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One Room Schoolhouse c.1820
One Room Schoolhouse c.1820
lagavulin


Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: School Days (Basic Editing I)
Camera: Canon EOS-10D
Location: Waterloo Park, Ontario
Date: Oct 17, 2004
Aperture: f/ 3.5
ISO: 400
Shutter: 1/20s
Galleries: Interior, Architecture
Date Uploaded: Oct 17, 2004

 This little one room schoolhouse was built in Waterloo Ontario in 1820, and served as a school until 1843. It was then moved to its present location in Waterloo Park.

I was pleased to discover that I was able to open one of the windows on the schoolhouse wide enough to insert my lens and take this shot.

Coverted from RAW, exposure adjusted, noise reduced in Noise Ninja, used PS Shadow Hightlights to bring up shadow detail, increased orange saturation to warm image, cropped, resized, converted to JPEG.

I tried this in B&W, toned various ways, but kept coming back to this slightly warmed colour version. There's something about the old blue paint on the teacher's desk that I like.

Statistics
Place: 19 out of 195
Avg (all users): 5.6582
Avg (commenters): 6.0000
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Votes: 275
Comments: 11
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Canon EOS-20D
Canon EF 28-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM
 10/27/2004 10:14:47 PM
Congratulations on 19th placing with this rustic, lovely image.
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
Canon EOS R5
Canon RF 100-500mm f/4.5-7.1 L IS USM
 10/26/2004 08:35:04 PM
I really like what I see. I would like to see more of the room. Maybe a wider angle lens.
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Canon EOS-7D
Canon EF 17-40mm f/4.0 L USM
 10/23/2004 10:46:36 PM
yeah. Definately good ol' days.
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Nikon D80
 10/23/2004 02:14:34 PM
such low ceilings. good job
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Sony DSLR-A550
Sony DT 18-70mm f/3.5-5.6 Aspherical ED
 10/23/2004 06:26:51 AM
good idea but there is too much in this image I would have concentrated on the old blue desk I guess therre may be some carving on it and the side light from the window would enhance this,.
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Canon PowerShot A50
 10/22/2004 12:20:13 AM
a horizontal crop might have worked better here
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Canon EOS-20D
Canon EF 100mm f/2.8 Macro
 10/21/2004 09:07:19 PM
Cool subject and very a propos
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Sony DSC-P100
 10/21/2004 02:39:40 PM
Nice done. Would like to see other pictures of it.
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Canon EOS-350D Rebel XT
Canon EF-S 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6
 10/21/2004 01:38:01 PM
I like the photo. I think I would have enjoyed some richer colors.
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Minolta DiMAGE F200
 10/21/2004 07:35:34 AM
Great subject. Decent lighting. It's still lacking a bit, for me. I'm not sure what. It may be the cropping. I think I'd like to see more of the room in a wider angle shot. I wonder if stopping down the EV setting (i.e., shortening your exposure time) would have heighened the contrast of the play of light and shadow on the benches and across the floor?
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Nikon Coolpix 885
 10/20/2004 01:49:05 PM
Very nice; I like this one. Great focus, colors...good job. 9
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