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    Default Ghost Town, Animas Forks Mines, CO

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    These deserted houses served the miners and their families during the height of the Gold and Silver Rush. I took this with a view of what this family would see every summer morning as they awoke and headed for mines, a quick walk away. Almost made the winters worth it!, but living above 10,000 feet, would be too cold for me. Total grunge, as I wanted to present what it felt like to be there.........may have been a candidate for HDR, but I haven't tried HDR yet. Lots of shadow work and lens distortion correction. Hope you like it......Looking at the preview my colors may be saturated leaning to red, let me know, easy adjustment to make. Photoshop does this sometimes during conversion to sRGB.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Peter Kes View Post
    I find the saturation not overpowering, sort of completes the overall feel. Beautiful painterly effect. What lens and focal distance ?<br>Only thing I considered looking at this image is, what a wider view might have achieved ?
    Hi Peter, Thanks for feedback. Nikon 24-70mm f2.8 @ 28mm. I try to stay away from 24mm with this lens, due to distortion. I tried to keep the background mountains pretty much filling the porch frame so I didn't consider a wider angle. I will consider the 12-24mm next time, if I have it with me

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    Hi Jay -

    I love the concept here and can imagine looking out at that view from the porch. I love the painterly background. The colors seem ok to me except I think the building may be a bit oversaturated and a little too red.

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    Jay, I love the painterly effect. The porch wood looks great and I would probably leave the colors since they go with the surroundings. The roof makes it feel a little like I need to hunch down if that makes any sense. I like the story that the image tells with the worn look of the wood and the isolated feeling.

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    Quote Originally Posted by denise ippolito View Post
    Jay, I love the painterly effect. The porch wood looks great and I would probably leave the colors since they go with the surroundings. The roof makes it feel a little like I need to hunch down if that makes any sense. I like the story that the image tells with the worn look of the wood and the isolated feeling.
    Good catch, I WAS hunched down to get the top of the mountains in the frame. I may play around with it a bit, thanks.

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    Jay, if I throw in an extra beer or two when we get together, will you walk me through your grunge technique? Not only is this image very well done...there are so many images within the image. Spectacular colors in the fields...love the depth...the red tones in the wood are fine with me, I like the warmth...just enough shadow detail in the shadows of the rafters....and it's such a unique composition, hunched over or not! Almost a 3D triptych...it doesn't take much to imagine someone leaning over the railing, taking in the mountains and pondering the complexities of life. Well done!

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    I agree with John's comment about "there are so many images within the image". I feel like walking to the end of the porch and looking at the wider view of the mountains and meadows! Excellent perspective and wonderfully processed.

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    I love the composition, colors and the painterly effects are very well done. Excellent processing and a stunning view of the mountains!

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    Thanks everyone. I really appreciate the feedback.

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    New visitor to the Out of Box forum..stopped over out of curiosity late one night.....blown away by this and so many of the images here! great job Jay, great job gang!

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    Hey Steve, well, a hearty welcome to the forum. Love having fresh ideas. Thanks for the feedback...............Looking forward to seeing your work.

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    Man oh man, you gotta love it. I posted a long reply but lost it so here goes again.... Love the colors and the painterly look especially of the vegetation. I think that Denise wanted to stoop down so that there would be some space between the distant mountains and the far corner of the roof.... Choosing a bit lower perspective might have been the way to go.

    When I opened the image the first thing that I noticed was that the two posts seemed askew. Then I saw that the building was tilted slightly the other way. An old dilapidated building for sure. It is possible that some perspective correction work (with the Transform Tool??) in Photoshop might do the trick but I do not know where to start.

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    Art, Thanks. I was partially crouched down just to get the mountains in the frame, but yes, another 3-4 inches or so would have given it a bit more breathing room. I also wanted to preserve a reasonable perspective for the viewer, as if they were standing there, but a bit more crouch would have been better......the other thing to do is more images at more angles, so I have a choice when processing. The building sagged in so many directions. I was flipping around between Lens Correction and Free Transform to try and get the right wall straight, at least, and I overshot it a bit to the right, to get the curve out of it............I still need to work on it a bit to get that one wall straight and plumb. I hate to admit the NIKON wide angle I use, has a bit distortion to it, especially wide. Good eyes!, BTW. Thanks again.
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    Wonderful painterly image. I like the bright, saturated colors and the tight crop. For some reason, looking at the image makes me feel a bit dizzy--may be that porch tilting off to the left. Glad to know I'm not the only photographer who hasn't tried HDR.

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