colorization of Lewis Powell's mug shot

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Thank you for your comments. It may seem odd, but I really love the B&W photos and colorizing them is my way of paying tribute to them. I remember one of my early images that I did of the USS Monitor one of the guys was staring directly into the camera. I worked on the image for a week and every time I passed by that sailor I felt as if he was looking at me and imploring me to do justice to their image. Since then (2009) I have tried to do tribute to any image I work on. There are a number of images that people will ask me to work on that the condition is too bad, size too small or something else that will make me unhappy with the finished image so I will pass. I remember how that sailor made me feel (I am a Navy vet as well) and if I work on an image I am going to put my best into it.