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Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Sci-Fi Celebration (Expert Editing)
Camera: Canon EOS-350D Rebel XT
Lens: Sigma 28-300mm f/3.5-6.3 Compact Aspherical Hyperzoom for Sigma
Location: San Mateo County
Date: Jun 27, 2007
Aperture: f8
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/125
Galleries: Architecture, Rural
Date Uploaded: Jun 27, 2007

Rotated to correct horizon. Crop, levels, curves, lots of color adjusting for the shrubbery and to tone down the house paint. Yes, it was bright orange.

The house is a recently repainted landmark south of San Francisco on I-280. I shot this from a very busy freeway bridge and didn't dawdle.

Statistics
Place: 66 out of 93
Avg (all users): 5.2440
Avg (commenters): 5.7500
Avg (participants): 5.0345
Avg (non-participants): 5.3073
Views since voting: 965
Views during voting: 460
Votes: 250
Comments: 11
Favorites: 0


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07/06/2007 01:41:26 AM
haha the flintstone house (thats what we all call it). it looked better white
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07/06/2007 01:35:13 AM
Ha, I was wondering which Bay Area folk took this picture. Amazing you stopped on the side of the highway and walked on the bridge to take this shot.
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07/06/2007 01:21:36 AM
i didnt vote in this challenge, but i did look thru it .. i remember this one coz i thought it was pretty cool ... it still looks so alien even after i've read your comment ... great shot and great for this challenge .. :):)
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
07/05/2007 11:55:51 AM
definitely has an outer-spacce / underwater feeling to it.
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07/05/2007 06:30:55 AM
The colour treatment doesn't really work for me. Perhaps using layers, you could introduce some more colours so it doesn't just look like a WB problem.
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07/02/2007 01:23:20 PM
This definitely looks like something from the future. I like how the colors represent the images meaning. Great Job
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07/02/2007 12:11:27 PM
Good find. Warm colors, good detail.
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07/01/2007 04:11:07 PM
Interesting capture. Not sure what you did, but there are pieces here that look smudged and miss-shapened I think this would have been better with more textures on the building, and not so bright. Maybe even put the building underwater it almost reminds me of the 'Snorks'.
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07/01/2007 12:55:35 AM
Is this an episode of David and Goliath? Or Planet of the Apes TV series? Maybe it was a crossover episode?
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06/29/2007 05:18:22 PM
omg, I know that house. do you know why they painted it orange? cuz they somehow managed to make it look worse than before. good luck
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06/29/2007 06:24:32 AM
Oh my this is orange, or is red? Pink? Either way it is hard on my eyes.
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