The Skyway, November 1961
It's time to visit the RESTORATION CORNER again. As I explained once before, I have a small lot of slides that turned various shades of red and pink. But I saved them, hoping that I might be able to restore the color, through the magic of Photoshop. Today's examples turned out especially well!
This unrestored view is unpleasant to gaze upon, there's no denying it. All that gross orangey-pink! But you can see that there is still some color information remaining, so it's (hopefully) not a lost cause.
And hey, what do you know! Now it looks pretty great! As always, I see things that I might have done differently, but at some point you just have to pronounce the thing "DONE". It's nice to see some blues, greens, and yellows. I particularly like this composition, with the Skyway gondola in the upper left, a Casey Jr. train below, and the Skyway Chalet to the right - the photo must have been taken from the poop deck (heh heh) of the Chicken of the Sea Pirate Ship.
Speaking of the Skyway, here's another photo that has turned a revolting shade of magenta that makes me want to do crime.
Say! That's much better. I wonder if the people in the green bucket are friends or family, or if they just happen to be looking directly at us. I'm pleased with the color now, but noticed that Screechy's plumage is usually a lovely blue, yet it appears gray here. I blame society.
3 comments:
Major-
'Restoration Corner' - is that near Restoration Hardware-? (I do hope it's not as overpriced as Restoration Hardware, though...)
The 1st image is lovely, including [what I'm assuming is] a partial re-growth on the berm behind the Living Desert, following the previous year's upgrade; a uniformed DL Police Officer; and something I hadn't noticed before - Casey Junior's own loudspeaker - another Altec 31A sectoral horn, "powered" by a 730B driver, thru a 27A throat attachment-! (Now you know the secrets to creating the sounds of the original Fantasyland right in your own backyard-!)
Those people in the green bucket are 'looking directly at us' while they triangulate the best geometry for spitting directly on our heads-!
Thanks Major, for another visit down to 'Restoration Corner'.
OOooh, more dramatic 'before & afters'!
Wow! This one cleaned up REAL good! It's got its Sunday-go-to-meetin' colors on. So many good things in this photo. I have half a notion to save it to my Disney Stuff folder... So I will!
Those Alpine hills look awfully sparse... lots and lots of dirt! Looks more like 1956 than 1961. And what is that watery tunnel? It looks like Monstro should be stuck in there, but it's not the right location; Casey Jr. doesn't pass in front of Monstro!... And Monstro isn't that close to the Skyway Chalet.
Maybe this is Screechy's molting period, and that's why his plumage is so blah. Or, it's society's fault, like you said. Looks like the green bucket lady is hanging on to the center cable. We can see a smidgen of the Autopia lettering below Screechy.
Major, thanks for Earthifying these salmon-pink Martian pics.
@ JB-
"And what is that watery tunnel?"
THAT is the NW end 'turn' of the Storybook Land waterway... You must visit it again soon, to refresh your memory of the intertwining areas of Casey Jr. and Storybook Land.
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