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Post by pontiac1940 on Mar 17, 2019 23:22:31 GMT
ritage gets the grand prize from Alex. She got it first. Thanks Alex..always fun to try to figure out things like that.
blackmutt, really like your old house postcard effect.
Clive
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Post by blackmutt on Mar 17, 2019 23:25:05 GMT
ritage gets the grand prize from Alex. She got it first. Thanks Alex..always fun to try to figure out things like that. blackmutt, really like your old house postcard effect. Clive Thank you, Clive! |
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Post by bobharron on Mar 18, 2019 0:23:02 GMT
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Post by hmca on Mar 18, 2019 14:17:34 GMT
What a great find, Bob! This is the kind of treasure that is near impossible to find anywhere close to where I live. And, unfortunately if were to be found, there would surely be a sign somewhere
indicating how the property was soon to be developed into a future housing project. Makes me want to take a trip to Iowa!
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Post by PeteB on Mar 18, 2019 16:41:27 GMT
Came across this old building while walking on a raii trail. Interesting how a tree has become part of the structure. I converted to b&w in ACR using a WOW preset. Also, in ACR, I made some minor color adjustments and added a vignette.  |
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Post by hmca on Mar 19, 2019 12:57:01 GMT
I have seen something similar, Pete. Strange, isn't it?
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Post by alexr on Mar 24, 2019 10:10:11 GMT
I'm not convinced that these are actually abandoned, but they sort of look like it: 
Bavarian hay hut by AlexR!, on Flickr There are hundreds of these huts in the fields around Garmisch-Partenkirchen (Bavaria, Germany), they were apparently originally for the villagers to store winter hay. I thought sepia suited the subject matter, but having done so I then had a dilemma about the telephone wires. Normally I would think that for sepia I should remove all evidence of modernity. But the whole image still struck me as a bit 'wild west' and telegraph poles have a place in them. So it made me smile that things I used to think of as modern can now be considered ancient. Hey ho. But do you agree; would it look better without them? I actually think they give an extra point of interest for the eye to follow. Processed using standard pre-sets in Silver Efex Pro. |
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Post by pontiac1940 on Mar 24, 2019 16:04:21 GMT
Alex
Love pastoral scenes like this. Thanks.
You are practically psychic. You wrote "wild west" .. when I first saw this in your gallery, it reminded me of places in the foothills near our mountains to the west.
Regarding the powerlines, it's a tough call. Generally they are to be avoided, but that is also a distortion of reality, eh? For general use, they should stay. However, if I was printing this to hang (i.e art vs reality) and to portray another "quieter and gentler" time, then I'd removed them. So it depends.
Clive
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Post by hmca on Mar 24, 2019 19:45:38 GMT
I agree with Clive regarding the powerlines. Reminds me of this shot that would actually work for this theme.   |
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Post by pontiac1940 on Mar 24, 2019 21:30:27 GMT
Helen
Yes, that's a fine example.
If the photo was in (say) a tourist brochure, the lines should be left in place because removing them would not be reality. BUT your second photo is the one you'd print and not have to feel apologetic in any way because it's art and you have a broad license.
Nice photo. Can you tell us where that was taken? Somewhere out west?
Clive
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Post by hmca on Mar 25, 2019 0:07:25 GMT
Clive I took this on our way home from a trip to The Tetons and Yellowstone. It was in Ovid Iowa. Decided to add another picture to my gallery. Just quickly pulled it....flat but gives you another view.
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Post by pontiac1940 on Mar 25, 2019 1:15:24 GMT
Now that's interesting. Your gallery photo shows the decrepit fence. With the no trespassing sign, the fence seems to fit and the power lines work because of the fence. Gosh, I never knew Iowa had actual hills.  Thought it was just one large corn field.  Kidding. |
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Post by cats4jan on Mar 26, 2019 14:46:19 GMT
Great theme - love these submissions
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Post by hmca on Mar 26, 2019 16:17:40 GMT
Thanks, Janice. Always love seeing this type of photo myself. Had hoped for a few more entries.
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Post by pontiac1940 on Apr 10, 2019 3:08:02 GMT
Little House on the PrairieNear Carseland, Alberta. April 9, 2019 This small farm house was probably built between 1900 and 1940, but probably in the 20s or 30s ... hard to tell. The main room was converted decades ago into a grainery. (I've driven by it for 30 years or so.) That's why the side wall windows are boarded. The inside walls were held together (from spreading by grain pressure) with heavy cable. 
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Thought it was just one large corn field. 
Kidding. 