I took this pic coming home from Wilson Lake Sunday afternoon. I've driven by these buildings, and a couple others, but never felt compelled to stop until that afternoon. I'm guessing it had to do with the clouds.
f/11, 1/250, ISO 100, cropped for comp - Comments/critiques welcome. Thanks for looking, Rob.
Hey Rob, IMHO I like the sky cropped down but I would like to see more of the plains left in front of the buildings. It makes them seem more distant and "lonely". Nice shot.
Hi Rob, that looks like an interesting set of buildings for sure. I really like that sort of thing also and the postrock fences but have never found a good place to shoot them.
I like the second better also, the clouds really help, but I would like to see even tighter cropping on the buildings or maybe even just one of them. That's probably not possible from the road without a good telephoto, or getting permision to get closer.
Thanks for looking. To get a closer shot I would have had to hike back to the car to get the telephoto, which I didn't feel like doing in the heat. Another time I'll give it a try.
Posted by Tim Buchanan on July 25, 2007 at 2:45 PM
I'm going to buck the trend and say that I like the first one better. You have a big sky here - I say celebrate it. I think there's a really nice b&w in there, if you dig around to find it.
Posted by Wayne Rhodus on July 29, 2007 at 10:43 AM
I'm going to agree with Tim here, the big sky and ample foreground tell alot about the setting. And he's right about the b/w too (don't you hate when that happens)!
Thanks for looking. Here is a b/w version. Does it work? I haven't done much with b/w. Most of what I've done has been a result of posts here suggesting it :). Here is a link to a large version of the b/w.
Posted by Tim Buchanan on July 29, 2007 at 9:25 PM
This B&W version does work better for me. But I think there's still a better b&w version out there, though.
Just as a test, try something like this on the original color version:
1. Add two Hue/Saturation Layers to the image (on the top of the layer stack) - name the top one "Film" and the bottom one "Filter"
2. On the "Film" layer, move the saturation slider to 0.
3. On the "Filter" layer, change the blending mode to "Color", the saturation to about 50 and the Hue to about -150.
This is obviously a personal taste thing - but I really like the way the sky turns dark yet leaves the prairie a bit brighter. I might even go as far as to darken the prairie foreground just a bit to put some emphasis on the buildings - which are obvious subjects in the image.
Discussion
8 repliesf/11, 1/250, ISO 100, cropped for comp - Comments/critiques welcome. Thanks for looking, Rob.
Merle
I like the second better also, the clouds really help, but I would like to see even tighter cropping on the buildings or maybe even just one of them. That's probably not possible from the road without a good telephoto, or getting permision to get closer.
Nice shots Rob!
http://gallery.heartland-images.com/album01/0722house03
Thanks, Rob.
Just as a test, try something like this on the original color version:
1. Add two Hue/Saturation Layers to the image (on the top of the layer stack) - name the top one "Film" and the bottom one "Filter"
2. On the "Film" layer, move the saturation slider to 0.
3. On the "Filter" layer, change the blending mode to "Color", the saturation to about 50 and the Hue to about -150.
This is obviously a personal taste thing - but I really like the way the sky turns dark yet leaves the prairie a bit brighter. I might even go as far as to darken the prairie foreground just a bit to put some emphasis on the buildings - which are obvious subjects in the image.
I think this image has great potential!