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The Art of Photography => Landscape Showcase => Topic started by: Hans Kruse on May 28, 2019, 03:50:36 pm

Title: The lonely House
Post by: Hans Kruse on May 28, 2019, 03:50:36 pm

Forgive me for posting this from the Val d'Orcia Belvedere view point :)

(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/47953623811_88ed2f6a40_o.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/2g4uRFr)The lonely House (https://flic.kr/p/2g4uRFr) by Hans Kruse (https://www.flickr.com/photos/hkruse/), on Flickr

Title: Re: The lonely House
Post by: Paulo Bizarro on May 29, 2019, 05:20:32 am

Another great one.

Title: Re: The lonely House
Post by: Eric Myrvaagnes on May 29, 2019, 06:13:22 am

+1.

Title: Re: The lonely House
Post by: RSL on May 29, 2019, 07:08:54 am

+2

Title: Re: The lonely House
Post by: Hans Kruse on May 30, 2019, 07:53:36 am

Thanks very much for the comments :)

Title: Re: The lonely House
Post by: Ray on May 30, 2019, 09:31:54 am

Nah! Far too contrasty. I prefer this version.  ;)

Title: Re: The lonely House
Post by: Jeremy Roussak on May 30, 2019, 12:43:57 pm

Quote from: Ray on May 30, 2019, 09:31:54 am

Nah! Far too contrasty. I prefer this version.  ;)

I think I'm with you, Ray. But both are pretty damn good.

Jeremy

Title: Re: The lonely House
Post by: Hans Kruse on May 31, 2019, 04:05:27 pm

Thanks for the comments, but I'm more to the contrasty one as it reflects the sun better than the lifted shadows. But that's a matter of taste, of course. A couple of years ago I would have lifted the shadows a bit more. Not as much as suggested.

Title: Re: The lonely House
Post by: Ray on June 01, 2019, 10:53:35 am

Quote from: Hans Kruse on May 31, 2019, 04:05:27 pm

Thanks for the comments, but I'm more to the contrasty one as it reflects the sun better than the lifted shadows. But that's a matter of taste, of course. A couple of years ago I would have lifted the shadows a bit more. Not as much as suggested.

Hans,

The sun is the same brightness in the rest of the image after I raised the shadows. The only shadows I lifted are in the bottom right corner around the house and garden. In fact, by raising the shadows in the area around the house, the sunlight in the foliage immediately to the left of the house has increased in brightness. It looks more natural and more like what I imagine the eye would have seen.

Title: Re: The lonely House
Post by: Ray on June 01, 2019, 09:35:26 pm

However, Hans, I do concede that it's quite reasonable for an image to be distorted in order to convey an intended message or effect, and that's always your choice.

In this case, perhaps the message you intended was, "Lonely House, so dark that not even the sun can lighten it."   ;D

Title: Re: The lonely House
Post by: francois on June 03, 2019, 09:47:10 am

Beautiful classical…
Well done!