Abandoned farm

[Paulo Bizarro]

While walking a trail between Santa Clara Velha and Saboia (in Odemira municipality, Portugal) I came across this abandoned farm. The sign has the family name and date (1944). The shot was made around noon, so the light was far from being "perfect".

However, I think that the shot conveys some of the eeriness I felt when walking around the place. I like the contrast between the "old" and the "new" - Spring green fields. Obviously, someone still takes care of the land.

Colour and B&W, still undecided...

[dehnhaide]

Colour and B&W, still undecided...

I'm in for the BW! Way more expressive.


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[francois]

I also prefer the B&W although the color version is quite good.

[stamper]

Difficult to decide because both are fine images. Worth looking at again to make a decision.

[Eric Myrvaagnes]

They are both quite expressive, but with different moods.
In the color version, the contrast between the lushness of the greenery and the desolation of the old building is quite compelling. The B&W version loses the sense of lushness, but enhances the desolation.

If they were mine, I'd print both and put one on a wall for a week, then the other for a week. I'd probably repeat this a few times until I could decide which to keep as #1.

Nice work.

[RSL]

I love it, Paulo! I did a bunch of this stuff fifty years ago (http://www.russ-lewis.com/Voices/intro.html, http://www.russ-lewis.com/photo_gallery/ForTheWind/index.html, and http://www.russ-lewis.com/photo_gallery/Ruins/index.html). I'd go with the color version, partly because the contrails in the sky are so much more pronounced in the B&W, but also because the graphics aren't central to the show.

[Paulo Bizarro]

Thanks for the comments everyone. I agree that both convey different feelings. Unfortunately, walking along the interior of Odemira municipality (the largest "concelho" in Portugal, by area), it is common to find these abandoned places.