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Inside Out
Inside Out
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Challenge: Best of 2011 (Advanced Editing VII)
Camera: Nikon D300
Lens: Nikon AF Fisheye-Nikkor 10.5mm f/2.8G IF-ED DX
Location: Garden Key/Dry Tortugas, Florida, USA
Date: Nov 15, 2011
Aperture: Various
ISO: 400
Shutter: Various
Date Uploaded: Feb 8, 2012

Inside the hot and humid stairwell at Fort Jefferson in the Dry Tortugas, 2 and a half hours by boat from Key West.

I shot a similar photo about ten years ago in a cathedral in Paris with my old CoolPix 990 and the fisheye adapter. With that lens I was able to capture 180 degrees; impossible to keep my feet out of the frame! I 'shopped them out, nonetheless.



This is a five exposure HDR image, merged and tone-mapped in Photomatix. In Lightroom, converted and tweaked in black and white, added vignetting. In Photoshop, resized, unsharp mask, export to web. I never really could be happy about the glare from the window. :(

Statistics
Place: 104 out of 410
Avg (all users): 6.2542
Avg (commenters): 6.8462
Avg (participants): 6.2132
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Views since voting: 376
Views during voting: 438
Votes: 240
Comments: 15
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 Comments Made During the Challenge
02/20/2012 08:39:52 AM
Nice tones....love the warped feel.

voted earlier
02/19/2012 11:12:50 AM
Nice perspective; bw tones are great. (voted earlier)
02/17/2012 01:05:08 PM
Very cool wide angle!
02/17/2012 09:39:09 AM
Very cool view. I can just imagine getting to the top and finding a dragon.
02/17/2012 02:44:40 AM
Definitely love the perspective here and the intent. 9 for concept, execution and not making me know which way is up.
02/15/2012 07:48:15 AM
Beautiful !!! I LOVE IT !!! Well done !!!
02/14/2012 12:24:00 PM
This is not by chance a photograph of the inner part of the tower at Aysgarth School, UK; is it?
02/14/2012 07:37:47 AM
nice composition
02/14/2012 04:40:43 AM
Great b&w - the perspective really does make you feel as if it's inside out - or outside in :)
02/14/2012 02:43:00 AM
really nice perspective and distortions
02/13/2012 11:14:26 AM
Nice find and composition. I really like that sliver of window. Might be nice a little darker inside but I'm not sure. 8
02/10/2012 03:07:13 PM
Nice wraparound rhythm.
02/10/2012 11:59:41 AM
Nicely composed image.
02/10/2012 08:44:02 AM
great use of fisheye, disorienting. and nice BW tones
02/10/2012 07:30:28 AM
I'm liking this :)


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