You'll find this stuff all over the Palouse, you just have to be willing to turn around and go check it out and work it a bit. Both Rick and I got out to look this one over a bit before we decided to shoot it.
I was immediately drawn to this corner and we both laughed when we discovered that each of us had focused on the same comp on different corners of the same building.
For this trip I decided to really pay attention to all the camera settings and really try to get the best shot, in camera, as I could. I did a lot of hyper-focal focusing and spent a lot of time looking at the RGB histograms to make sure that I was as far right as I could go but making sure to not blow out any one channel. For this photo in particular I paid a lot of attention to the vertical line of the corner and also leaving enough space after the last window.
I feel I was well paid off in that regard, this photo for one, took amazingly little processing to get it to this point.
really nice Mark...the weathered feel on this side really gives one some stuff to look at. The processing is dead on.
You know, I've been thinking more and more on doing a couple large single framed 3 print series images. You know...like a waterfall which is major. First, you have one image that is an extreme cloe in detail type of image...then one mare pulled back of the creek in the forground, then the 3rd image showing the creek and full waterfall. If I planned it better, I could have shot my corner, your corner, then the whole barn...that might have been nice.
Mark I think your attention to detail here has paid off quite well my friend!! Although to be quite honest I've never felt that you worked behind the camera any other way!!!
I'm loving the end results here. The composition is well thought out and executed. The green grass and red barn obviously play off each other as complimentary colors will.
Here is a great explanation of exposing to the right:
Mark,
My brother was over tonight and he showed me his shot of this barn. I himmed and hawed over it and told him I wasn't overly grabbed by it. I think this is a interesting subject with perfect colors. I just don't feel theres alot to grab my attention and hold it. IMHO of course
Posted by Ned Fenimore on May 28, 2006 at 11:06 AM
It goes without saying.. I think you should be crowned the king of PNW barns..
Rick Lamb, I was mainly keeping an eye on the red channel. I've found that when I'm shooting the balsamroot, although they are yellow, if you blow out the red channel, you can't get the orange in the yellow that makes the balsamroot color so wonderful. I'm always watching the edges of my frame and of course watching for blinking highlights all the time. With this barn, making sure the lines stayed true is a big factor to making the image work.
I love barns too and there are many here in the Midwest.
I have a question for you barn shooters.
What do you think if the image below. I can't figure out if the fence is keeping me from looking into the bards or is it is OK. I am tending to not like how overpowering the fence is is this image. I don't usually like to use fences as foregrounds but I figures I'd try it.
I don't know, Jack. I'm sort of thinking that if I couldn't see the end of the fence on the right I'd have more of a feeling that I couldn't get around it and that it had to be there. I sort of don't like the triangle of grass in the LR that the fence creates though. Maybe back away and give the fence more of a sense of purpose? It's sort of a toss up.
BTW you have quite a blue cast on the photo.
Mark, I must say I'm not really being grabbed by the image astheticly or in any other way. Just my opinion. It seems pretty strait-forward and lacks an element of excitment or intrigue and dosen't particularly connect with me emotionally. Jack, I like the open perspective and surroundings that compliment the barn. The fence is not an issue IMO. It is not prohibitive at all in my estimation and helps isolate/emphisize the subjects while lending a greater sense of place. Clouds were a nice touch.
Discussion
11 replies28-70 @ 38mm
1/60 @ f/8
You'll find this stuff all over the Palouse, you just have to be willing to turn around and go check it out and work it a bit. Both Rick and I got out to look this one over a bit before we decided to shoot it.
I was immediately drawn to this corner and we both laughed when we discovered that each of us had focused on the same comp on different corners of the same building.
For this trip I decided to really pay attention to all the camera settings and really try to get the best shot, in camera, as I could. I did a lot of hyper-focal focusing and spent a lot of time looking at the RGB histograms to make sure that I was as far right as I could go but making sure to not blow out any one channel. For this photo in particular I paid a lot of attention to the vertical line of the corner and also leaving enough space after the last window.
I feel I was well paid off in that regard, this photo for one, took amazingly little processing to get it to this point.
You know, I've been thinking more and more on doing a couple large single framed 3 print series images. You know...like a waterfall which is major. First, you have one image that is an extreme cloe in detail type of image...then one mare pulled back of the creek in the forground, then the 3rd image showing the creek and full waterfall. If I planned it better, I could have shot my corner, your corner, then the whole barn...that might have been nice.
I'm loving the end results here. The composition is well thought out and executed. The green grass and red barn obviously play off each other as complimentary colors will.
Here is a great explanation of exposing to the right:
Expose to the Right
Knowing and using this concept has taken my "behind the camera workflow" to the next level. In the end the histogram is an awesome light meter!!
My brother was over tonight and he showed me his shot of this barn. I himmed and hawed over it and told him I wasn't overly grabbed by it. I think this is a interesting subject with perfect colors. I just don't feel theres alot to grab my attention and hold it. IMHO of course
I have to tell you I've looked at this a few times and now it's starting to grow on me.
Erik, I love you man!
I love barns too and there are many here in the Midwest.
I have a question for you barn shooters.
What do you think if the image below. I can't figure out if the fence is keeping me from looking into the bards or is it is OK. I am tending to not like how overpowering the fence is is this image. I don't usually like to use fences as foregrounds but I figures I'd try it.
I'd appreciate your comments and thoughts.
Thanks
Jack
BTW you have quite a blue cast on the photo.
Nice pastel-like colors and good detail in the weathered wood. Neat shot.
Harald
I agree with you, the more i look at it the fence not only does what you said but it is limiting me from "entering" the subject.
JG