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The Ruin
The Ruin
Sammie


Photograph Information Photographer's Comments
Challenge: Abandoned Buildings (Basic Editing III)
Camera: Canon EOS-10D
Lens: Sigma 18-125mm f/3.5-5.6 DC for Canon
Location: Las Mesitas, Colorado
Date: Apr 10, 2005
Aperture: F6.7
ISO: 100
Shutter: 1/500
Galleries: Architecture, Black and White
Date Uploaded: Apr 7, 2005

 Editing: Crop, levels, saturation, resize, unsharp mask, desat 85%, contrast, save for web.

This is an old church in Las Mesitas, Colorado. It has been abandoned and falling down ever since we have lived here (26 years). There is a cemetary in the back that is still used.

Statistics
Place: 44 out of 500
Avg (all users): 5.9279
Avg (commenters): 7.3333
Avg (participants): 5.7097
Avg (non-participants): 6.2331
Views since voting: 1335
Views during voting: 399
Votes: 319
Comments: 10
Favorites: 0

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Nikon D5100
Tamron AF 28-80mm f/3.5-5.6 Aspherical for Nikon
 04/20/2005 12:40:55 AM
Another great shot Sammie, I getting jealous... I would have guessed this one, just west of Antonito. Van
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
Canon EOS-300D Rebel
 04/18/2005 10:08:30 AM
nice shadow. nice light. use of filter interesting. very nice lines.
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Canon EOS-70D
Canon EF 28-105mm f/3.5-4.5 II USM
 04/15/2005 11:06:04 PM
Not too bad. I might have veared a little farther away from the symetry by moving to the right just a touch. You handled the contrast pretty good on this though.
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Nikon D800
Nikon AF-S DX Zoom Nikkor 12-24mm f/4.0G IF-ED
 04/15/2005 10:11:00 PM
Cool geometery. I also like the subdued tones.
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Pentax K10D
Pentax DA 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 AF
 04/14/2005 12:53:41 PM
Clean and elegant. Good play between shadows and light. Interesting angle. Good clarity - I like the textures and details. Bumping from 6 to 7.
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Canon PowerShot SD990 IS
 04/14/2005 11:18:52 AM
nice photo
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Olympus E-3
Olympus 50-200mm f/2.8-3.5 ED Zuiko Digital
 04/13/2005 07:56:54 PM
Nice shadows
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Canon PowerShot S3 IS
 04/13/2005 04:33:45 PM
Good use of light and crisp clear focus.....8
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Olympus E-5
Olympus 11-22mm f/2.8-3.5 Zuiko Digital Zoom
 04/13/2005 02:58:50 PM
nice..
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Canon EOS-5D Mark II
Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8 L USM
 04/13/2005 04:26:47 AM
i wanna go there!! dont forget to tell me where this is
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