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His Genius Was Too Much--He Ran For The Hills To Become A Hermit
His Genius Was Too Much--He Ran For The Hills To Become A Hermit
molliefestus


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Challenge: Where In The World Is drewmedia? (Advanced Editing V)
Camera: Canon EOS-30D
Lens: Canon EF-S 10-22mm f/3.5-4.5 USM
Location: Elkmont, Sevierville, Tennessee
Date: Nov 19, 2007
Aperture: f/19
ISO: 100
Shutter: 3 seconds
Date Uploaded: Nov 23, 2007

 This is one of the historic Elkmont Cabins in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park, over 50 of them deserted for over 30 years, filled with treasures that are a photographer's dream. Perhaps drewmedia has disappeared into one of these cabins and restoring it complete with state of the art technology deep in the mountains of Appalachia; i worked on this for a long time, did a lot of dodging around the walls, especially behind the stove area, meticulously tweaked levels, sharpened, resized and resharpened again, tiny horizontal crop after resizing, selectively enhanced shadows and highlights throughout the photo to bring out the details and boosted the overall contrast; selectively tweaked the entire window area with sharpening and levels adjustments; this was shot at a focal length of 10 mm

Thanks for the nice comments on this shot. I had hoped it would break 6, as I think it's quite good but what I think on this site is normally the opposite of most all others here.

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Place: 52 out of 115
Avg (all users): 5.7045
Avg (commenters): 7.0000
Avg (participants): 5.1667
Avg (non-participants): 5.9556
Views since voting: 835
Views during voting: 248
Votes: 132
Comments: 9
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
Canon EOS-50D
Canon EF 28-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM
 12/02/2007 12:56:19 PM
I love the lighting of this!
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Nikon D80
Nikon AF-S DX Zoom Nikkor 17-55mm f/2.8G IF-ED
 11/30/2007 09:15:20 PM
Color is power
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Panasonic DMC-FZ20
Panasonic DMW-LWZ10 0.8x Wide Conversion
 11/27/2007 09:27:59 PM
As is the nature of all good geniuses.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Canon EOS-5D Mark II
Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8 L USM
 11/26/2007 11:31:35 PM
Wonderful. Love the bright colors and textures. I think I wish there was a person in here somewhere, though, or something else to focus my attention. What if you had a silhouetted person looking out that far window to the left?
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Canon EOS-350D Rebel XT
Canon EF 28-135mm f/3.5-5.6 IS USM
 11/26/2007 08:30:24 PM
Awesome colorstones and textures.....
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Canon EOS-30D
Tamron SP AF 28-75mm f/2.8 XR Di for Canon
 11/26/2007 01:28:23 PM
Very nice "grungy" shot. I love the textures but am not a fan of the rather lengthy title.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Nikon D7200
Nikon AF-S DX Nikkor 35mm f/1.8G
 11/26/2007 08:39:22 AM
Very cool processing.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Nikon D700
Nikon AF Zoom-Nikkor 80-200mm f/2.8D ED
 11/26/2007 01:12:43 AM
Very nice effect
  Photographer found comment helpful.
Nikon D850
Nikon AF Nikkor 50mm f/1.8
 11/26/2007 12:15:48 AM
love the shot. Has heaps of character and is technically very good. Great composition, lighting and detail and pin sharp.
  Photographer found comment helpful.
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