make peace with the results, and watch some cartoons (you understand).