Old Barn, East Topsham, Vermont

Dr CalohandreDr Calohandre Banned Posts: 213 Major grins
edited November 8, 2012 in Landscapes
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  • WirenWiren Registered Users Posts: 741 Major grins
    edited November 8, 2012
    Too much HDR effect for my taste... nice barn though.
    Lee Wiren
  • black mambablack mamba Registered Users Posts: 8,323 Major grins
    edited November 8, 2012
    Definitely too much HDR for my taste. The subject, though, is very deserving of the attention. I would have featured the old barn as the only subject....getting in closer and eliminating the adjoining building that tends to divert the viewers eye. The other old building would probably make a great subject itself.

    Tom
    I always wanted to lie naked on a bearskin rug in front of a fireplace. Cracker Barrel didn't take kindly to it.
  • Dr CalohandreDr Calohandre Banned Posts: 213 Major grins
    edited November 8, 2012
    black mamba wrote: »
    Definitely too much HDR for my taste. The subject, though, is very deserving of the attention. I would have featured the old barn as the only subject....getting in closer and eliminating the adjoining building that tends to divert the viewers eye. The other old building would probably make a great subject itself.

    Tom

    It is only the second time I've used HDR and it appears the heavy hand of grit and grain got the better of this...I shall fix it. Thanks!
  • Dr CalohandreDr Calohandre Banned Posts: 213 Major grins
    edited November 8, 2012
    Dr Calohandre wrote: »
    It is only the second time I've used HDR and it appears the heavy hand of grit and grain got the better of this...I shall fix it. Thanks!

    In this version, I only desaturated the yellows a bit, cropped and did some cloning to the right of the barn and added a bit of a vignette to help push the eye back toward the center.

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  • black mambablack mamba Registered Users Posts: 8,323 Major grins
    edited November 8, 2012
    This revised version is a tremendous improvement in presentation....in all respects. The barn now stands alone as the prime focal point. The composition is very good and distracting elements have been eliminated.

    To me, the best HDR work is that in which the viewer is not even sure that the process has been employed. This picture still has a slightly " unreal " appearance....but that's a highly subjective opinion. I'm sure others have different takes on that. Overall, I think this is a shot you can be justly proud of.thumb.gif

    Tom
    I always wanted to lie naked on a bearskin rug in front of a fireplace. Cracker Barrel didn't take kindly to it.
  • Mathieu05Mathieu05 Registered Users Posts: 203 Major grins
    edited November 8, 2012
    The texture is very nice.
    Chris Odchigue | Photography

    “There is only you and your camera. The limitations in your photography are in yourself, for what we see is what we are.”
  • leaforteleaforte Registered Users Posts: 1,948 Major grins
    edited November 8, 2012
    Can't see the original post, but I like the processing of the second.
    Growing with Dgrin



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