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The walls might tell..


The walls might tell..
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Copyright: Jean Dwyer (jean11-3) Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 807 W: 0 N: 1111] (4717)
Genre: Places
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2009-06-19
Categories: Daily Life
Camera: Sony cybershot DSC-N1
Exposure: f/4, 1/320 seconds
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Photo Version: Original Version
Theme(s): Dorioł ha prenestroł/Doors and windows [view contributor(s)]
Date Submitted: 2009-07-01 8:47
Viewed: 123
Points: 18
[Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note
Hello everyone,another trip back in time and still in the Cornish town of Saltash.
This cottage is known as Mary Newman's Cottage, who was reputed to be the first wife of Sir Francis Drake.The building dates back to around 1480.
If only the walls could talk,we might discover what really happened here.

The cottage is open three days a week from Easter until October for visitors.It now has a newly opened Elizabethan Herb garden which 'offers a peaceful, pleasant setting overlooking the River Tamar and Brunel's famous bridge.'

The cottage is situated on a steep hill so vantage points for taking shots were quite limited.
I thought that I would add the sepia effect to add some age....what do you think?
Thanks for looking.

PP:crop,applied sepia effect,cloned out a T.V. aerial, applied unsharp mask,added borders and resized.
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  • ade71 Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 235 W: 37 N: 206] (2812)
  • [2009-07-01 9:42]

Hi Jean, I love this picture and your choice for sepia. Bery well done, Adele.

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  • glint Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 620 W: 3 N: 531] (3606)
  • [2009-07-01 9:55]

hello Jean,
the slope of the hill provides a good low POV. I like the sepia as it is very fitting due the the ancientness of the fine old cottage.If walls could take indeed.
regards,
Bev

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  • willie Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 209 W: 8 N: 306] (3101)
  • [2009-07-01 10:54]

I love this one Jean, specially in sepia. Yes, nice pov.
I just came back from Stamford, a cosy village an hour from London. Cornwall is our next destination and also Wales i would love to visit. Thanks for given me an idea...

willie

Hi Jean
The sepia toning is very effective here. I'm not sure it adds age per se but it works. I like how you captured the light part of the sky over the house itself and the whole image is sharp with fine texture in the walls. Hey what's wrong with an Elizabethan TV aerial? :))
Phil

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  • dareco Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1717 W: 16 N: 840] (15143)
  • [2009-07-01 23:41]

Sepia was a great choice for this, and I agree that one wonders what those walls could tell us. Very good pov and crop. TFS

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  • AKITA Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1036 W: 81 N: 66] (12454)
  • [2009-07-02 0:20]

dear Jean,
a wonderful and very tasteful picture of the sepia building.
old houses show us the time of history, and this shows very English air so much too.
calm and beautiful feeling is made and it becomes the air surrounding the house.
thank you for your excellent shot,
Akihisa

boa tarde Jean
I have seen this photo yesterday...too late for me. Very well captured and presented. So simple and so unique. It look s great!
my regards
teresat

Ciao Jean


These architectures I love very much,
I like the look, the beauty of the details
of stone on stone.
and foliage for climbing rocks, takes effect
pretty.
An excellent choice in sepia.
It is a pleasing composition, that captures the atmosphere very well ...

Greetings,

Sergio

Hi Jean,

Very impressive photo. Great idea to desaturate this image - creates a real sense of history and time past by. The sepia tool is awesome for these old buildings. Interesting notes too. TFS.

Martyn

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