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Challenge: Desolation (Classic Editing)
Camera: Minolta DiMAGE 7i
Location: Altoona, PA
Date: Aug 12, 2003
Aperture: f 2.8
ISO: 200
Shutter: 1/8
Galleries: Cityscape, Architecture
Date Uploaded: Aug 12, 2003

This is an old victorian house that was once owned by a doctor. The house was bought by the hospital a few years ago and just left to deteriorate, with the windows now broken, the porch rotted out the one time splendid beauty is slated to be torn down by Russo Construction, thus the word "Russo" that is painted on the building. They advertise the demise of such beautiful old homes that way, due to the fact they salvage as many old antique fixtures out of homes such as this one, to sell in a shop they have.

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Votes: 209
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
08/19/2003 02:15:45 PM
Looks a little derelict to me but not desolate. Image is a bit soft or blurred, although it's a nice composition.
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08/14/2003 01:03:13 PM
cropping to get rid of the houses on the left might be nice. Light and dark contrasts are good.
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08/14/2003 10:31:49 AM
This is a nice real estate shot, but it does not give the feeling of desolation to me. Except for the few bits of graffiti that are barely noticeable, it seems more like a coveted piece of real estate than an old, delapitated home.
08/14/2003 03:35:06 AM
Decent picture, what bugs me is that the bottom half is not in focus...
08/13/2003 07:03:35 AM
Great old house. I could be sharper.
08/13/2003 04:28:49 AM
interesting building, good eye. shame it's slightly out of focus
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08/13/2003 12:21:16 AM
Out of focus. Does not really make me feel desoltaion


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