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Challenge: Postcard II (Advanced Editing V*)
Collection: Places
Camera: Nikon D50
Lens: Tamron AF 18-200mm f/3.5-6.3 XR Di II for Nikon
Location: Manassas, Virginia
Date: Nov 17, 2006
Aperture: f/16
ISO: 200
Shutter: 1/750
Galleries: Landscape, History
Date Uploaded: Nov 19, 2006

 The (recreated) Henry House is located in Manassas National Battlefield Park, site of 2 major US Civil War battles. It belonged to the elderly and infirm Widow Henry, who became the first civilian casualty of the first battle of Manassas/Bull Run without leaving her bedroom. She is buried nearby. The odd-looking thing in the yard of the house is a monument to the Union soldiers killed in the battle.

Civil War battlefields are often such lovely places that it is hard to believe what happened there.

PP - levels, dodged house a little, cropped, cloned out a couple of little branches, resized, sharpened, reduced noise, added border and text, increased saturation slightly.

Statistics
Place: 198 out of 266
Avg (all users): 5.3585
Avg (commenters): 4.8571
Avg (participants): 5.2451
Avg (non-participants): 5.4636
Views since voting: 802
Views during voting: 295
Votes: 212
Comments: 9
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Fujifilm FinePix 2800Z
Nikon AF Micro-Nikkor 60mm f2.8D
 11/27/2006 06:59:00 AM
I gave this an 8. Thought it made a nice postcard. Text was nice and clean and the framing/crop well suited. Perhaps a little dark, but your design, font choice, etc made up for it, in my opinion.
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
Canon EOS-7D
Canon EF-S 17-55mm f/2.8 IS USM
 11/24/2006 10:50:20 PM
Nice subject. With this angle of sunlight, I think a perspective from further left would give you more light and be better as I'm trying to make out detail in the shadowed long face of the Henry House.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Pentax K10D
Pentax DA 18-55mm f/3.5-5.6 AF
 11/23/2006 12:53:21 PM
Makes me want to visit! :)
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Apple iPhone 6s+
Canon EF 50mm f/1.4 USM
 11/22/2006 02:17:52 PM
On my monitor, this is too dark. I can see very little detail in the house. The composition and time of day are very nice. A little photoshop work to highlight the house would make this a great shot. IMHO.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Nikon Z8
Nikon NIKKOR Z 24-120 f/4 S
 11/21/2006 10:11:28 PM
The lighting on the house is a little too dark, especially as this is the subject of the title of the postcard
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Nikon Coolpix 2100
Canon EF-S 15-85mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM
11/20/2006 09:55:52 PM
The house is very dark and is too small to be the main subject of the photo.
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Canon EOS R5
Canon EF 28-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM
 11/20/2006 05:26:57 PM
Photo looks overexposed.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Pentax *ist DL
Tamron AF 28-200mm f/3.8-5.6 Aspherical XR IF Super Zoom for Pentax
 11/20/2006 09:24:14 AM
The detail of the house is lost a bit in the shadow. The colors of the field are nice, but the overall exposure is a bit dark. Not sure how much of a bump it could take thought without blowing out the sky, but it needs a bit more light in my opinion. Score: 5.
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Canon EOS-5D Mark II
Tamron SP AF 28-75mm f/2.8 XR Di for Canon
 11/20/2006 09:17:02 AM
house is a bit too dark ...
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