Hi again Todd.
The façade shot is interesting, in part when one tries to imagine how it got to look like it does; so it adds to the narrative to supply location, and any other meaningful information for context.
As stated in another post, I am obsessive about rectilinearity, so I have straightened the shot in PS, and reduced some pincushion distortion. This has affected the crop, and I have done some more to remove distractions (vertical object on RHS and cloth, and the stuff at the top). I believe it makes for a more-focused composition. Seemed to be some pincushion distortion, which I have tried to correct.
I see your point and will re-visit the shots to see if I can correct the perspective issues without loosing some of the image. A part I liked about it was the way the conduit pipe extended and continued the curved line of the peeling vinyl back down to the meter. That trumps the perspective in my taste. I will see what I have to work with in other images. Now I wish I had stood on a stump or something to shoot less upward at it. Then I could have had my cake and eat it too! Thanks again, -t
PS: I have no context that explains what happened to the poor house, -no idea; didn't know such was possible. As for location, just roaming around shooting in Birmingham, Alabama. When I am in "old" towns, I always try to find the neighborhoods on the "other side of the tracks". They are much more interesting to me. The oldest areas are always next to the railroad line or river as they are always the first established.
The house age was around turn of the century as evidenced by the hand hewn original siding used and other architectural features of the house not visible here. It had clearly been abandoned for some time
