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...and nobody lived there any more
...and nobody lived there any more
jomari


Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Abandon Buildings III (Advanced Editing VII)
Collection: 2011 Challenges
Camera: Canon Power Shot SX10 IS
Location: Ballarat, Vic. Australia
Date: Aug 7, 2011
Aperture: 4.0
ISO: 80
Shutter: 1/160
Galleries: Architecture
Date Uploaded: Aug 7, 2011

 This old house has been slowly deteriorating for years. The title comes from memories of stories my son used to tell me when he was little. They often started with 'Once there was an old old house and nobody lived there any more...'

Open PSCS3
Crop
Topaz Adjust strong detail
Duplicate layer
Topaz denoise 5
Erase some of that layer
Background layer brightness/contrast
Flatten
Duplicate layer
Lasso with feather, select an area of house
Sharpen
Image size
Clone tool, remove a bit of TV antenna from house behind
Flatten
Canvas size border
Duplicate layer
Stroke border (to put a border on vertical sides without extending beyond 800 px.)
Flatten
Sfw.


Statistics
Place: 63 out of 131
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Avg (commenters): 8.0000
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Avg (non-participants): 5.8421
Views since voting: 444
Views during voting: 287
Votes: 142
Comments: 2
Favorites: 0

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AuthorThread
 08/15/2011 04:14:14 AM
What a beautiful shot! I think that I missed a whole page during voting being on an ipad
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
08/09/2011 10:56:28 AM
Very nice 8.
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