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A castle once...
A castle once...
McJamweasel


Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Abandoned Buildings II (Basic Editing)
Camera: Canon EOS-400D Rebel XTi
Lens: Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6
Location: Mow Cop Castle, Staffs
Date: Jan 14, 2008
Aperture: 8.0
ISO: 1600
Shutter: 1/160
Galleries: Architecture, History
Date Uploaded: Jan 14, 2008

 Actually, it wasn't a castle at all, it was a summer house made to look like a ruined castle.

Levels, curves, colour balance, save for web, USM.

Statistics
Place: 184 out of 257
Avg (all users): 5.0850
Avg (commenters): 5.5556
Avg (participants): 4.9195
Avg (non-participants): 5.1750
Views since voting: 943
Views during voting: 355
Votes: 247
Comments: 15
Favorites: 0

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 01/24/2008 06:14:12 PM
I actually like the high contrast in the shot, however it blew out the sky, maybe trying underexposing and then brightening the stones later in post processing. I think the reason it didn't do all that well in voting is that some people are opposed to high contrast shots such as this, I personally like them every once in a while and think it works well here.
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 01/23/2008 06:02:15 AM
Originally posted by FrankRobinson:
Can I ask (out of curiosity) why you used such a high ISO? I also have a Canon 400D and on the couple of occasions that I have been forced to ISO 1600 (indoor sports / really gloomy wedding etc) the noise has rendered the shots really hard to PP. Outside I would not have thought that it was necessary?

Cheers!


A bit of a cock up really, I'd been shooting indoors the night before and didn't reset the ISO, probably because it was so windy up there and was beginning to rain so I was in a bit of a rush. Luckilly it didn't cause too much in the way of noise.

It is quite heavily USM'd, I know that it's not an effect that is to everyones taste but I quite like the the definition that it brings to the brickwork.
 01/23/2008 03:46:39 AM
Can I ask (out of curiosity) why you used such a high ISO? I also have a Canon 400D and on the couple of occasions that I have been forced to ISO 1600 (indoor sports / really gloomy wedding etc) the noise has rendered the shots really hard to PP. Outside I would not have thought that it was necessary?

Cheers!
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
01/19/2008 02:38:47 AM
Just Far too sharp for me
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 01/18/2008 02:50:48 PM
It looks okay but it̢۪s to fake looking for my tastes. Good angle though.
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 01/18/2008 01:17:58 PM
Nice tecture and I like the color saturation effect.
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 01/18/2008 09:17:40 AM
The white background doesnt do it for me. It looks overexposed. IMHO
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 01/18/2008 01:06:06 AM
I like the composition of this photo. Stunning.
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 01/17/2008 11:42:20 PM
A bit too bright in the sky for me.
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 01/17/2008 11:29:19 AM
Too heavily processed.
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 01/17/2008 10:31:12 AM
A nice subject, but a little over processed for me.
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 01/16/2008 04:03:54 PM
Over sharpened me thinks
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 01/16/2008 08:56:03 AM
Could you use more unsharp mask?
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 01/16/2008 03:42:27 AM
The composition is good but I did't like the postprodution, too fake.
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 01/16/2008 01:47:16 AM
I like the composition and colors of this photo. I'm sure this will do really well.
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