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Posted on 31/08/12 08:52:35 AM

Steve Caplin
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Challenge 418: The spoiled door

I passed this rather beautiful house on the sea front in the pretty town of Chatelaillon, in the Charente Maritime in western France. At least, it had been beautiful once: but the addition of that ugly construction around the door, the pvc windows, and the metal window blinds ruin the building's appearance.

Can you restore it to its original glory? There are plenty of suitable windows there if you feel like adding a few local residents as well.

High res is here.

Posted on 31/08/12 5:29:38 PM

Garfield72
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Posted on 01/09/12 12:19:43 PM

Eggbox
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Re: Challenge 418: The spoiled door

The windows were terrible. This was a challenge worth doing and probably added a few Euros to the value as well.

Ted

Posted on 01/09/12 12:25:18 PM

Nick Curtain
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Re: Challenge 418: The spoiled door

Good to see you back Ted.
Here's mine

Posted on 01/09/12 10:46:45 PM

Artwel
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Re: Challenge 418: The spoiled door

Came across this 'fake window' art. (Trompe l'oeil)

http://www.coolstuffinparis.com/fake_windows_beaubourg.php

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Posted on 02/09/12 06:08:50 AM

sciteach
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Re: Challenge 418: The spoiled door

had a tough time with this one. spent way too much time on it and couldnt quite get it right

Posted on 02/09/12 07:46:23 AM

sciteach
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Re: Challenge 418: The spoiled door

i just noticed the flower pots upstairs. nice touches

Posted on 02/09/12 11:14:04 AM

james
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Re: Challenge 418: The spoiled door

http://i153.photobucket.com/albums/s211/fungismith/frenchdoor-1.gif

Posted on 02/09/12 12:08:40 PM

tooquilos
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http://vimeo.com/48680831

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Posted on 02/09/12 2:53:50 PM

Jota120
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Re: Challenge 418: The spoiled door

Nice works folks!

Delete. Revision coming I hope.

Posted on 02/09/12 4:07:48 PM

sciteach
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Re: Challenge 418: The spoiled door

james i just noticed the new bars you put on the lower windows. those look great

Posted on 03/09/12 11:03:11 AM

joeysala
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Re: Challenge 418: The spoiled door

Wow - I really struggled with this one ... till I figured the clone tool wasn''t gonna to do it! Not sure the child works..............

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Posted on 03/09/12 2:28:18 PM

Jota120
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Re: Challenge 418: The spoiled door

The cowboys fixed it, ... "what door.... , won'na new interior?, ..... sorted " (you have to read Dell-Boy from East London into accent

for those that know TV series, harmless. There are those unfortunately not so harmless and target vulnerable

Posted on 03/09/12 10:30:19 PM

Frank
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Re: Challenge 418: The spoiled door

Steve - a tough one - yes I used the clone brush alot as well as various other techniques - probably take the long road around - 3/4 way thru it dawned on me this photo suffers pincushion distortion as the left wouldn't go perpendicular with the right columns - called for a visit to the Adaptive Wide Angle Filter - you may recognize some features from your books in this one
Frank