Northern Michigan Cabin...

Mike Flaherty · Jan 8, 2002

This cabin is located about 10 miles East of Petoskey, MI. I've photographed it at various times of the year and in dozens of different compositions. I love photographing old cabins and this has long been my favorite. Constructive comments always welcome.

--Mike Flaherty

Slane Masda · Jan 8, 2002

Mike,

I like it. The shot I mean, not sure about the cabin. Makes you want to know more: is the cabin nestled deep in the woods, or is it on the side of the road next to a 7-11? Does someone live there? What would it look like from a bird's view?

Re technicalities, the (possibly inaccurate) presentation on my office notebook loooks a little burnt out in places, especially the roofline which seems indistinguishable from the hillside behind. If that's so you could try adding a duplicate layer, desaturating and inverting to turn it into a negative, some gaussian blur and use multiplier mode at roughly 40%. This decreases contrast and increases saturation. There was a good description of the method in, if I recall, DP REview around the middle of last year. If you're interested in trying it I can email you my own action which does all of the above.

cheers,

james

Mike Flaherty said:
This cabin is located about 10 miles East of Petoskey, MI. I've
photographed it at various times of the year and in dozens of
different compositions. I love photographing old cabins and this
has long been my favorite. Constructive comments always welcome.

--
Mike Flaherty

--James

mjbauer · Jan 8, 2002

Mike Flaherty said:
This cabin is located about 10 miles East of Petoskey, MI. I've
photographed it at various times of the year and in dozens of
different compositions. I love photographing old cabins and this
has long been my favorite. Constructive comments always welcome.

--
Mike Flaherty

Very nice shot Mike. As a fellow Michiganian I am familiar with the area. Nice composition. How about some of the technical details?--Mike Bauer

canuck · Jan 8, 2002

you're from Michigan..... 'cause then you'd be a "Michigander"..... really....

but just kidding though.... i live in the detroit area, but i've only been in the area for a couple of years.... originally from northern ontario.... where cabins like that are also found (deep in the woods though.... we do have modern town and cities up there... ;-)

cheers

mjbauer said:
Very nice shot Mike. As a fellow Michiganian I am familiar with the
area. Nice composition. How about some of the technical details?
--
Mike Bauer

-- http://www.pbase.com/canuck/galleriesC - 2 1 0 0 U Z

mjbauer · Jan 8, 2002

canuck said:
you're from Michigan..... 'cause then you'd be a "Michigander".....
really....

but just kidding though.... i live in the detroit area, but i've
only been in the area for a couple of years.... originally from
northern ontario.... where cabins like that are also found (deep in
the woods though.... we do have modern town and cities up there...
;-)

cheers

I have always resisted the term "Michigander"! I have spent a lot of time in Ontario, where are you from?--Mike Bauer

canuck · Jan 8, 2002

Mike.... from a place very far away.... Hearst.... about 375miles due North of Sault Ste Marie....

I was in Windsor for a couple of years until a short while ago, when I moved to Southfield.

PS.... I gotta admit... "Michigander" is kinda weird... don't know how it came about... but it does kinda "flow" well nonetheless...

Cheers

mjbauer said:
I have always resisted the term "Michigander"! I have spent a lot
of time in Ontario, where are you from?
--
Mike Bauer

-- http://www.pbase.com/canuck/galleriesC - 2 1 0 0 U Z

Roy H · Jan 8, 2002

I spent 6 years in Da U.P. Sometimes I miss dat place, eh?
Nice shot!--Roy H

Lee Rothman · Jan 8, 2002

I used to cover that area as a sales rep, but now have been cut back from Illinois to the West Coast. That area of the country is one of the well kept secrets IMHO. I used to go up that way to Alpina and across to Gaylord and across to Traverse City and Petosky. A real photo opportunity to say the least. Especially when the trees have leaves. Enjoy!

Mike Flaherty said:
This cabin is located about 10 miles East of Petoskey, MI. I've
photographed it at various times of the year and in dozens of
different compositions. I love photographing old cabins and this
has long been my favorite. Constructive comments always welcome.

--
Mike Flaherty

Lee Rothman · Jan 8, 2002

Good accent there "Ya der Hey". LOL. That Upper Penninsula is like the "Land Before Time". Awesome scenery and still not so darn populated that you can't get off the beaten path. Some nice rivers, lakes and also waterfalls.

Roy H said:
I spent 6 years in Da U.P. Sometimes I miss dat place, eh?
Nice shot!
--
Roy H

Mike Flaherty · Jan 8, 2002

Hi, James. Thanks for your comments. I suspect your laptop's screen combined with the reduced resolution of the posted image is showing you burnout in areas. In fact, nothing's burned out and I believe the exposure to be as close to perfect as I've ever done. Take care...

Mike Flaherty

James Knowles said:
I like it. The shot I mean, not sure about the cabin. Makes you
want to know more: is the cabin nestled deep in the woods, or is it
on the side of the road next to a 7-11? Does someone live there?
What would it look like from a bird's view?

Re technicalities, the (possibly inaccurate) presentation on my
office notebook loooks a little burnt out in places, especially the
roofline which seems indistinguishable from the hillside behind. If
that's so you could try adding a duplicate layer, desaturating and
inverting to turn it into a negative, some gaussian blur and use
multiplier mode at roughly 40%. This decreases contrast and
increases saturation. There was a good description of the method
in, if I recall, DP REview around the middle of last year. If
you're interested in trying it I can email you my own action which
does all of the above.

cheers,

james

Mike Flaherty said:

This cabin is located about 10 miles East of Petoskey, MI. I've
photographed it at various times of the year and in dozens of
different compositions. I love photographing old cabins and this
has long been my favorite. Constructive comments always welcome.

--
Mike Flaherty

Click to expand...

--
James

--Mike Flaherty

Mike Flaherty · Jan 8, 2002

Hi, Mike. Thanks for your comments. Technical data follows:

Exposure time 1/400 s
F-number 9
ISO speed ratings 400
Date/time original 2002:01:03 11:49:18
Date/time digitized 2002:01:03 11:49:18
Component config YCbCr
Shutter speed value 0.002500 s
Aperture value 6.33984
Exposure bias value 0.666667
Max. aperture value 4.33984
Subject distance 35.6 m
Metering mode Average
Flash No
Focal length 100 mm

I was using my 100-400mm IS L lens at the time. Take care...

Mike Flaherty

mjbauer said:
Very nice shot Mike. As a fellow Michiganian I am familiar with the
area. Nice composition. How about some of the technical details?
--
Mike Bauer

--Mike Flaherty

Mike Flaherty · Jan 8, 2002

Hi, Lee. I spend lots of time in the Petoskey area. I have a vacation home that sits on the shore of Lake Michigan in Petoskey. Now that I've retired I spend lots of time up there. Petoskey received a record 92 inches of snow in a 4-day period 2 weeks ago. They normally get lots of snow up there but this was way above normal. My actual home is in a suburb of Detroit (Taylor). Large numbers of people living in the Detroit area have 2nd homes in the northern part of the state. On friday nights the I75 freeway heading North is usually jammed up with traffic caused by Detroiters heading north. Same thing heading South on Sunday nights. Take care...

Mike Flaherty

Lee Rothman said:
Mike Flaherty said:

This cabin is located about 10 miles East of Petoskey, MI. I've
photographed it at various times of the year and in dozens of
different compositions. I love photographing old cabins and this
has long been my favorite. Constructive comments always welcome.

--
Mike Flaherty

Click to expand...

--Mike Flaherty

aaron53665 · Jan 9, 2002

canuck said:
you're from Michigan..... 'cause then you'd be a "Michigander".....
really....

ugh! michigander sounds horrible! both terms are used, but i believe michiganian is correct. at least it should be, it's much more sophisticated and dignified

ScottPro · Jan 9, 2002

Damn that looks cold. I used to live back there when I was a kid...that was 24 yrs ago. That photo brings back some old memories.

Scott

http://scottprofessional.com

Mike Flaherty said:
This cabin is located about 10 miles East of Petoskey, MI. I've
photographed it at various times of the year and in dozens of
different compositions. I love photographing old cabins and this
has long been my favorite. Constructive comments always welcome.

--
Mike Flaherty

-- http://scottprofessional.com

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