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Challenge: The Paranormal (Basic Editing)
Camera: Canon EOS-30D
Lens: Canon EF-S 10-22mm f/3.5-4.5 USM
Location: Backroads Texas
Date: Apr 14, 2008
Aperture: f/4.5
ISO: 100
Galleries: Humorous, Architecture
Date Uploaded: Apr 14, 2008

 What you are looking at here is an old ufo-shaped building that has been a car dealership, a restaurant, a house, and a storage building. Now sadly abandoned, it's just rotting out in the elements. It's been there at least 25 years, maybe longer. It's out in the middle of nowhere between Royse City and Quinlan, TX.

Now that I look at it, it makes me think that this is the spaceship that Cousin Eddie would fly if there were to be a "Space Vacation" movie. "Now that there's an RV alien spacecraft." ;)

I figure 5.6 because it at least meets the challenge. I've had such a string of sucky scores that a 5.6 would be awesome at this point. Give a girl a break, voters! :)

Cropped
Auto Contrast
USM
converted to Black & White
Shadow/Highlight tweaking
Color Balance
Curves adjustment
Noise reduction
USM again
add border
Voila! :)

Statistics
Place: 17 out of 107
Avg (all users): 6.0311
Avg (commenters): 6.8125
Avg (participants): 5.6136
Avg (non-participants): 6.1174
Views since voting: 1477
Views during voting: 513
Votes: 257
Comments: 20
Favorites: 0

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AuthorThread
 04/23/2008 12:26:58 PM
Sad to see that something featured in my art history book is rusting away like that.
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 04/23/2008 11:48:45 AM
I drove past this once about 5 or 6 years ago. Can't quite recall exactly where it is, though I know it is a few miles east of Dallas. Good choice for this challenge.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 Comments Made During the Challenge
04/22/2008 09:23:20 AM
This picture is a little dull for a sepia tone. This picture is balanced though.
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 04/21/2008 05:12:23 PM
Man I love this shot, it looks like i could have been lifted straight from the pages of a 1950's magazine. Great entry for the challenge and brilliantly executed
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 04/21/2008 02:44:48 PM
SWEET ! ! ! Looks exactly 1950's era.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 04/21/2008 10:08:13 AM
i like how you used sepia
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 04/20/2008 07:18:35 PM
nice find
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 04/20/2008 06:28:48 PM
Nice contrast and shape/form, it helps to move the eye.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 04/19/2008 08:42:14 PM
A movie set? Nice find and well captured (no pun intended).
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 04/19/2008 08:18:29 PM
I've seen this somewhere... NM? 6
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 04/18/2008 12:28:01 PM
Fabulous! Nice sepia tones.
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 04/18/2008 11:23:35 AM
Wow thats a really cool [building?]. I like the sepia tone, it gives it that old area 51 feeling. And i like how you captured the textures and small details.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 04/18/2008 09:56:39 AM
great photo i like that you used a sepia tone for it
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 04/18/2008 09:20:18 AM
This picture makes me laugh, but in a non-insulting way. I really like the old look, reminds me of the roswell files.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 04/17/2008 12:59:45 PM
Love it! Very "lost in space" ish!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 04/16/2008 09:14:27 PM
Haha sweet! What an interesting find :)
  Photographer found comment helpful.
 04/16/2008 01:50:02 PM
Very nice shot. I like the rugged look very ventage
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 04/16/2008 08:45:22 AM
there is a family in Tampa that had one of these too
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 04/16/2008 05:15:07 AM
Very cool. Did you get pictures inside?
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 04/16/2008 01:25:39 AM
Yep...it looks like the one that I remember. LOL I can't help but wonder how big this thing is.
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