Steampunk - Blimp - Launching Nulli Secundus II 1908 - Side by Side is a photograph by Mike Savad which was uploaded on October 16th, 2015.
Steampunk - Blimp - Launching Nulli Secundus II 1908 - Side by Side
Colorized photo from 1908... more
by Mike Savad
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Steampunk - Blimp - Launching Nulli Secundus II 1908 - Side by Side
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Mike Savad
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Photograph - Colorized Photo
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Colorized photo from 1908
Original title: British military dirigible
Location: England
The ripple on the grass is from the effects of my time machine... Sorry about that.
What I loved about this was the people. Renoir meets steampunk. Everyone dressed in their finest to watch this unusual spectacle.There are so many people to color in though. The original photo showed the balloon light and washed out. The lack of strong shadow makes me think this was an overcast day. There is some shadow on the bottom of the balloon, showing this was shot at about 10am on a mostly cloudy day.
Originally I wanted to make the balloon red because it looks like a giant hot dog. But the original had the image very light and pale. Doing some research told me a few things. For one, this was shot in 1908 and not 1910 like the original image claimed (it couldn't be that year because it flew for only 1 month). And also it was red. There is a stamp that has this on there, and it looked just like that.
If you look carefully you'll see a panicked horse, and people running. Each flight caused this thing to crash. And I can only assume it's doing that right now.
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