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~INSIDE A GUEST ROOM AT MOUNT VERNON~

© Debbie E. Payne

~INSIDE A GUEST ROOM AT MOUNT VERNON~

Uploaded: May 05, 2012

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Exif: F Number: 5.6, ExposureTime: 1/80 seconds, ISO: 800, FocalLength: 35.00 mm, Model: Canon EOS 5D Mark II

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Debbie E. Payne May 05, 2012

Here is another view of the room with the bed and the desk area. The ladder in the first one is for children and/or multiple servants. #1461044

Dale Hardin May 05, 2012

Love how you've gained access into the uncommon areas. When I was there on a tour about 20 years ago, it was in the front door, out the back type of an excursion.

I like your warm rich exposure which tends to enforce the period and how stark it was. #10125208

Michael Kelly level-classic May 05, 2012

Both work well for me. As Dale said, the rich exposure makes these shots. I think this would be an easy one that most photographers would blow and have it look way to stark. You can really look at the details in your images yet still enjoy the overview of the room. #10125310

Peter W. Marks May 05, 2012

Oh yes Debbie, this I really like. The shots take me back 69 yrs when I first stayed at my Uncle and Aunts farm. No electricity,no gas or propane, no indoor plumbing and I learned to read well at a very early age with copies of the Farmer and Stockbreeder newspaper in lieu of toilet tissue in the outhouse out back. I went up steep stairs not unlike the ones you show us here, at bed time and when Aunt Ruby snuffed out the little kerosene lamp that was it till dawn came. Wow, it is all flooding back now and no wonder I grew up never frightened of the dark.
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Jeff E Jensen May 06, 2012

Debbie, your work with this type of subjects has gotten pretty fantastic, and these are no exceptions. #10125829

Debbie E. Payne May 06, 2012

Thank you Jeff, Michael and Peter. I really like to use tone mapping on images that are supposed to be "old" looking. I did a third one in the series and left it out. Here it is. Funny thing is -- see the tin-punched lantern on the mantle in the horizontal orientation? I have that exact lamp in my basement and it has been told to me that that had been passed down since the 1700's. It's a keeper! Maybe I'll find it and do a still live with it somehow...

And actually, these were not taken in the "big house". Servants were housed in other smaller buildings around the area. So...yes, Dale, the tour of the house is still pretty much in the front and out the back. We did get to go upstairs. Mt. Vernon has had so much done to it since we went there while we were stationed in DC. They have more gardens and grounds and an interpretative building and of course, bigger and better cafeterias and stores. #10126138

Sue C. Cole May 06, 2012

I really like this Debbie, great exposure and detail. This really tells the story of living back when. Work well done:) #10126203

Debbra Bailey May 07, 2012

These are beautiful Debbie! I agree that the tones are perfect for the setting :) #10127506

Rita K. Connell level-classic May 07, 2012

these are especially nicely done Debbie with no improvements needed. when you are referring to tone mapping is that in the nik HDR filter? or is that another program? I especially like your cozy corner one. the wall a very cool looking. great job #10127587

Debbie E. Payne May 07, 2012

Rita, Tonemapping is doing HDR with only one image. The standard algorithm gives you a base from which to build upon. I have both HDR Nik and Photomatix which, although cheaper, I think produces a better result. I just finished another one of DC with a biker going across the Lincoln Monument on a cool, rainy day. Our last day in DC -- all the other days were beautiful. This one had its own particular brand of beauty to it. #10127622

Aimee C. Eisaman May 07, 2012

I really like the light in the room and how you can almost tell where a window or door was. The warmth is also very inviting. One thing I'm noticing is that it seems there was a dusty haze in the place probably from all the tourists walking thru. And yes that rainy day biker shot is beautiful! :~) #10127826

Chris Budny level-deluxe February 26, 2013

Congratulations on your Mt. Vernon Finalist! #10586864

Dale Hardin February 26, 2013

Congratulations on this finalist Debbie. Had almost forgotten this image. BP is really late on this one. #10587030

JO ANN CLEVELAND February 27, 2013

Love, love, love this Debbie! Big congratulations!

jo ann c. #10588098

Merna L. Nobile March 02, 2013

What a great way to start a new year! Your award winning photographs go from Editor’s Pick to Finalist and hopefully to Gold.
CONGRATULATIONS for the month of January, 2013! Merna
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