I’ve been posting a lot of heavily edited images lately, so it seemed appropriate to go simple today (although this photo has been airbrushed extensively). I mean, honestly… downspouts, light fixtures and Christmas decorations? It’s almost like people were trying to live in this house! Who’d have thunk it?
About this image: digital photograph, moderately modified
Refrigerator Magnate 
Boy, I sure hope whoever last used that ladder didn’t go cascading off the side of the building.. b/c it really looks like they might have.
Poor adobe dweller. I mean, poor former adobe dweller.
Hahaha…
“see, that’s ‘cher problem, right ‘chere…”
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Lol. Well you did a good job with the airbrushing, but I’m thinking they might want something more solid to fix their ladder… Very nice work…
Hahaha…
Not sure I would trust it, either. Firewood… maybe. Something that would climb-up… probably not!
Thank you, sir! Fortunately adobe and wood are quite airbrush-friendly! 🙂
The place where they make photoshop software isn’t as nice as I thought it would be. Adobe can afford a better headquarters.
HA!
And this part is just for the higher-ups…
I think they’ve got a dude burning software back in the garage somewhere.
Just kidding! You know that I love you, Adobe! Now please send me a free seat of CS5?! 🙂
Nice, where is this? New Mexico? Cleveland? Fargo?
HA!
I grew up 100 miles north of Fargo.
This one is more Santa Fe-ish, though.
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I’ve been to Sante Fe!!!
Awesome, N.M.!
I was only there once, but it seemed nice. 🙂
Nice shot…love the tone.
And I’m with you…who needs to look at all the modern crapola that clutters an otherwise lovely building??
And silly, that isn’t a ladder…it is the Flintstones version of a TV antenna. Those always got the best reception… 😉
Thanks so much, M.P. – that is very kind of you!
Hahaha… sounds a bit like my TV setup
*bang bang bang*
smacking the side helps a bit sometimes…
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It looks dry and hot. Water… I need wate *croak*
I tried climbing up on the roof to see if I could spot some water, but that didn’t go very well…
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I have to admit that I probably stared at this for a good five minutes, really having no idea what to think of it. The more I look at it, though, the more I like it. Maybe love it. It looks unreal. Or at least out of a noir film. I still have no idea what to think of it, though.
Thanks, U.M. –
it just makes me happy to know that it caught a glance! I know what you mean – I think the extreme contrast between the dark sky and light building is… a bit… unusual.
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I pretty much should have known the good folk at Adobe would use a grayscale instead of a color chart.
Psst Where is Annabelle? Miss her commentary!
Perhaps they couldn’t decide / stop arguing as to whether RGB or CMYK was better?
I think she’s defrosting the refrigerator’s freezer…
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or going Mac or PC
Or watching clips from the royal wedding.
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I wish I was there! It would be so warm and sunny! Plus there would probably be a margarita waiting for me up on that balcony. 🙂
Warm and sunny would be nice, wouldn’t it, Annabelle!
Maybe there’s a Corona up there, too?!
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That’s a really nice shot.
I sure hoe whoever made the ladder didn’t construct the building, too.
Thank you very much, sir!
(I’ll have to remember my helmet the next time I visit… safety first, you know)! 🙂
Oooh, SIG, I love this one. It has a surreal feel that ‘s captivating me. I expect the removal of all the mundane bits save the ladder contributes to that, plus the fact I’ve never seen a house like that in reality.
What are they like on the inside?
I want to go in there.
Thank you so much, S.E. – I really appreciate your kind words!
Taking away some of the contemporary ‘stuff’ seems to have helped this one out… it feels a bit ‘older’ this way.
I haven’t been inside many (this one included), but I think most are made of ‘earthy’ materials (similar to their exteriors).
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I think I might like to live in something like that.
It would be interesting…
I’m usually drawn to buildings / styles that are either very old or very contemporary…
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Really? That’s interesting, because so am I. Conventional architecture doesn’t hold much appeal.
If someone is going to the trouble/effort/expense of building something, they might as well keep it interesting, right?!
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okay…where’d you find an adobe house in Missouri???
Hahaha…
we had it trucked in for the day. 🙂
Is that infra-red? Really love the treatment on this shot!
This one isn’t, although I did darken blues/cyans and lighten greens/yellows – good eye, sir!
Thank you very much for stopping by, Troy!
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