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Iron County Courthouse ca. 1860


Iron County Courthouse ca. 1860
Photo Information
Copyright: Reed Radcliffe (rlrad) Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 129 W: 10 N: 275] (1053)
Genre: Places
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2009-04-17
Categories: Architecture, Decisive Moment
Camera: Nikon D300, Sigma 10-20mm f4-5.6 EX DC HSM
Exposure: f/13.0, 1/320 seconds
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Photo Version: Original Version
Date Submitted: 2009-04-24 3:03
Viewed: 185
Points: 6
[Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note
This courthouse in downtown Ironton (1860) was the scene of bitter fighting during the American Civil War and still retains the scar from a cannonball on its east face. Both the courthouse and the gazebo are on the National Register of Historical Places.

I shot this one about 10 minutes prior to yesterday's photo of that great house. There was just so much opportunity during this morning, the sky was just about perfect, as was the light.

This is just another example of the history found in the Arcadia Valley in Southeast Missouri.

I used DxO to straighten out the angles of this shot, as it was shot at the bottom end of the Sigma 10-20mm lens. It did a fair job of removing that lens distortion and still left the buildings looking fairly natural. Then I exported the file as a DNG to Photoshop, did some limited post-processing, such as toned down some of the bright highlight, added the frame, re-sized for TL and then sharpened slightly to compensate for the shrinking of the file.

Have a great Friday and a better weekend!
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Man I like that white against that blue, really nice work Reed! I can so identify with your cell phone taking pictures inside your pocket!~ HAHA Eats up memory! At least it's not calling Japan for you!
B-)
Linda

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  • Mitch Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Note Writer [C: 93 W: 9 N: 217] (985)
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This is a really cool shot, Reed.
you worked for this one.

Excellent software enhancing. Polorized light works wonders on the blues and has made the whites scream out at us.
Beautiful.

Good notes too,


well done

Martin

Reed
Belle composition dont j'aime les tons sombres qui font ressortir de très belle façon la beauté architecturale de ces maisons.
Amicalement
JJ

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