MJK 1 Colour version - WARNING - GRAPHIC IMAGE

[Archaic]

Hi Steve.

I have to disagree with John too. I sincerely hope NOBODY is on this site because they "enjoy" the site of mutilated human beings. But if we want to learn more about a serial killer, it's unfortunately necessary to study their crimes. That is what we are doing.

John, do you seriously believe that by colorizing a photo that is all over the internet, has been shown in books & documentaries, and has been seen by probably millions of people makes him "no better than the murderer"?? Wow.

Steve didn't put the image on a t-shirt, he put it on a serious research forum that was created for adults who study the Whitechapel Murders. I have to commend Steve for always being careful and conscientious and including the words WARNING- GRAPHIC IMAGE! on the thread-titles of his photo enhancements.

>> John, may I asked why after reading that title with that warning you still chose to view that graphic image? What were you expecting?

Yes, the picture is horrible. The Ripper's crimes were horrible. To be perfectly honest, I never get over them. The photographs of his victims still have the power to make me cry. In fact Steve's recent enhancement of Mary's face made me cry, because it gave me a better understanding of what some deviant bastard did to her. I didn't yell "Oooh, gross!!!" and call my friends over to look. A number of us were very upset and very moved by that image, and we discussed it quietly among ourselves. We also called the perpetrator of that horrific murder certain names that will immediately be censored if I attempt to post them. We feel strongly about the murders of these women, which is why were are here in the first place.

John, most of us are on this site because we truly care about History and about Justice. We care about the victims. We wish to learn more about the real lives of these real women who were pitilessly slaughtered by a very sick killer. We are also trying to understand the killer's personal motivation to commit such monstrous crimes, and that involves studying the crime scenes.

I for one greatly appreciate the effort that my friend Steve has put into these image enhancements. I know that he finds them disturbing too.

So, John, please reconsider your judgment and put the blame where it truly lies- with the sick bastard that did this a living, breathing, defenseless young woman.

Best regards,
Archaic

[The Grave Maurice]

I don't find anything strange about it either, Steve. Very nice work. And I appreciated the warning.

[sgh]

I don't understand, why would you want to do this? How do you know your interpretation is even correct? I understand people needing to see these photos but come on. This is as strange as the post where they tried to reconstruct MJK's face. A little disrespectful to the dead IMO. Good coloring though.
These pictures represent a murder, do you get this person is dead and spent the last seconds of her life staring at the face of the man who killed her? If people are obsessing to the point of coloring and re-arranging wounds, they're no better then the murderer himself.
The only reason people can tolerate these pics is because they're old, grainy and black and white. Try examining color pics of murder victims taken with digital cameras and let me know how much you would enjoy tweaking them.

I don't see anything strange about it. The point is to try to help others make a clearer study of a most famous crime scene.

The interpretation is subjective, however w/o going into too much of the finer points of photoshop - histogram readings etc, etc, assist to a certain extent.

This is not a reconstruction ie a repair job where cloning would take place to modify the subject, it is non destructive enhancement!
I am not ''re-arranging the wounds' as you put it!

John, the warning was clearly marked at the top of the post.
If you can't stomach it then that's your tough luck and I can't understand why you are even here in the first place.

Why not have a go at everybody else on these boards who study,talk and write reams about these things and tell them they are strange too!

I'm shaking my head too mate!

Steve

[John Winsett]

Why?

I don't understand, why would you want to do this? How do you know your interpretation is even correct? I understand people needing to see these photos but come on. This is as strange as the post where they tried to reconstruct MJK's face. A little disrespectful to the dead IMO. Good coloring though.
These pictures represent a murder, do you get this person is dead and spent the last seconds of her life staring at the face of the man who killed her? If people are obsessing to the point of coloring and re-arranging wounds, they're no better then the murderer himself.
The only reason people can tolerate these pics is because they're old, grainy and black and white. Try examining color pics of murder victims taken with digital cameras and let me know how much you would enjoy tweaking them.

[sgh]

Here's a preview of the MJK 1 photo I'm working on at the moment.
This is only a trial version image.

The excercise using colour helps to identify significant features of the injuries sustained
which may not be quite apparent in the original sepia image, especially if one is unable to,
or does not have the facilities to perform a suitable close-up image to study.

Briefly, two of the main points of interest in this cropped image are the
extensive injuries to the left arm, and the bloodstained top of the clothing (chemise) nearest
to where the neck would be.


Observations to left forearm.
In addition to the deep cuts to the outer forearm one can see that the fleshy part of the underside
of the arm has also been cut and pulled outwards into view.
The biceps muscle has also been cut out leaving an apparent hollow area.

Obs to top edge of the chemise.
The top of the chemise clothing indicates a blood dispersal pattern adjacent to the neck area
which one would assume being caused by the cutting of the neck.
This 'may' give a little insight as to how much blood came towards the operator depending on his
position to the body in this case, and perhaps what can be expected with the others in the C5 group.

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It will take some time to produce a complete version but the results from my initial trial
seems promising regarding the clarification of detail for an easier study.
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For the those interested:
The colour work I'm doing is far from complete as you can see.
The image I'm using is a 49mb tif, and all enhancements, most importantly, are non destructive.

The base image is enhanced first before any colour layers are applied.
No sharpening takes place at any stage!

The colours (still to be tweaked) are applied using multiple colour balance adjustment
layers in photoshop CS3.
Some layers are duplicates with different blend modes and % of opacities applied.
All work saved in PSD format.

Best
Steve