Room To Read [69365 Digital Darkroom ]
Uploaded: September 18, 2011 20:40:16
Fonthill Museum in Doylestown, PA
Everyone can call their home a castle, but Dr. Mercer could say it and mean it. The core of his wondrous castle, built from reinforced concrete in Mercer's own design in 1908, has towers, turrets, and tiles piled on beyond belief. Each room is a different shape and each is fully adorned with tiles, some antique and some made in Mercer's own tile works across the driveway.
Six image stitch in Photoshop, various Nik filters, some Topaz and pasted in the Castle in the windows for background replacement of the cloudy white sky.
Exif: F Number: 18, Exposure Bias Value: 0.00, ExposureTime: 5/1 seconds, Flash: did not fire., ISO: 1000, White balance: Auto white balance, FocalLength: 17.00 mm, Model: NIKON D3S
Danny B. Head September 19, 2011
Beautiful work, Phyllis! #1409220Michelle Alton September 19, 2011
What a stellar piece of work and artistry, Phyllis. It all worked absolutely perfectly. Henry Chapman Mercer was one of the lucky few that was able to see an awesome vision come to fruition. #9678878Cathy Barrows September 19, 2011
fabulous...love the added details #9679320Mary Timman September 19, 2011
Oh my gosh you did some fantastic work with this, must have been very time consuming and it is very appreciative! Beautiful room and effects. Just fabulous work! A winner I hope! #9679379Chastity Abbott September 19, 2011
Love the light that comes in and gently falls on the desk, chair and all the details. Wonderful image! #9679396David M. Montero September 19, 2011
Masterful work Phyllis. A beautiful image. How do you spell gold - Room to Read! #9679628Tarun Bose September 19, 2011
Outstanding work here, Phyllis. #9679667
Mary Beth Aiello
September 19, 2011
Patti Coblentz September 19, 2011
Absolutely stunning result of your meticulous work, Phyllis! The natural light, exquisite colors, wonderful mood, great detail...it's all so beautiful and a winner in my book! Just outstanding! #9679802
Terry Cervi
September 19, 2011
Robert Jensen September 20, 2011
outstanding work Phyllis #9681872Phyllis H. Burchett September 21, 2011
Thank you so much everyone! #9683101Renee Doyle September 22, 2011
This really is beautiful work Phyllis!! #9685366Pattie Smith September 23, 2011
What amazing work Phyllis! Just gorgeous! #9686599
Kathy Salerni
October 01, 2011
Phyllis H. Burchett October 02, 2011
Thank you so much everyone....a little late to say thanks as I've been out of town with no internet. Will catch up on commenting soon I hope! #9711302Linda Blair October 04, 2011
WOW...love it...you captured the real beauty of this room....well done!!! #9716015Carolyn McIntosh October 09, 2011
Poking through your gallery this morning . . sorry I am late in thanking you . . on the road with crappy internet.This is one gorgeous image and I can certainly appreciate the amount of time and effort you put into creating this work of art.
Thanks for taking the time to comment on my POTD . . much appreciated. #9725122
Mary Timman October 18, 2011
I love this. Congratulations on your beautiful finalist! #9743891Amy M. Wilson October 18, 2011
Big congratulations on your AMAZING Finalist, Phyllis!! #9743893Robin R. October 18, 2011
Beautiful work. The lighting and detail are wonderful. Congrats. #9743907
Chris Budny
October 18, 2011
Orsi October 18, 2011
Amazing work,Phyllis!!Congratulations!! #9744031Danny B. Head October 18, 2011
Awesome! Congrats! #9744181
Terry Cervi
October 18, 2011
Deborah C. Lewinson
October 18, 2011
Congratulations! #9744356
JO ANN CLEVELAND October 18, 2011
Big Congratulations Phyllis! I loved this!jo ann c.
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Patti Coblentz October 18, 2011
An all time favorite image, Phyllis...just love it!! Congratulations on your finalist! #9744754Linda L. Ruiz October 18, 2011
Kathy Salerni
October 18, 2011
Kathy Salerni
October 18, 2011
Nadia Paul October 18, 2011
Congrats on your beautiful finalist Phyllis! #9744985
Irene Colling
October 18, 2011
Lisa J. Chorny October 18, 2011
I LOVE this, Phyllis! There's something so magical about it. Nice work and congrats on the finalist! #9745260Rona L. Schwarz October 18, 2011
Spectacular creative piece of art, Phyllis! I wouldn't even know how to go about doing a six image stitch, but the resulting image is truly amazing. CONGRATULATIONS on your superb FINALIST and Good luck in the next round! #9745410
Stefania Barbier
October 18, 2011
Heather Loewenhardt
October 18, 2011
Jessica Jenney October 19, 2011
Congratulations, Phyllis on your fabulous finalist! #9746283
Susan D. Royce
October 19, 2011
Richard B. Hallick October 19, 2011
Like the castle, this is also a masterpiece. Congratulations on the finalist. It should go to gold. #9746719
Emile Abbott
October 19, 2011
Lisa J. Boulden
October 19, 2011
Cathy Barrows October 19, 2011
congrat on your finalist...awesome creation #9748177
Mary Beth Aiello
October 19, 2011
Patrick Rouzes
October 19, 2011
Renee Doyle October 19, 2011
Big congratulations on this excellent finalist Phyllis!! #9749070Debra R. Harder October 20, 2011
WOW, Phyllis!! Truly amazing image! Huge congratulations on your OUTSTANDING finalist! Deb #9750310
Leslie McLain
October 20, 2011
Usman M. Bajwa
October 20, 2011
UB. #9751463
Pattie Smith October 21, 2011
Looks like a grand prize winner to me! Congrats Phyllis! #9751994Debbie Bray October 21, 2011
It's a wonderful image, Phyllis, the light hitting the table top is great, and all your filters work well together. Congrats on your finalist! #9752838
Bojan Bencic
October 22, 2011
Phyllis H. Burchett October 22, 2011
Thank you so much everyone, I am out of town with lousy internet, mostly no internet, so will catch up on commenting when I get home later in the week. Congrats to all the finalists! #9755402Kathy Cline October 23, 2011
HEY PHYLLIS Im out of town to and have slow internet...dont ya just hate that? Congrats on your well deserved award. Have a blessed day.David M. Montero October 23, 2011
Congratulations on your finalist selection Phyllis!!! Awesome in every way. #9756863
Jill Odice
October 24, 2011
Agnes Fegan
October 24, 2011
Patti Coblentz October 24, 2011
Couldn't be more beautiful, Phyllis! Congratulations on your winner!! #9760070Kathy Cline October 24, 2011
Congrats Phyllis. Im not surprised as this is an amazing shot.Debbie Bray October 24, 2011
Well done on a fabulous image, Phyllis! Congratulations! #9760222Mary K. Robison October 25, 2011
CONGRATULATIONS on your well earned Gold Winner, Phyllis! #9760523Renee Doyle October 25, 2011
So deserving!!!! Congratulations Phyllis! #9760532Amy M. Wilson October 25, 2011
Big congratulations on your excellent and well-deserved Gold win, Phyllis!! #9760765Courtenay Vanderbilt October 25, 2011
Super Congrats, Phillis! Well deserved Gold! #9760817Nadia Paul October 25, 2011
Congrats on your wonderful winner Phyllis! #9760818
Leslie McLain
October 25, 2011
Jessica Jenney October 25, 2011
Congratulations, Phyllis on your fantastic win! #9761016
Linda D. Lester
October 25, 2011
Val Feldman
October 25, 2011
Debra R. Harder October 25, 2011
I just LOVE this image, Phyllis!! Huge congratulations on your OUTSTANDING GOLD WINNER!!! Deb #9761515
Emile Abbott
October 25, 2011
Bojan Bencic
October 25, 2011
Mary Timman October 25, 2011
I loved this the first time I saw and the second and still love it! Huge Congratulations on this awesome winner! #9761815Julie Burnett October 25, 2011
A gorgeous creation, Phyllis, congratulations on this fabulous Winner!! #9762031Mike Clime October 25, 2011
Congratulations on your winner, Phyllis! #9762106Danny B. Head October 25, 2011
Nice job, Phyllis! Congrats! #9762158Merna L. Nobile October 25, 2011
May your heart catch the joy of the moment and soar!
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Terry Cervi
October 25, 2011
Merna L. Nobile October 25, 2011
What wonderful recognition of your hard work. Merna #9762632
Deborah C. Lewinson
October 25, 2011
Congratulations! !! #9762938
Pattie Smith October 26, 2011
Congratulations Phyllis on the win for this amazing image! #9763700Carla Capra Anderson October 26, 2011
Hi Phyllis;Phyllis H. Burchett October 26, 2011
Thanks everyone! I'm at the Phoenix airport waiting for my plane.....looking forward to getting home. #9764212
Mitch Spence
October 26, 2011
Patrick Rouzes
October 26, 2011
Lisa J. Boulden
October 27, 2011
Christine Lobsinger
October 27, 2011
JO ANN CLEVELAND October 27, 2011
Congratulations on this fabulous Gold 2nd Place Winner Phyllis!jo ann c. #9766237
Robert R. Goodman October 27, 2011
Hi Phyllis,A big Congratulations on this beautiful win!!!! #9766280David M. Montero October 27, 2011
Congratulations on your outstanding winning capture Phyllis!!! #9766633Rona L. Schwarz October 27, 2011
Ah hah, I knew we'd see this one again, Phyllis! It had Winner written all over it - glad to see the judges agreed! It's a masterpiece, so creative and well-executed and just stunning! Huge Congratulations on this well-deserved Gold Winner, Phyllis! #9766959
Irene Colling
October 28, 2011
Congratulations Phyllis for this outstanding image. I'm pleased that you won a gold award for your fine work.
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Phyllis H. Burchett October 28, 2011
Thank you so very much everyone for your wonderful comments! #9768774
Mary Beth Aiello
October 28, 2011
Usman M. Bajwa
October 31, 2011
UB. #9773636
Phyllis H. Burchett October 31, 2011
Thanks Mary Beth and Usman! #9774696Carmody Baker November 01, 2011
Love this! Congratulations Phyllis! #9776406Cathy Barrows November 01, 2011
Congrats on your winner....so glad to see a winner from our trip #9776693
Emile Abbott
March 10, 2016
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