Typical Large Indooroopily House

Well typical of the older houses anyway. A lot have given way to modern Mediterranean style monstrosities popular with the affluent.

This particular photo has had some fiddling... it is an AutoStitch panorama of 7 exposures (4 for the bottom, three for the top), cropped in photoshop and a blue gradient sky added as it was blown out beyond recovery. I could possibly photoshop out the power pole, but that seemed like way too much effort for what is essentially a documentary type photograph.

View all photos taken: Sunday, 17th June 2007, This photo: 10:44pm

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Comments

  • -spam- said:
    Came out quite well considering the fiddling involved.

    Ive always preferred this style of house (and those around the corinda/sherwood area) to those ugly things that the rich and famous have taken a liking to. More character with these ones.
  • David de Groot said:
    Yeah I'm still not convinced about the sky, but since I have it as a layer, I can always change the hue/remove it entirely, at some later stage.
    As for the architecture, yep, I much prefer this style of house myself too.
  • suburbanvoodoo said:
    David, I think the sky is fine. Did you try the shadow/highlights tool in PS? maybe give that a go - but as i said - fine as it is..
    Agree about the pole, in 50 years time when people look at this photo, they will wonder about the pole. Thats half the fun with old photos.
    David, you're a car guy..(I think)
    Did you see the 57 Belvedere that they just dug up after 50 years?
    Details at buriedcar.com very interesting :-))
  • David de Groot said:
    Hmmm, no I didn't think of the shadow/highlights tool. I did puddle with the levels a titch, changing the bringing up the midtones a little to lighten the foreground.

    I own a classic car, so I guess that's an apt description ;-)
    Hmmm, haven't seen the '57 Belvedere, I'll have to go take a peek.
  • David de Groot said:
    Argh! I can't believe they didn't take into account proper drainage! Poor poor car.
  • suburbanvoodoo said:
    I know I know...I have been following this for a few years now (we had a 57 Belvedere when i was young and i just love them) The movie Christine featured a 57 Fury (essentially the same thing)
    I cant believe the result!!! It was brand new!!!! :-))
  • David de Groot said:
    If only they'd done it properly it would have been fantastic, a zero mile, factory floor exhibit. Mind you looking at the burial shots, one can see they essentially built a concrete pool to house it in, and didn't seem to store it on blocks either, so even if it hadn't got wet, the suspension would have been shot, and the tyres in a bad way too. In the unveiling video you can see just how low the rear end sits, those leaf springs are rooted. I guess they probably didn't fill the engine with oil or drain the radiator either (but who knows?).
  • suburbanvoodoo said:
    I just hope they clean it up (remove mud etc) and put it on display..
    Would rather see it driving - but dont think that's going to happen...too far gone...all new parts just wouldnt be the same..
  • David de Groot said:
    It definitely deserves that much at least.
  • Beppie K said:
    I love those old style houses, especially when they are well maintained like this one (although run down ones can provide good photo opportunities too!)
  • David de Groot said:
    We still have a good number of these style houses up here - great in Summer, not so great in Winter. As for the run down ones, I love them too (photographically)

    Old House at Hanging Tree Wines