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L.A. County Poor Farm AKA Rancho Los Amigos Hospital ~Polio Ward~
L.A. County Poor Farm AKA Rancho Los Amigos Hospital ~Polio Ward~
PetRock


Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Emotive Architecture (Basic Editing)
Camera: Canon PowerShot A650 IS
Location: Downey, CA
Date: Jan 12, 2012
Aperture: 3.2
ISO: 80
Shutter: 1/320
Galleries: Emotive, Architecture
Date Uploaded: Jan 12, 2012

 Rancho Los Amigos Hospital used to be the LA County Poor farm in 1880. In 1944, a group of 32 patients was transferred from County General Hospital to Rancho Los Amigos for the treatment of poliomyelitis. As a result, Rancho began a long-term rehabilitation program for the victims of polio before the disease was finally overcome with the discovery of the Salk vaccine.


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Place: 59 out of 86
Avg (all users): 5.2917
Avg (commenters): 6.0000
Avg (participants): 5.2727
Avg (non-participants): 5.3026
Views since voting: 1379
Views during voting: 257
Votes: 120
Comments: 7
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AuthorThread
 01/20/2012 12:24:32 AM
I'm going to have to visit this. Care to go back...?
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
01/19/2012 11:12:57 PM
hints of happiness
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 01/19/2012 09:59:51 PM
Open, airy, a place of peaceful healing. Ahead of it's time, now waiting. You have captured this well, although tone mapping, etc, robbed your ability to use rich shadows and contrast to further convey the mood. Overall I like it. 8
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 01/18/2012 07:43:59 AM
Like it overall. Dislike the overexposure in the middle. Maybe a spot metering if possible? 6
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 01/13/2012 07:08:43 AM
I like framing, choice of angle, the circular motion of the vegetation coupled wiht the archs. I am unsure about the choice of lighting and/or the exposure. A more moody light would have probalby complemented the place better.
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 01/13/2012 12:27:14 AM
A palpable sense of abandonment
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 01/13/2012 12:26:20 AM
windy title aside ... excellent capture here. gl
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