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Sidney Lanier Cottage

June 2008

Title - Sidney Lanier Cottage

How I did it -

 

The Sidney Lanier cottage is a Macon landmark and historically very significant. The Middle Georgia Camera Club has been asked to submit photographs for consideration for the 2009 Historic Macon Calendar. This is one of the photographs I submitted. The arrows in the small print show the areas of work. The building was straightened; historic marker at left was removed; branches were cleaned up; power line removed; an unlighted area on the roof was 'lighted'; a marble marker in the yard was copied and inserted at the lower right; and etc. The picture was taken within 10 minutes of sunset. I'll let you know!! The Sidney Lanier cottage is a Macon landmark and historically very significant. The Middle Georgia Camera Club has been asked to submit photographs for consideration for the 2009 Historic Macon Calendar. This is one of the photographs I submitted. The arrows in the small print show the areas of work. The building was straightened; historic marker at left was removed; branches were cleaned up; power line removed; an unlighted area on the roof was 'lighted'; a marble marker in the yard was copied and inserted at the lower right; and etc. The picture was taken within 10 minutes of sunset. I'll let you know!!

COMMENTS:
Kenneth Deitcher, MD, FPSA

Nice retouching job. I think if you lightened the grass in front it would mage a stronger image.

Elaine Icklan

Nice light on the cottage. Opening up the shadow areas in the foreground a little would help and darkening the chimney so that it silhouettes better. Bringing light on the monument in the foreground is a perfect touch.

Barbara Mallon

This is a very nice rendition of a historical home. I would remove the bright "branch" on the left above the roof with rubber stamped tree branches. I am not sure if the addition of the marker will win you points because it is not where it belongs and is distracting. Good luck!

Shirley Ramaley

You did a good job of taking a photograph and changing it specifically for a certain purpose. Let us know how this turns out. My only thought for change is the sign in the bottom right hand corner because my eye went there first and keeps going back, instead of to the house. I think it would be better without that sign, but perhaps you are required to leave it in. The rest of the picture is very well done.

John Rodete

Good job ,sure they were happy.

Dewey Val Schorre 

Good job of documenting a historic house. Clever to move the sign into the picture.



Member Bio
Charlie Pettis - Biography

Photography has been my hobby since 1936. In 2000, I closed my color darkroom and went entirely to Digital photography. My current camera is a Canon D30 and I use Photoshop CS2 with an Epson R1800 printer and Dell computer. Over the years I have worked with 35mm through 5X7, 8 and 16 mm movies, video.

My profession was Engineering and I made extensive use of photography for machine illustrations, mostly for internal use. We have two well-documented children. Our daughter, Lydia, is a System Analyst in the main library at Cornell University. Our son, Chuck, has a business in the Seattle area.

I belong to the Middle Georgia Camera Club and the Photographic Society of America.

 


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