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A friend's home (42)
thien Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 497 W: 152 N: 206] (2082)
This is Zu's house; the leader of the Hmong girls whom befriended me while I was in Sapa. In every Hmong wooden home that I have been in, they all have two common features; an attic where they kept the excess of the rice or corn harvest through out the year and a fireplace. The fireplace is where most of the time the family spent together since it is quite brisky at this time of year where the temperature is hovering around 20-27 degrees Celcius.
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thien Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 497 W: 152 N: 206] (2082)
Edited by:kogawa Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 87 W: 101 N: 346] (3974)
Grate picture as it is, and I like the darknes but in order to dig out more details I:

1) duplicate image
2) select B/W mode to the duplicated picture
3) Gaussian blur 4 pixel
4) returned to original photo and select >load selection>copy/gray 50%/invert
5) edit>fill>50% gray/color dodge/80% 3 times!
6) unsharp mask 100%/0.6 pixel/level 2
7) balanced saturation