Room without a View


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Title     Room without a View
Photographer     kwintar/Wilco (241) Send mail to this user
Portfolio     Various
F-stop     f/16
Shutter speed     2 sec
Categories     Interior
Urban
HDRI (High Dynamic Range Imaging)
Digital back/sensor     CMOS
Camera     Pentax K-x
Content advisory     G (general audiences)
Submitted     May 21, 2012 7:58:41 AM CDT
Views     2,609
Rating     7 Thumb-up

The St. Anna monastery in The Netherlands is closed and up for demolition for a few years now. A great place the do some Urban Exploring. This shot was composed from 5 images.

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Thumb-up Thumb-up    from ilchacal/Peter (4,499) Send mail to this user on May 21, 2012 9:34:53 AM CDT (1) Early critique

Great urbex shot Wilco. The composition is good, and the subject matter interesting. The light coming in through the window is a little blown out. Perhaps one more bracket shot 1-2 stops lower would have helped. I would also bump up the contrast a bit, to give the scene an even more gritty feel.

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From kwintar/Wilco (241) Send mail to this user on May 21, 2012 1:51:14 PM CDT

Thank you. Actually, I did a version of this picture where the light coming from the windows was a less blown out, but I felt like it was a distraction. You could very clearly see what was behind the window, and were focused on that instead on the rest of the frame...

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Thumb-up Thumb-up    from stmv/Sebastian (59,822) This user is a Premium Member Send mail to this user on May 21, 2012 9:04:33 AM CDT (2) Early critique

very nice shot, feel like it needs about a foot more space toward the front, I read somewhere how photographers cannot resist decay, and this is a perfect example, simple life of a nun, most priests do not live so sparse their whole life.

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From kwintar/Wilco (241) Send mail to this user on May 21, 2012 9:15:09 AM CDT

Thanks. I agree with your critique. One step back however, and the door would also be in the shot. I am saving for a wide-angel lens though...

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Thumb-up Thumb-up Thumb-up    from ted27/Ted (41,282) This user is a Premium Member Send mail to this user on May 21, 2012 8:26:40 AM CDT (2) Early critique

You do realize Wilco that this image has zero(0) chance of making the cover of Architectural Digest magazine. But, your perfect technique could land you the cover image if you train your lens elsewhere. I find this image interesting in that there is a fireplace as well as a radiant heating system, both in this small room??? And yes your HDR is perfect as is all else pertaining to this shot. Yeah, I know 3TU for trash, but hey, this is perfection even if it ain't a beautiful nude or swimming duck... Very nice (not the house cleaning service though ha ha). >TED

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From kwintar/Wilco (241) Send mail to this user on May 21, 2012 8:36:42 AM CDT

Thanks. I think the fireplace has not been used for a while, since it's an old building and the fireplace is closed off. And yes, I also think a beautiful nude it the frame would make it perfect, but my colleague wouldn't take his clothes off ;-)

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From ted27/Ted (41,282) This user is a Premium Member Send mail to this user on May 21, 2012 8:51:16 AM CDT

ha ha... not a true friend, well then put a duck on the bed??? >TED

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From bartbonk/Bill (22,938) Send mail to this user on May 21, 2012 8:55:04 AM CDT

Oddly, On my iPad the photo comes up rotated an additional 90 degrees CW from normal. Bill

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From robertwallis/Robert (12,866) This user is a Premium Member Send mail to this user on May 21, 2012 4:25:11 PM CDT

Same here.

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From kwintar/Wilco (241) Send mail to this user on May 22, 2012 6:07:37 AM CDT

I've checked, I also get this on my Ipad. I have done some initial editing on my Ipad, and for some reason the portait/landscape modus has been screwed up. But when I transferred it to my PC, I thought I had fixed the issue. Apperently, the landscape/portrait modus of the image is still saved (for Ipad/Iphone views) even after uploading it to PhotoSig...Strange... I will upload another version of this image later with all the extra Exif info removed, to see if that fixes the issue.

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