My Indoor Pool - NOT!


Posted by 1943mike on Mon Feb 24, 2020 12:59 pm

All times are UTC-05:00

Reply to topic  
 First unread post  | 6 posts | 
Image
Canon 10D, 17-40 f/4 @17mm, 1/50, 1/50, 1/60 sec., f/4, ISO:1600

Three shot panorama taken 12/20/05.

Lots of noise even Dfine 2 couldn't eliminate. Plenty of distortion that required a lot of transform work in PS and is still distorted.

Nonetheless, that pool made me dream of winning lotto for a long time!

This is, of course, the indoor pool (I'll post a picture of the outdoor pool another day) that Mr. William Randolph Hearst built for himself between 1919 and 1947 in what is today known as The Hearst Castle. It sits on 127 acres in San Simeon, CA.

Swim anyone?

Mike

User avatar
Posted by:
1943mike
Forum Contributor
Location: Salem, Oregon
Posts: 129
Joined: 14 May 2019

   

by Cynthia Crawford on Tue Feb 25, 2020 9:39 am
User avatar
Cynthia Crawford
Moderator
Posts: 20371
Joined: 10 Jun 2006
Location: Vermont
Member #:00733
What a gorgeous place! You got a great picture of it showing the opulence that is so evident. I wonder if it is a replica of some ancient Greek...whatever. I'll bet there is a lot of echo, should anyone dare to make a splash. ;).
Cynthia (Cindy) Crawford-Moderator, Photo & Digital Art
web site: http://www.creaturekinships.net
"If I Keep a Green Bough in My Heart, the Singing Bird Will Come"  Chinese Proverb
 

by Ed Cordes on Tue Feb 25, 2020 9:44 am
User avatar
Ed Cordes
Forum Contributor
Posts: 4874
Joined: 11 Mar 2004
Location: Corning, NY
Member #:00700
Wow! Extravagance on exhibition. It is beautiful. You will need a full time staff to maintain it. Great job creating this beautiful image.
Remember, a little mild insanity keeps us healthy
 

by Carol Clarke on Tue Feb 25, 2020 4:41 pm
User avatar
Carol Clarke
Chief Forum Administrator
Posts: 73064
Joined: 22 Aug 2003
Location: Lincolnshire, UK. In tune with Nature.
Member #:00067
That's some pool! Like stepping back in time to ancient Rome, and if I'm not mistaken I can see a statue of Diana The Huntress beside the Roman bath. Oh how the other half lived, Mike - but even with all this wealth, it didn't bring happiness, did it. Great perspective - and image!


Carol.
Carol Clarke
Chief Forum Administrator.


"When the power of love is greater than the love of power,
the world will know peace"....Jimi Hendrix.

NSN0067
 

by 1943mike on Wed Feb 26, 2020 1:31 pm
User avatar
1943mike
Forum Contributor
Posts: 129
Joined: 14 May 2019
Location: Salem, Oregon
Cynthia, Ed, and Carol,

I always appreciate your (sometimes too kind) comments. I'm grateful but somewhat bemused that this image has been chosen as an editors' pick.

More images to come .. praiseworthy or not :D.
 

by Carol Clarke on Thu Feb 27, 2020 10:22 am
User avatar
Carol Clarke
Chief Forum Administrator
Posts: 73064
Joined: 22 Aug 2003
Location: Lincolnshire, UK. In tune with Nature.
Member #:00067
1943mike wrote:Cynthia, Ed, and Carol,

I always appreciate your (sometimes too kind) comments. I'm grateful but somewhat bemused that this image has been chosen as an editors' pick.

More images to come .. praiseworthy or not :D.

Remember Mike, beauty is in the eye of the beholder!   A well deserved pick.  :) 

Carol.
Carol Clarke
Chief Forum Administrator.


"When the power of love is greater than the love of power,
the world will know peace"....Jimi Hendrix.

NSN0067
 

Display posts from previous:  Sort by:  
6 posts | 

Powered by phpBB® Forum Software © phpBB Group