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MCM beauty, but....

7 years ago
last modified: 7 years ago

This is a lovely house, nicely done. BUT..... I really despise the coloring treatment of the photos. Ruins the effect, IMO. Is there a name for the photo styling?

https://www.trulia.com/p/pa/elkins-park/730-sural-ln-elkins-park-pa-19027--2016902859?mid=0#lil-mediaTab

Comments (21)

  • 7 years ago

    What is the concern about coloring treatment other than those two wings being different colors?

    While I think the two colors on the outside are strange I loved that there was very little of the gray that so many people are currently using. Personal but having a bit of SAD every winter gray/grey tinted everything would only make things worse.

    sushipup1 thanked User
  • 7 years ago

    Coloring shows up more in other photos, I think. Looks artificial.

  • 7 years ago

    It is very yellow looking. Not attractive. Detracts from the listing, in my perspective.

    sushipup1 thanked midcenturymodernlove
  • 7 years ago

    I think you‘re referring to the photo filter used?


    I call it “that vivid color enhancement thing”, although I’m sure thats not the technically correct term.

    sushipup1 thanked maddielee
  • 7 years ago

    I see a very definite yellow cast in the wood of the floors and ceilings and the same is carried through on the rock fireplace. That, coupled with the type of lighting used seems to be giving the overall cast of yellow.

    It's a beautiful house but I'd have to see it in person to see how true that yellow is.

    sushipup1 thanked blfenton
  • 7 years ago

    It's a filter, like Maddielee says.

    I love the light fixtures!

  • 7 years ago

    Beautiful house, but yes - the photo filtering, editing (whatever it is) does it absolutely no favors.

    sushipup1 thanked User
  • 7 years ago

    It looks HDR or just a vibrant/vivid filter.

    sushipup1 thanked Bunny
  • 7 years ago

    That house is stunning! (but yea some of the photos are weird -- especially the first couple outdoor shots -- looks like the plants are drawn onto the photo to me)

    sushipup1 thanked porkchop_z5b_MI
  • 7 years ago

    A beautiful home! I love it!

    sushipup1 thanked summersrhythm_z6a
  • 7 years ago

    BEAUTIFUL bones! Some of the staging is odd...the "in ground pool" pics are not helping this sale. The filter makes one have to see in person maybe? They say the toughest part of a decision to buy is made at the curb--go in or not....

    sushipup1 thanked arcy_gw
  • 7 years ago
    last modified: 7 years ago

    Love the home overall, but too many vessel sinks--GAH! I really don't like them, but if I had a million+ to buy it I guess I could rip them out, too.

    An MCM on a wooded lot would be my dream.

    sushipup1 thanked gsciencechick
  • 7 years ago

    I don't think they are HDR.. they would have much richer depth. I think someone who has very poor photo editing skills mucked up the photos. I suspect they were trying to make the textures stand out-- and maybe also trying to sharpen to make up for quite a bit that was out of focus. They're overly brightened and overly contrasted.

    Still, it's an interesting house with a lot of nice features (and some questionable ones IMO).

    sushipup1 thanked Funkyart
  • 7 years ago

    Bad HDR?

    sushipup1 thanked cpartist
  • 7 years ago

    Yes the photo editing isn't a plus. It is a cool house though it seems like they they painted wood work and bricks white which isn't my cup o' tea. I could also do without the vessel sinks.

    sushipup1 thanked 3katz4me
  • 7 years ago

    Um, lights on with flash photography.

    I have been wondering when real estate photos will catch up to what we are seeing on Instagram with natural light photography.

    sushipup1 thanked alley2007
  • 7 years ago

    The house is so stunning, the color of the photos doesn't detract from at all, IMO.

    sushipup1 thanked carolb_w_fl_coastal_9/10
  • 7 years ago
    last modified: 7 years ago

    It would be interesting to see what the real colours are. Too many rooms with one wall yellow, the others white (or whatever.)

    Hard to believe I was a photojournalist in the '70s. Mostly black and white. And what you shot was what they ran with. And all you had to work with was filters, fstop and shutter speed.

    But this is a timely reminder to have good photos taken for our next sale. And definitely before (or after) life's daily detritus clutters up the scene.



    sushipup1 thanked worthy
  • 7 years ago

    I wonder if the filter is causing the grain of the oak floors to look SO dramatic? Bc I love (and have) oak floors...but those are giving me vertigo.

    sushipup1 thanked nini804
  • 7 years ago

    I find all the shots of the asphalt driveway off putting, seems it should be downplayed in photos.