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Challenge: Home Sweet Home II (Advanced Editing VII)
Collection: Challenges 2011
Camera: Canon EOS-7D
Lens: Canon EF-S 10-22mm f/3.5-4.5 USM
Date: Aug 17, 2011
Aperture: f/9.0
ISO: 160
Shutter: 10 sec
Date Uploaded: Aug 18, 2011

 My new old house. Built in 1954, teensy, and cost WAY WAY too much (it's in soCal) but it is now the place I call home. That's me on the porch bench for about 2/3rd's of the exposure.

This won't score well and did better than expected (!) but I really don't know why I enter when I know this. I just like shooting for challenges, I guess.

I'm just not very bright. I am, in fact, a bit ghostly.

Look at that. A tiny violin.

Statistics
Place: 19 out of 76
Avg (all users): 5.9922
Avg (commenters): 6.6667
Avg (participants): 5.8750
Avg (non-participants): 6.0313
Views since voting: 821
Views during voting: 262
Votes: 128
Comments: 17
Favorites: 0

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Ricoh GR III
Pentax DA 18-135mm F3.5-5.6ED AL [IF] WR DC
 08/26/2011 01:30:45 PM
What makes this is of course the ghostly/homey presence, and not knowing which.
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Apple iPhone 15 Pro
 08/26/2011 12:27:44 PM
Thought this may do better but someones gotta come 19th, I got the nice feel as did Neat.
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OM System OM-5
Olympus 17mm f/1.8 M.Zuiko
08/26/2011 08:55:31 AM
Look at that:) And a SP too!!
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Apple iPhone 16 Pro
Sony Sonnar T* FE 35mm f/2.8 ZA
 08/26/2011 12:11:26 AM
Ooh, sorry this didn't make 6. still, well done on top 20.
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Canon Canon 1d x Mark II
Sigma 85mm f/1.4 FG HSM Art
 08/26/2011 12:05:49 AM
It did well, congrats, it was me I bumped you up...lol.
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
Canon Canon 1d x Mark II
Sigma 85mm f/1.4 FG HSM Art
 08/25/2011 11:41:51 PM
Bumping up to 8, I quite like this, has a warm feel to it.
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OM System OM-5
Olympus 17mm f/1.8 M.Zuiko
08/25/2011 06:02:54 PM
Love the light and golden tones. Looks so warm and inviting.
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Canon EOS-6D
Canon EF 100mm f/2.8 L Macro IS USM
 08/25/2011 04:23:54 PM
I love the warm lighting on this and ... the ghostly owner enjoying it.
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Canon EOS-5D Mark II
Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8 L USM
 08/24/2011 01:48:24 PM
Nice shot.
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Canon EOS-80D
Canon EF 17-40mm f/4.0 L USM
 08/24/2011 11:52:37 AM
Looks like Marcellus Wallace's house in Pulp fiction. great lighting.
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Canon EOS-5D Mark IV
Canon EF 24-70mm f/2.8 L II
 08/23/2011 04:28:15 PM
I could definitely hang here...very inviting!
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Apple iPhone 15 Pro
 08/21/2011 10:48:42 AM
Nice feel to this shot.
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Nikon D750
Nikon AF-S Nikkor 17-35mm f/2.8D IF-ED
 08/20/2011 12:43:27 AM
You have captured the essence of "home"
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Nikon D850
Nikon AF-S Nikkor 16-35 f/4 ED VR
 08/19/2011 10:13:27 PM
I wonder how this would look in black and white... And it took me a second to see that you(?) were sitting on the bench there.
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Canon EOS-5D Mark IV
Canon EF 24-105mm f/4.0 L IS
 08/19/2011 08:08:57 PM
I love the mood and the ghostly presence..
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Pentax K100D
Pentax SMC DA 18-55mm f3.5-5.6 AL WR
 08/19/2011 07:26:55 PM
The woman on the bench looks like a ghost. Neat colors.
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Canon EOS-7D
Sigma 17-70mm f/2.8-4.5 DC Macro for Canon
 08/19/2011 10:08:23 AM
So inviting. You don't see much of those courtyard areas here in central Texas. I love the hanging baskets. Put on a pot of coffee - I'm on my way over. :)
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