Mine Superintendent's House

This gorgeous old house may not make it through this winter. It sits at 7655 elevation above Manhattan, NV right atop a mountain peak, and above the White Caps Mine. It is a crow's nest of a house with nothing else around for miles. Upon inspection, anyone can see that it was in it's day, not only a comfortable house, but even elegant. The distant mountains across the valley are about 15 miles as the bird flies. For the curious, drop this long-lat into Google Earth and it will fly you there. 38° 31.865' N, 117° 3.066' W I worked in shirt sleeves Saturday on this at 7655 feet.

Hi Jim,

Is this image up for critique/suggestions or just for looking?

I made some changes to it but I won't post it unless it's ok by you.

ALain

Alain Briot said:

Hi Jim,

Is this image up for critique/suggestions or just for looking?

I made some changes to it but I won't post it unless it's ok by you.

ALain

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Love to see what you did. Thanks.

Here goes:

Excellent. Thanks Alain. Always open to ideas. In the original I doubled the contrast in the sky over what nature provided, and boosted the saturation on the wood hues. So I was already on the same track, I simply chose to throttle at a different place than you did. This was seven panels with a D200.

Others?

Jim,

That's great. I thought it was a multi-frame panorama.

Did you have to 4 wheel drive to get to this location?

ALain

Nope, 2WD was fine to here. Good thing because the 4WD I'm making monthly payments on is currently broke.

Jim,

What a surprise from you! It's not even in B&W! There are no swirls or immaculate bokeh.

When I read, "Mine Superintendent's House, as I was preparing images for delivery, I thought, I'll get to that shortly, must correct Jim's English, to "My Superintendent's house"! I'm thinking, he's a grandfather, has old cars, his cameras to look after, maybe a few acres with chickens, some sows and a few cows too! So I expected to see a house with a guy with a pitchfork or a back hoe! Well, this is far from what I expected!


Alain is, I believe, on the right track in the processing he's applied. However, the sky might be stealing even more attention as it becomes bolder in this new presentation.



So, I suggest one might keep the general idea of the color changes but crop to tame the clouds to have the last life of the building defend it's dominance over the entire panorama.

Asher

Thanks Asher. I wish it was mine. Even now I picture some plywood sheers to stabilize it through another winter, then a new roof, and rebuild of the walls just as they were. What fun to return it to it's status of perhaps 1935. Sipping coffee on a fine morning on the porch, or snuggling in the living room next to the fire place on a cold evening would be bliss.

very nice! No photos of the house through the nice glass you usually shoot with!?

Daniel Buck said:

very nice! No photos of the house through the nice glass you usually shoot with!?

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Not this time. It seemed it needed color and panorama to support. Plus I had told my patient wife that this would be a fire wood trip :~')) While I had the tripod leveled I briefly thought of a 3 panel 6.5X8.5 in BW......but didn't. With the normal sharp photos the Nikon is edgeing it's way into the usual LF territory. Why bother when the DSLR is so good for this type of photo?

Jim Galli said:

Thanks Asher. I wish it was mine. Even now I picture some plywood sheers to stabilize it through another winter, then a new roof, and rebuild of the walls just as they were. What fun to return it to it's status of perhaps 1935. Sipping coffee on a fine morning on the porch, or snuggling in the living room next to the fire place on a cold evening would be bliss.

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Honestly Jim,

I'd write you a check right now, except it would bounce higher than the sky! I wish this was your place and I'd not be jealous. Maybe the owners will allow you to repair it for the purposes you describe. You should give it a try, LOL!

Asher