Oh, but such horrors!

[foxor]

The chronicles of living in an apartment in a very old house (>150 years) continue. On the up side beautiful architecture and exposed stone. On the down side, centipedes and....mould.

This was yet another photo resulting from my desire to prove to my faraway friends and family that I am a) not crazy b) living in a crazy apartment. I think it is time to find a new apartment.

The steps involved in creating this photo:
1) One apparently moist closet, unused for the duration of summer
2) One pair of leather shoes
3) The discovery of the result of the combination of moist closets and leather shoes (AKA mould)
4) The photo
5) The photoshopping, which consisted of:
-One duplicate layer, applied "black and white" to desaturate, brightening yellows and darkening cyan/blue/red etc.
-One duplicate layer, applied "selective colour" to emphasize yellow and cyan and white and black compared to everything else, changed blending mode to hard light
-One layer on top of this with handpainted shadows and vignettes, applied gaussian blur
-Flattened image, used clone stamp to remove distracting space between floor/wall tile. Probably should have done this as the first step, but wasn't really thinking.
And that's about it really.

The before:


The after:

[luckymama]

no need to alter your photos
I would alter where you live.
you know that mildew and
all that yucky fungal stuff
is ruining your camera.

[foxor]

Hahahaha! Nevermind everything else, it's ALL about the camera...
Of course, that is why I *am* moving :P

[AGoldenTouchPhotography]

Gave me the chills~ BLECH! Were they your shoes? Or some creepy old moldy person?

[jagoble25]

HOLY COW!!! Your shoes got that way sitting in your closet! I think you might be better off storing stuff in your car.

[Jamfke]

My mother's house has been growing moldy for a while now. She realized that she needed to do something when she saw some mold growing on the front of her kitchen cabinets! She purchased a large de-humidifier and has been dumping the collector at least twice a day for about a month. You can tell a huge difference in the humidity of the house now, and the mold is no longer coming back.

Of course, if you don't want to fiddle with a de-humidifier, moving might be your best option!

[AnnaV]

Originally Posted by luckymama

no need to alter your photos
I would alter where you live.
you know that mildew and
all that yucky fungal stuff
is ruining your camera.

And your lungs!!

[MSidPhoto]

Hey

Foxor, lots of people are suggesting that you move .

I think its time you listened to them :P

Anyways nice editing even if the stuff *is* yucky.

Good Work

KazeFox

[ressalg]

I think your apartment is trying to tell you something... kind of like the Amityville Horror... GET OUT!!

Seriously, that's pretty disturbing. Which means you must have captured this perfectly. I can almost smell the mould.

Thanks for sharing. Now... please... for the love all that is holy... GET OUT!

[sjlarue]

That could be the next big thing in the design world..."Moldy Mod" I can see the Acadamy Awards now!

Get that apartment a room full of desiccant. packs!