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Today I managed to negotiate some 'me' time and decided to take Dorothy for a run to a very small community out of Cairns. I picked up a friend of mine who needed to have a 'guys' chat and we took a leisurely drive together.

I took the opportunity to park Dorothy in front of the old hotel front in this town, liked the kind of 'art deco' facade, and took some photos.

I took the liberty of playing with one of the photos to 'age' it a little - she looks nice in them. I like the 'grainy' black and white one.

You gents may or may not be interested but thought I'd share. Unfortunately, I don't have a dog at the moment so there isn't a co-star such as the famous 'Cooper' to steal the scene!

Rob.

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Rob,

Please don't ever be shy about posting altered pics because although I'm not actively into it there are a number of folks here who love to experiment with different programs to create desired effects and your work just opened a number of doors for you. Someone posted here a year or two ago about a website or program that allows you to alter your photo to make it look really old in several ways and a lot of people became interested in it.

I'm probably with you on the grainy sepia rendition being the closest to looking authentic. #2 looks the sharpest but it also looks as though it just came out of an album, whereas #3 looks as though somebody carried it around for more than 60 years. There are probably a lot more of those that come from albums but the ones that get carried around are a symbol of caring and therefore more endearing. Yeah, I'll go with #3.

-Randy

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Rob,

Thanks for sharing the photos, they all look great.

My niece does lots of weddings as a photograper, she says that many of the bride and grooms want a certain portion of their wedding photos in either black and white or antiqued..

By the way, thanks for mentioning Cooper:)

Bob

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Rob,

The car looks great. I find it fascinating to see our old cars in different locations. Is the Aloomba Hotel still in operation?

Dave

Yes, it certainly is. There were a few patrons there at the time, you can just see some to the RHS of the first shot. Its the quintessential 'local' bar...

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Rob' date='

Thanks for sharing the photos, they all look great.

My niece does lots of weddings as a photograper, she says that many of the bride and grooms want a certain portion of their wedding photos in either black and white or antiqued..

By the way, thanks for mentioning Cooper:)

Bob[/quote']

Yes we had some of ours in B&W

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..Rob,Very nice photos of your car and the very exotic looking "Aloomba Hotel" :)

..and - the "Bizarro" humour almost made me choke on my coffee :D

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