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Eckley Miners' Village -- company houses
The original town of Eckley was laid out by the coal company with a progression from the owners' houses on the west end to the houses of the second-class miners and slate pickers on the far eastern end. The houses rented to the miners were sided with native hemlock and were painted red with black or white trim because those were the cheapest pigments. Later houses (built after 1874) were apparently unpainted. This view is looking eastward near the poor end of town.
Attachment 158932
Nikon D3s, ISO 400, f/22, -1 exposure compensation, 9-exposure HDR at 1 EV intervals, zoom lens at 48mm
processing highlights
- Much to my surprise, I decided it looked better with the photos flipped horizontally.
- Especially in the shadows, there was a strong blue cast, so a Warming 85 Photo Filter adjustment layer was applied to everything but the sky.
- Topaz Simplify -- saved watercolor preset, masked
- Alien Skin Snap Art -- saved watercolor wash preset, Hard Light blend mode
- Field Blur was applied to the more distant parts of the scene.
- Silver Efex -- reduced opacity, masked or partially masked from the red houses
- Fractalius -- three saved black & white presets; Multiply, Divide, and Multiply; various opacities
- Simplify and Snap Art -- saved black & white line presets, Multiply, partially masked
- Color Efex -- Tonal Contrast and Film Efex Vintage, partially masked