This is the former home of Frank and Julia Buhl. It was built in 1891. According to their brochure, it is now one of the top 10 most romantic inns in America.
If you had gotten the camera a little lower, but still had the bottom of the frame along the same line, would you have gotten too much of the tree? I feel that top of the turret is a little cropped, but that is me.
Holy moly! This is great HDR here! I am not sure "romantic" is what came to mind when I saw it. But I believe you! This is so amazing. What processing did you do? fav
@danette - There are stories of supposed sightings in the mansion.
@espyetta - That is what their brochures claims MaryBeth. I used PS CS5 and the Nik Color Efex Pro filter to bring out the details in the stone and clouds.
@shaedreams - First of all, with my camera on a tripod, I took three photos. 1 at normal setting, 1 at 2 stops overexposed and 1 at 2 stops underexposed. I then used Photomatix to create an HDR by combining the three photos. I then opened the HDR in Photoshop and applied a filter to bring out the detail in the clouds and the stonework.
@shirljess - Thank you very much Shirley! I used Photomatix Pro 4 to combine the three images into an HDR and used a paintery 5 filter to bring out the detail. I then opened that in PhotoShop CS5 and used Nik Color Efex Pro and used its contrast filters to tweak it a bit more.
Thank you all so much for the wonderful comments, Favs and follows! I great appreciate you taking the time to do so. I am overwhelmed by your responses! @byrdlip - Thank you for your suggestion. It is one I had considered. But had I lowered and tilted my camera up to catch more of the turret I would have had to deal with telephone and power lines. I considered removing them in PhotoShop, but would have required a lot of time to do a good job.
No they don't. My wife and I visited Stan Hywet last year. The home of Frank Seiberling the former president and co-founder of the Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company. They too left their home to a non-profit organization to care for and allow the public to visit their home and grounds. You don't see that happening today. A completely different generation.
April 11th, 2015
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@espyetta - That is what their brochures claims MaryBeth. I used PS CS5 and the Nik Color Efex Pro filter to bring out the details in the stone and clouds.
Fav for me.
Thank you all so much for the wonderful comments, Favs and follows! I great appreciate you taking the time to do so. I am overwhelmed by your responses!
@byrdlip - Thank you for your suggestion. It is one I had considered. But had I lowered and tilted my camera up to catch more of the turret I would have had to deal with telephone and power lines. I considered removing them in PhotoShop, but would have required a lot of time to do a good job.
@luka365 - Thank you very much Luka!
@wordpixman - Thank you for your kind comments, Congrats, Fav and follow Arthur! I am returning the favor!
@kynosmom - Thank you for your lovely comment!
@sparkle - You are very kind Juliette! Thank you so much!
@dmdfday - Thank you so much Diane! I really appreciate it!
@mariyakey -Thank you very much Mariya for your "Wow" and wonderful comment!