The last photos I shot in 2008

VisualXpressionsVisualXpressions Registered Users Posts: 860 Major grins
edited January 1, 2009 in Landscapes
Yesterday was a very cold and extremely windy day (60mph gusts) I wanted to shoot some things I see every day but have never taken a picture of... so I ventured out and shot these 3 farms and some ruins of an old Civil War era Tavern and some other stuff... All these shots are across the street from my house... I took down the Christmas tree as well so I wanted to include this shot too

All that remains...

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Old Tavern...

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Dairy Farm...

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Hog Farm...

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A different farm...

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Ducks on the wing...

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Thanks for looking... comment and or critique always welcome.

Winston
http://www.vxphotography.smugmug.com/

Comments

  • jeffmeyersjeffmeyers Registered Users Posts: 1,535 Major grins
    edited January 1, 2009
    Interesting shots, Winston. The tree leftover shot is too funny. rolleyes1.gif

    Of all the farm images, I think the last one posted has the most potential. I'd run a little D-lighting adjustment to bring out the details in the shadows. Then I'd darken the sky a bit with a grad ND adjustment. Sumpin like this:

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    I didnt' have the large file to work with so I got some halo artifacts and noise. But you should be able to make these adjustments pretty handily with the orignal file.

    Just a suggestion!
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  • VisualXpressionsVisualXpressions Registered Users Posts: 860 Major grins
    edited January 1, 2009
    looks good Jeff... thanks for the tips!
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  • DavidTODavidTO Registered Users, Retired Mod Posts: 19,160 Major grins
    edited January 1, 2009
    Jeff's changes are nice, but they leave the field too bright relative to the sky, IMO. I would darken the field a bit to balance. Also maybe not go quite so far with darkening the sky.
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  • jeffmeyersjeffmeyers Registered Users Posts: 1,535 Major grins
    edited January 1, 2009
    Yeah, good points. I didn't really spend any significant time witih this. I just cranked it out to see what might be done.
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    Jeff Meyers
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