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...'But, Les.. your link above talks about balance.. wouldn't that throw the balance off?' Yes.. yes, it would...LInk to Comment Les Hi Les in answer to the pole was a really hard to colorize .... I can really hear you thinking now ???....When colorizing you sometimes run into the unexpected like the dreaded pole gave me nightmares... How you say well it would not blend ??? as I always try not to paste on the colors but to blend them makes for a more well let's call it natural look. To my best efforts it would not work so opted for an easy fix ...I bared my soul in the comment box above. ...Gave this one a kind of nasty twist let's see who spots it... Well for the time period the pole should have been red, white and blue but at that moment I was flustered so opted for just red. But red was more in use before 1900 and had a bloody past. The red, white and blue was a link to the American flag which would have been correct. The nasty twist I mentioned ...barbers pole twist bloody past red well you get the idea. After I posted the red pole kept working on the red, white and blue and did get it right LINK Shenandoah Valley but I found out what was going on with THE POLE huummppff. What thru me of was...Created / Published 1941 May... Alright here it comes some things are not easy to do take for example my image An Old Man he is smoking a cigarette the smoke curls up towards his face that adds an extra degree of difficulty it's hard not to blend the smoke with the color of the background. Well you say so what (Big reveal) snow and ice/frost have the same problem the pole was frozen and iced up the ice and frost threw my blend attempts for a loop having figured out that the picture was taken somewhere in january and published in may I could work around and get the blend to work better that's why the the color is not so prominent the glass was iced over think they call it the ....freeze there. Want to thank Les for his honest comment and the interest in my work have posted this as a tutorial. This comment is not to scare people of from manipulation/colorized but to encourage them to try it anyone who feels the itch to try well send me a PM glad to help. Parcial/part of image to be found on The Library Congress Shenandoah Valley