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I saw a photography series recently "Digital Britain" or something similar and Joe Cornish took a shot of a costal town.

He took a photograph of the pier and had an old photograph taken 100 years before and tried to get the same shot.

I'd like to do this and wondered if anyone had done so before or there was another thread on this theme??

Cheers.
 
Urm there is a thread somewhere from a few years ago, in fact someone was really good at it just cant remember who

Here a bit alike, the new bridge put pay to the same view 1960s

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Fake Miniature Farm, Tilt Shift Technique botany bay Chorley lancashire by Just Daves Photos, on Flickr
 
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Don e a search from way back cant find them, 07 or 08

was something about

then and now sort of a challenge, and showing fab images from exact same place,

shame cant find it sure some long time TP member will remember them

he did a fab job almost identical
 
Les mclean has done some good ones - http://www.talkphotography.co.uk/forums/showthread.php?t=70563&highlight=otley - for example.

I have done some recently in my village, but they are not online. It is a fairly easy task if you know roughly where the photo was taken, the tricky part narrowing down the precise location and also trying to match the focal length. I found there was many old photos I couldnt replicate precisely as the lenses/cameras used produced some very odd foreshortning etc. It was fun trying though.
 
I actually went through a "then and now" phase!

Here's my effort. Folkestone Harbour in 1955.

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And same location two years ago.

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The reason why I chose that particular location is because it's a stone's throw away from my home. Sadly, the branch line and the harbour arm (used for Channel ferry crossings) itself are now disused but the fishing market part is still thriving.
 
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Ian D J said:
I actually went through a "then and now" phase!

Here's my effort. Folkestone Harbour in 1955.
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running double headed (two ex-GWR Collett 5700 pannier tank engines) because of the very steep 1 in 30 gradient out of Folkestone harbour.

Actually, that rather suggests the photo wasn't taken in 1955, as the 5700s replaced some elderly R1s in January 1959 and were themselves withdrawn at the end of 1961.

I'll get my anorak :)
 
I've done a few Then and Nows myself over the last year, reprising some photos I took as a teenager.

Manor Road, Wallington, Surrey: 1987 vs 2010



Stafford Road, Wallington, Surrey: 1982 vs 2010




Cowcross Street, London EC1: 1986 vs 2010 [N.B. fewer cars now!]

 
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And this one inspired by someone else's picture of a street near where I work.

Mill Street, London SE1: 1985 vs 2010 [1985 shot by David Buckley on Flickr]

 
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Had a pop at revisiting an old photo I took of Woodbridge Street, Clerkenwell yesterday.

19th April 1986 vs 7th August 2011

 
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Musicman said:
running double headed (two ex-GWR Collett 5700 pannier tank engines) because of the very steep 1 in 30 gradient out of Folkestone harbour.

Actually, that rather suggests the photo wasn't taken in 1955, as the 5700s replaced some elderly R1s in January 1959 and were themselves withdrawn at the end of 1961.

I'll get my anorak :)
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Ah but the leading one isn't a 57xx...:naughty:

Either way, they're a long way from home turf.

I'll get my anorak too!
 
We ran shots of this sort on a paper I used to work for. It was a really popular thread, particularly if there were identifiable people outside shops or wherever from years back. People would write in with memories of what the shop was like 50 (or more!) years back, even identify relatives.

Could be quite tricky getting the `now` shot, especially in places where traffic had increased from the odd horse and cart to a constant stream of hooting commuters. :eek:
 
this is really interesting, even the modern ones such as the then and now tsunami in japan can show a dramatic effect
 
I've never tried this, but I came across some photographs of the main street in Castle Douglas (small town about 3 miles from where I live) in HV Morton's book, "In search of Scotland". They were probably taken around 1930. If you stand at the top of the street, early in the morning before there are many cars about, you can see that it hasn't changed very much at all. A lot of the shops weren't there in the original photographs, but some of them are still in the same families.
 
Fantastic, I think its really great that people still do this. I particularly like the early 1900s compared to current day. Makes you think what the views will be like in another 100 years....
 
It did a series a few years back where I used old photos and then took pics from the same pov and produced an animated gif of the old image transforming into the current view.
 
Brilliant to see the then and now shots. Some big changes and some you can hardly notice!
 
Took the opportunity today to revisit a shot of Hungerford Bridge taken in December 1990, when Terry Farrell's reworking of Charing Cross Station on the other side of the Thames had only just been completed.

Slight change of composition forced by the construction of the Golden Jubilee Bridge in the intervening years.


 
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For some reason they put it up squint and it looks soft.
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I suspect that either Ross Stark or Stephen Dunn, or possibly both of them, have even more cause for complaint as they seem to have the same photograph attributed to both of them.
 
Musicman said:
I suspect that either Ross Stark or Stephen Dunn, or possibly both of them, have even more cause for complaint as they seem to have the same photograph attributed to both of them.
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So they do - perhaps they were sharing gear.
 
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