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Locked up in chains
Locked up in chains
cgino


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Camera: Sony DSC-P200
Location: Socorro, NM
Date: Mar 6, 2009
Galleries: Architecture, Black and White
Date Uploaded: Mar 6, 2009

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Comments: 13
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 A pretty regular door taken with my P&S

Processing was to crop, Color Efex Pro tonal contrast pumped up a bit past default values; convert to b&w with Silver Efex Pro Holga filter, grain taken down & detail increased a bit; crop once again so the vignetting created by the Holga filter was no longer perfectly centered; run just the color curve bit from the urban acid action and lower opacity to 35% (gives the nice color cast); used the patch tool to cover up the modern lock with more chains; resize, run the sharpen tool over the chains to make crudely sharpen them up, adjust levels, save for web. Hopefully it is more interesting than the original :-)

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 03/10/2009 11:56:05 AM
Good title, made me smile. You off-centered it which is visually correct with the opposing lines. Great detail in the chains! I'm wondering if that's to keep someone out or someone from coming in. Hmm.. who lurks behind the chained doors? Kind of an eerie scenario ;-)
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 03/09/2009 12:55:43 PM
What an amazing transformation! Very nice work.
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 03/09/2009 12:59:42 AM
I wouldn't enter... : /
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 03/08/2009 06:57:26 AM
Nice! Love the gritty feel.
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 03/07/2009 05:40:23 PM
Yummy.
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 03/07/2009 08:49:52 AM
Wow! Good job on this one!
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 03/07/2009 04:02:42 AM
Isn't it amazing what editing can do? This has a great mood and the acidic blue overtones suit it so well. Nice one.
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 03/06/2009 07:51:41 PM
Nice old antique look.something you might see in a horror flim.
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 03/06/2009 07:31:45 PM
Looks what creativity and great processing can do! Nice mood created here.
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 03/06/2009 05:35:55 PM
wow colllen .. a regular door become quite irregular .lol ..!! . now i'm being interrupted and have to go .. but just wanted to say .. WOW .. love the grungy feel .. love the dark mysterious quality ... love your processing .. :)
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 03/06/2009 04:19:15 PM
You have made a very messy door into a very very messy door.
I love it!
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 03/06/2009 03:34:18 PM
You've done a wonderful job of antiquing those doors, they look great.
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 03/06/2009 03:30:02 PM
Wow! Can't believe you got this out of that! This is in keeping with the recent spooky/scary trend everyone has been on. Those chains really make you wonder what monstrosity is locked up behind those doors! So cool! Now I'm going to have to come up with something spooky/scary too!
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