Quaint

Uploaded: May 30, 2008

Description

Englebert Grimm, a German immigrant, sold and repaired watches, clocks and jewelry for 45 years in this late 1880’s shop. The shop was originally located on Michigan Avenue in Detroit, from 1886 until 1931. Henry Ford was a frequent watch repair customer. He purchased the building after Mr. Grimm’s death and restored to its late-1880’s appearance. It was moved to historic Greenfield Village in Dearborn MI (where the Henry Ford Museum is also located) for all to enjoy.

I used Nik Color Efex to tweak tonal contrast, and also used very slight poster edges. I used a sky from another image to replace the blown out sky in this shot.

Exif: F Number: 8, Exposure Bias Value: -0.33, ExposureTime: 1/640 seconds, Flash: did not fire, compulsory flash mode, ISO: 100, White balance: Auto white balance, FocalLength: 53.00 mm, Model: Canon EOS 30D

Comments

Kristy A. Keene May 30, 2008

Awesome Capture, Deb! #931786

Jennifer L. Alder May 30, 2008

WOW! Deb, this is absolutey an outstanding capture of this wonderful building. GREAT treatment- love it :) #5996041

Steve Owen May 30, 2008

Wonderful image - very well done! #5996047

Rhonda Burger May 30, 2008

Great shot and effects Deb, very nice indeed. What a cool story. Rhonda #5996083

Janet Daniel May 30, 2008

What a terrific old building! Outstanding color, detail, & effects! #5996102

Carol Sawyer May 30, 2008

Excellent capture and effects, Deb!! #5996134

Carolyn M. Fletcher level-classic May 30, 2008

Oh wow, Deb! I love this!!! Excellent work on this beautiful old building! #5996138

Anita Hogue May 30, 2008

So beautiful, Deb! #5996159

Jim Huffield May 30, 2008

Stunning work, Deb. Jim #5996178

Michael G. Marshall May 30, 2008

Wonderful image Deb! Terrific work! Michael #5996323

Robert R. Goodman May 30, 2008

Hi Deb,that is a beautiful fire brick building.Great job on this one,stunning image!!!!!!! #5996374

Michael Umbreit May 30, 2008

Deb - Nice work! I love the treatment! - Mike #5996446

Lynne Morris May 30, 2008

Wow Deb this is beautiful, your ps work is fantastic girl! #5996480

Erin Appelbaum May 30, 2008

Fabulous image, great work Deb. Peter #5996502

Murry Grigsby May 30, 2008

Nice historical image Deb! Great post processing too!! #5996622

Eugenio Diaz May 30, 2008

Great capture and very interesting image!!!
Love it!!!
AWESOME color and PP work!!!
#5996716

Nadya Johnson May 30, 2008

Wow! Absolutely fabulous in ALL respects! Terrific work! Also, very interesting to me... my father was a watchmaker, too. The times were slower but certainly more elegant than ours. A GORGEOUS capture of this fine old building, Deb! #5996884

Nadine A. Lewis May 30, 2008

GREAT color, effects, detail, & capture of this AWESOME old building! <>< #5996963

Mike D. Perez level-deluxe May 30, 2008

Beautiful old building with great colors, Deb! #5996967

Bojan Bencic level-classic May 30, 2008

A lot of work, Deb, but well worth it. Fantastic result. #5997088

Mike Clime May 30, 2008

Really nice capture, Deb, and just the right amount of effects! #5997295

Brett Dolsen May 30, 2008

Great capture, details,effects and story Deb! Some of my French ancestors were military in Detroit early 1700s and one had a tavern there around 1784.Detroit history is amazing!
Brett #5998096

Claudia Kuhn level-classic May 30, 2008

Wonderful details on this bldg Deb! #5998168

John Connolly May 30, 2008

Excellent darkroom work in this fantastic presentation, Deb! Thanks for sharing! #5998470

Cassie L. Woodlee May 30, 2008

Beautiful building, the detail is fantastic. Wonderful effects Deb!!!! #5998891

Kitty R. Rodehorst-Hanna May 30, 2008

FANTASTIC details, colors and effects, Deb!!!!!! Super work on this gorgeous image!!!!! ♫ k #5999066

Vladan D. Djordjevic May 30, 2008

Great presentation. Fantastic photo taken with amazing details and textures, superb color and lines. #5999250

Bill Knaps May 30, 2008

It is beautiful Deb. Bill #5999317

Patrick Rouzes level-classic May 31, 2008

Fabulous colors, detail, pov, effects & presentation of this beautiful historic building,Deb!!! Superb work as always!!! #6000281

MELODIE C. ROBERTS May 31, 2008

Well looks like this building will keep on tickin'
DeB...THIS is Fantastic!!
Wonderful work and the colors in the building are terrific
GREAT JOB!!!!

Thanks for the history Too ;0) #6000322

Ray Thoms May 31, 2008

Very nicely done Deb.....and thanks for the info! #6000497

Sam Britt June 01, 2008

Beautiful old building, Deb. Great color & detail. My sister-in-law is from Brighton, MI. Is that near Dearborn? #6006136

Mitch Spence level-classic June 03, 2008

Deb, I think your handling here is just right and quite terrific. A great presentation. All I can think of, when I think of their moving this building, is bricks, bricks falling out everywhere, but it seems they did it successfully. #6015082

Joannie Bertucci level-classic June 05, 2008

Quaint is right! I love your post processing work very much! #6023434

Stacy Lankford level-addict June 18, 2008

Great image, I love it! #6075494

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