dbrealityrocks
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Post by dbrealityrocks on Mar 8, 2012 12:58:46 GMT -5
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dbrealityrocks
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Post by dbrealityrocks on Mar 8, 2012 13:08:54 GMT -5
Only 3 square miles per person here... they say this country is hell on trucks and women
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Post by texaswoodie on Mar 8, 2012 13:48:26 GMT -5
Cool photos! Can you imagine someone living in that old house out in the midle of nowhere?
Curt
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rockingthenorth
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Post by rockingthenorth on Mar 8, 2012 14:41:59 GMT -5
really nice pictures
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Post by Pat on Mar 8, 2012 17:17:38 GMT -5
Beautiful area! That house is a Silicon Valley fixer-upper, a real steal at only $400,000!
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Post by helens on Mar 8, 2012 21:13:32 GMT -5
Wowsers... such incredible open spaces!! Wonder how the person who lived in that house got food and gas? The land doesn't look all that farmable...
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dbrealityrocks
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Post by dbrealityrocks on Mar 9, 2012 12:26:19 GMT -5
There used to be small towns which no longer exist like albion and capitol. Capitol rock is near here.... the least visited national monument in the country. There is some dryland farming here and you couldn't touch this house for $400k because it would come w/a ranch which would be well over $1 milllion. A small ranch here is 2,000 acres and some of this area takes 100 acres per cow.
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Sabre52
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Post by Sabre52 on Mar 9, 2012 18:03:18 GMT -5
Very cool! Can you just imagine traveling that big country horseback? Would take a while getting from place to place, that's for sure....Mel
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unclestu
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Post by unclestu on Mar 9, 2012 18:45:11 GMT -5
Big difference from where I live. Here living by the ocean a 1/2 acre is considered large
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chromenut
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Post by chromenut on Mar 9, 2012 19:25:13 GMT -5
Oh my gosh those are beautiful! Would you mind if I painted them???
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Post by mohs on Mar 10, 2012 13:30:34 GMT -5
badlands
fine shots
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chromenut
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Post by chromenut on Mar 13, 2012 1:48:02 GMT -5
Dave, they turned out fabulous! I'll be posting some shortly!
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chromenut
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Post by chromenut on Mar 13, 2012 1:58:12 GMT -5
Okay Dave, the first thing I do with a photo is a complete touch-up - basically a re-rendering of the image. I stack them into several layers and apply hue, brightness, contrast, saturation, sharpening and vibrance adjustments, one to each layer, then combine them back into one image. So this is the image before I started painting (one of them):  PM me your email address if you want the full size image of this photo and I'll send it to you. I only post 770 wide photos here for those that have older monitors. Now, the next step I do is a speed-painting. It's a timed work where I set myself a specific window to complete a painting - usually 20 minutes, 40 minutes, or an hour. The speed painting gives me a better feel for colors, shapes, etc., so I always do that first. This piece is a speed painting done in 20 minutes:  You can pull down a copy of the full sized image here: rhuggs.deviantart.com/#/d4spgl5Click on the image and you'll see it expand outward. Hope you like it, I sure do! |
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Post by talkingstones on Mar 16, 2012 5:06:47 GMT -5
A little work and that house would be doable...kinda. Great shots, Dave! Thanks for sharing them!
Cathy
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Post by Tonyterner on Mar 18, 2012 11:34:21 GMT -5
What a beautiful area.
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