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Partially Screened Porch
Partially Screened Porch
MaryO


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Challenge: Rural Decay (Advanced Editing VII)
Collection: Places
Camera: Nikon D200
Lens: Nikon AF Nikkor 50mm f/1.4D
Location: Lorton, VA
Date: Dec 12, 2009
Aperture: f/10
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/60
Galleries: Rural, High Dynamic Range (HDR)
Date Uploaded: Dec 13, 2009

Also shot out at the old Lorton prison. There are a couple of nice, old, decaying houses out there. They may have been homes for the wardens or something. There is also an old barn, but it's next to a new high school and on the grounds of a golf course so it doesn't look so rural. There was once a huge working farm on the prison grounds, the idea being it should be both work and sustenance for the prisoners. Long ago.

Shot through a chain link fence; if that wasn't there I might have gone for the whole house view. It's old and has character, and a huge, marvelously shaped tree out front. And that big chain link fence in between the tree and the house ::sigh:: So I'm going for the closer view. I do like the ripped screen and the moss, vines and leaves gradually reclaiming the house.

PP - qtpfsgui (pregamma 0.697, mantiuk method, contrast mapping 0.1, saturation factor 1.126, detail factor 4). Opened tonemapped image as layer in PhotoImpact and merged with original file at 50% transparency, flipped upright, cropped some, decreased gamma, burned a bit at bottom, increased saturation and contrast, decreased saturation on blue/cyan, colored screen browner in places, resized, sharpened, added border.

Statistics
Place: 62 out of 82
Avg (all users): 5.2481
Avg (commenters): 7.0000
Avg (participants): 5.2222
Avg (non-participants): 5.2581
Views since voting: 627
Views during voting: 262
Votes: 129
Comments: 4
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12/25/2009 01:43:49 AM
Goregeous tones, way underscoered. I can't understand why this is 62nd. Makes no sense. 5.2? B.S.!

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 Comments Made During the Challenge
12/20/2009 02:13:08 AM
Good light & shadows. Nice detail.....7
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12/19/2009 07:58:38 AM
Nice detail.
Good use of thirds.
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12/18/2009 11:42:14 AM
nice shot- top 10
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