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Old Carriage House

Postby NetMagi on Wed Apr 27, 2005 2:59 am

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This is an old carriage house located near a local mansion. It's in disrepair, and has somewhat of a ghostly look.

Comments/critique welcome.

-Rich
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Postby Glen on Wed Apr 27, 2005 3:09 am

Rich, like the photo and like the black and white. In fact like the house, wouldn't mind living there, your shot sold it so well. Only thing would have preferred to see a little more on the right of the house. Nice :D
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Postby NetMagi on Wed Apr 27, 2005 3:14 am

I'm not sure who owns it, but I'll sell it to you anyway :twisted:

I'll throw in tix to the US for free

Unfortunately, a new structure was blocking the shot anymore to the right.

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Postby Glen on Wed Apr 27, 2005 3:21 am

Rich, lets go halves, put a big skylight in the top and make it a photographic studio? Looks just about the right size, or maybe a club house for D70 users?
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Postby NetMagi on Wed Apr 27, 2005 3:29 am

What a great photographic studio it would make too. . . .

It's in a lovely little tourist-trap town with lots of cute arty-fartsy shops.

I hope the town (who I'm assuming owns it) does something with it one day. The mansion it was originally built for is in pristine condition and sits a few hundred yards away:

http://gallery.netmagi.com/misc/DSC_2121b

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Postby Glen on Wed Apr 27, 2005 3:49 am

Rich, liked that shot of the mansion before and still do. It looks an even nicer place to live. Are they both in Pennsylvania?
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Postby NetMagi on Wed Apr 27, 2005 4:08 am

yes, in my hometown of Jim Thorpe


http://www.jimthorpe.org/
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Postby NetMagi on Wed Apr 27, 2005 4:12 am

ohh, and here's a pic I took of the town from a mtn. above before I got my D-70

http://www.the-grandview.com/images/jt_ ... gstaff.jpg

Was taken with a Minolta P&S.

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Postby flipfrog on Wed Apr 27, 2005 4:26 am

this image is awesome

love the b&w conversion for this shot..works perfectly...
the rustic spooky feel is top notch....
worth printing for sure
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Postby below-0 on Thu Apr 28, 2005 1:22 pm

shame its not in use, then again maybe not as it wouldn't looks so spooky. fantastic picture and a beautiful old building bringing back what looks like a forgotten past.
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Postby sirhc55 on Thu Apr 28, 2005 2:59 pm

Such a shame - but a great pic opportunity. Would love to live in a house like that, ghosts and all. Great shot :D
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Postby mic on Thu Apr 28, 2005 3:19 pm

Great shot NetMagi,

What process did you use to turn B&W ?

Thanks,

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Is that where the Adams Family Live :shock:
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Postby Click on Thu Apr 28, 2005 4:03 pm

Love it, very Blair Witchey feel about it
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Postby kipper on Thu Apr 28, 2005 6:07 pm

The right hand side of the house has an Amityville Horror feel to it.
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Postby NetMagi on Fri Apr 29, 2005 3:02 am

mic wrote:Great shot NetMagi,

What process did you use to turn B&W ?

Thanks,

Mic.

Is that where the Adams Family Live :shock:


I loosely follow a process I saw someplace else (maybe here?)

I convert to 16bpp, lab color, and then grab just the lightness channel, adjust levels accordingly, then convert to grayscale, then back to RGB to do the color fill for the sephia.

The most important part is getting levels right after grabbing the lightness channel. Makes it or breaks it in my opinion.
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Postby Hutchy on Wed May 04, 2005 4:47 am

Awesome shot and great detail. :D However, I'm a bit confused about the lean to the left and distortion. I'm presuming this was shot at a wide angle?

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