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The Art of Photography => User Critiques => Topic started by: button on September 12, 2008, 01:50:25 am

Title: tobacco barn firing
Post by: button on September 12, 2008, 01:50:25 am

(http://i38.tinypic.com/2dkloi9.jpg)

Enjoy!

John

Title: tobacco barn firing
Post by: kaelaria on September 12, 2008, 12:59:35 pm

I bet a nice toned B&W would really make it pop.  The yellow leaves draw away form the image IMO.

Title: tobacco barn firing
Post by: button on September 13, 2008, 06:45:43 pm

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I bet a nice toned B&W would really make it pop.  The yellow leaves draw away form the image IMO.
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Thanks for the comment.

John

Title: tobacco barn firing
Post by: mafueal on September 16, 2008, 06:21:10 am

Sure, a B&W version would make a great image, but these colors are also very interesting although the barn is either too dark or too big and that makes a big black zone which is a little distracting IMO. Maybe this wouldn't hurt in the B&W version.

Title: tobacco barn firing
Post by: button on September 17, 2008, 12:22:06 am

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Sure, a B&W version would make a great image, but these colors are also very interesting although the barn is either too dark or too big and that makes a big black zone which is a little distracting IMO.
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Agreed.  I made the barn dark on purpose initially, but I really feel the unbalance now.  Here is an alternative version, bracketed and combined, from a different angle:

(http://i36.tinypic.com/rm76u8.jpg)

I wish I had bracketed the first shot, because there's just too much noise in the shadows to make the barn look good.  I like the way the branches protrude through the smoke in the original.  I suppose some free transformation gymnastics could combine the best elements of each.

John

Title: tobacco barn firing
Post by: kaelaria on September 17, 2008, 12:25:44 am

The color of the barn in the 2nd definitely adds to the shot and works much better with the leaves.

The crop of the 2nd isn't very good though - try cropping in from the left a lot more.

Title: tobacco barn firing
Post by: button on September 17, 2008, 09:30:01 am

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The crop of the 2nd isn't very good though - try cropping in from the left a lot more.
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Let's try this:

(http://i36.tinypic.com/t0n6lg.jpg)

Much better, I think.  I still miss the branches in the original, though.  I'll have to go back and get more shots, if the barn is still firing.

John

Title: tobacco barn firing
Post by: kaelaria on September 17, 2008, 09:35:37 am

Very cool.