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Lebanon Marker 10 - Ferguson House
This image part of a project to photograph the Historical Markers in Lebanon, OH. Check out the album for the series. I hope to post about one per week.
I made seven bracketed shots just after sunrise for this image. I used Photoshop HDR to merge five or six of them, I don't remember exactly. It was my third merge including one in Lightroom. I don't do HDR very often, and I still seem to have to bring down highlights and bring up shadows quiet a bit in my merged photo. In my mind HDR should be perfect for situations like this where the sky is much brighter than the foreground and subject. I still need some more refinement with using it though.
Anyway, I set up my tripod close in the alley next to the house. The house is on a slight hill relative to the alley so it makes it easy to get a low perspective that highlights the porch and gables. I think those are the most interesting features of the house. The house is currently used by the Warren County Foundation that makes grants to over 100 charities in the area.
Historical Marker"
"This house sits on lot No. 29 in the original 1802 plat of Lebanon. In 1805 the land was bought by William Ferguson, the town's first postmaster. Ferguson owned the Indian Chief Tavern. This inn was located one block to the west where the City Building's parking lot is today. Lot No. 29 remained Ferguson's until his death in 1831. The west side of lot No. 29 was sold in 1856. Four years later, this house was built in the Gothic Revival architectural variation known as Carpenter Gothic. The cottage's steep gables with their gingerbread bargeboard typify this mid-1800s style. The alley to the west is one of four that divided Lebanon's original 100 lots."
Lebanon Marker 10 - Ferguson House
This image part of a project to photograph the Historical Markers in Lebanon, OH. Check out the album for the series. I hope to post about one per week.
I made seven bracketed shots just after sunrise for this image. I used Photoshop HDR to merge five or six of them, I don't remember exactly. It was my third merge including one in Lightroom. I don't do HDR very often, and I still seem to have to bring down highlights and bring up shadows quiet a bit in my merged photo. In my mind HDR should be perfect for situations like this where the sky is much brighter than the foreground and subject. I still need some more refinement with using it though.
Anyway, I set up my tripod close in the alley next to the house. The house is on a slight hill relative to the alley so it makes it easy to get a low perspective that highlights the porch and gables. I think those are the most interesting features of the house. The house is currently used by the Warren County Foundation that makes grants to over 100 charities in the area.
Historical Marker"
"This house sits on lot No. 29 in the original 1802 plat of Lebanon. In 1805 the land was bought by William Ferguson, the town's first postmaster. Ferguson owned the Indian Chief Tavern. This inn was located one block to the west where the City Building's parking lot is today. Lot No. 29 remained Ferguson's until his death in 1831. The west side of lot No. 29 was sold in 1856. Four years later, this house was built in the Gothic Revival architectural variation known as Carpenter Gothic. The cottage's steep gables with their gingerbread bargeboard typify this mid-1800s style. The alley to the west is one of four that divided Lebanon's original 100 lots."