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The House on the Hill
The House on the Hill
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Challenge: Landmarks (Advanced Editing II)
Camera: Nikon D70
Location: Buena Vista
Date: Dec 2, 2004
Aperture: f/16
ISO: 200
Shutter: 13/1
Galleries: Architecture, Rural
Date Uploaded: Dec 3, 2004

 The City I live in is dominated by a large hill, and this building is at the top of it. This can be seen from anywhere in the city, and is one of the primary contributers to the town. It used to be a women's College called Southern Sem. Now it's Southern Virginia University, a small private University.

I cropped it and adjusted the saturation a little.

This was taken just after Sunset while standing on the top of my Explorer. Small Aperture, long exposure. I'm generally a portrait photographer, so this was kind of a fun departure for me.

Statistics
Place: 19 out of 143
Avg (all users): 6.2796
Avg (commenters): 7.1333
Avg (participants): 5.9802
Avg (non-participants): 6.5545
Views since voting: 1303
Views during voting: 315
Votes: 211
Comments: 21
Favorites: 0

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AuthorThread
 12/14/2004 02:42:32 AM
Thank you so much to everyone for their kind and constructive criticisms! This was my first attempt at this kind of photography. I'd never tried to shoot a building before, so I was in waters untested. I'm thrilled to see my first attempt was so well received, it is very encouraging!
 12/13/2004 10:37:15 PM
I thought this one would at least be in the top 10. Beautiful shot and one of my favorites.
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 12/13/2004 05:02:17 AM
congrats, michael! i thought i recognized this when voting, but i didn't remember seeing the statue out front the last time i was there (jan 03). you live in one beautiful part of the state!
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 12/13/2004 12:35:09 AM
Congratulations on your top 20 finish. This image has a good visual feel with all the flowing lines and the night accents.
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
12/12/2004 11:57:18 PM
The wide lens has left this pretty distorted. Personally, I would have fixed it - but maybe this was your intention. Still, your choice of time of day was good and this is obviosly a landmark of some sort so I will give this a 7
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 12/12/2004 02:52:06 AM
Wow nice image and just imagine the power account!LOL!

Nice place and great detail one of the top I think 9
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 12/11/2004 11:43:59 AM
Beautifully composed and taken. I love the star effect on the lights. Very interesting subject. Good job 8.
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 12/10/2004 11:13:57 PM
Noticeable barrel distortion. Nice exposure,
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 12/10/2004 07:25:47 AM
I really like the exposure on this shot, as well as the wide angle. Great job!
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 12/09/2004 07:36:03 PM
Wow. Nice As a matter of personal taste though, I would have sacraficed the monument infront to get more close up to the house to avoid the wide angle curve. The house itself is eye catching. Your eye bypasses the monument in the foreground. BOL Very clean, crisp and colorful. 6
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 12/09/2004 02:53:52 AM
VERY nice wide angle. I think you got the exposure picture perfect. So clear and sharp. Wonderful framing and composition. I cannot offer any suggestions for improvement.
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 12/09/2004 01:07:44 AM
An interesting shot. I want to say you used a wide angle lens because it looks a little buldged in the middle but the lines look pretty straight. Weird. I think it would have been a bit better if you stepped forward 2-3 steps and got rid of the foreground item.
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 12/08/2004 10:00:33 PM
Perfect time to shoot this... beautifully done... congrats
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 12/08/2004 06:07:13 PM
There's perhaps just a bit too much wide-angle distortion here - it doesn't quite suit the type of image this is - this clean, documentary style of shot - so the building just seem strange. Neatly done otherwise, though.
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 12/08/2004 06:02:50 PM
nice...is that's ur's?
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 12/08/2004 07:29:19 AM
excellent - 8
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 12/07/2004 08:32:24 PM
You caught them with all the lights on, very nice.
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 12/06/2004 10:29:31 PM
Wow...they left the lights on for ya! Lovely shot. I'm not sure if I like the star effect on the front light or if I find it distracting. Still, I think this is well done.
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 12/06/2004 10:01:52 PM
How in the world did you get them to turn on all their lights? Stunning home and image.
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 12/06/2004 05:31:17 PM
This is a really nice picture love the lights on the statue and the house seems pretty big. nice work over here. i like the lighting too. very good.
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 12/06/2004 05:30:15 PM
I like the contracst and tone, I do however find the fish eye efect a little distracting
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