MONKEY HOUSE
Jul 23, 2012 16:39:21 #
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Jul 24, 2012 22:47:29 #
Well, to answer your question as to what is a monkey house, it's a house where monkey's live. Some 90 years ago there was as excentric who live in the area that was going to bring monkeys from Africa and keep them as pets or show and tell. Seems they got sick before they were shipped and the monkey house was never occupied. So the story goes.
Jul 25, 2012 15:28:07 #
Jul 25, 2012 21:42:51 #
I did a little research and this is what I was able to come up with:
http://www.mvcc.net/centerville/histsoc/NLmonkeyhouse.htm
Have you seen the Monkey House? It is a two story hexagonal building now located at the entrance to Stubbs Park on W. Spring Valley Rd. In 1928, Earl Miller opened a general store called Maplvale on the northeast corner of Rt. 48 and Whipp Rd. He wanted a way to attract customers to his store. He remembered that in Florida he had seen monkeys displayed next to stores. So in 1930 he built the hexagonal building to house 17 monkeys. Mr. Miller was so successful at attracting customers with his monkeys that he became known as Monkey Miller.
In 1938 a man named Noah Johnson was hired to work at Maplvale. He worked there for 39 years. When Mr. Miller no longer kept monkeys, a bathroom and kitchen were installed on the 2nd floor of the Monkey House and Mr. Johnson lived there.
Mr. Miller and his wife worked in the store until he was 91 years old. When he died in 1985, the Monkey House was going to be burned down by the Fire Department. But under the leadership of Janet Thobaben, and with the help of many people, the Monkey House was moved to Stubbs Park and renovated. You can read more about the Monkey House in A Sense of Community. The Maplvale store sign is on display at Benham's Grove above the large door in the barn.
This link provides a more detailed story about the monkeys demise and their tenure at the house. :)
http://www.scribd.com/doc/18855021/The-Earl-Miller-Monkey-House
http://www.mvcc.net/centerville/histsoc/NLmonkeyhouse.htm
Have you seen the Monkey House? It is a two story hexagonal building now located at the entrance to Stubbs Park on W. Spring Valley Rd. In 1928, Earl Miller opened a general store called Maplvale on the northeast corner of Rt. 48 and Whipp Rd. He wanted a way to attract customers to his store. He remembered that in Florida he had seen monkeys displayed next to stores. So in 1930 he built the hexagonal building to house 17 monkeys. Mr. Miller was so successful at attracting customers with his monkeys that he became known as Monkey Miller.
In 1938 a man named Noah Johnson was hired to work at Maplvale. He worked there for 39 years. When Mr. Miller no longer kept monkeys, a bathroom and kitchen were installed on the 2nd floor of the Monkey House and Mr. Johnson lived there.
Mr. Miller and his wife worked in the store until he was 91 years old. When he died in 1985, the Monkey House was going to be burned down by the Fire Department. But under the leadership of Janet Thobaben, and with the help of many people, the Monkey House was moved to Stubbs Park and renovated. You can read more about the Monkey House in A Sense of Community. The Maplvale store sign is on display at Benham's Grove above the large door in the barn.
This link provides a more detailed story about the monkeys demise and their tenure at the house. :)
http://www.scribd.com/doc/18855021/The-Earl-Miller-Monkey-House
Jul 26, 2012 03:08:19 #
This is an excellent subject for HDR and I particularly like you crop and composition. The HDR is restrained, and has produced a really effective image. My only concern is the halo around the top of the roof and the resulting very light blue area between the roof and the tree on the bottom right. This is such a good pic that it might be worthwhile going back to Photomatix and tweeking. I don't know what your settings were but I have found that a combination of strength and smoothing adjustments can usually get rid of most blue sky halos. Have you used smoothing or have you checked the light mode box. Often clicking onto light mode and selecting high or max can remove the halo. This of course may stuff up the rest of the pic (or it may not) I have found that the best way then is to process the pics twice. Once for the best effect for the majority of the pic and one tweeked to remove the halo. Then layer in PS.
Doesn't change the fact that its a great shot as is. Well done.
Peter
Doesn't change the fact that its a great shot as is. Well done.
Peter
Jul 26, 2012 10:36:11 #
Jul 26, 2012 11:38:17 #
Peter--Thanks for the critique. Trying to get better at what I do. Learn something new every day from from this forum and all the experts we have on this site.
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