Spring House - Boyertown, Pa

[Rick58]

Here's my contribution taken with my 40 year old 135mm/3.5 AI
I spent about 2 hours playing with this until I got it to where I want it.
Thoughts? Opinions? Critiques?

 

[Rick58]

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[timor]

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No yet, Rick. The record is 1575 views and 0 comments. In 2007. You posted in bad time, when everybody was busy drinking for President's health. I had here a Family Day... so, you understand I hope diversion of my attention. :hug::
You picture is just fine, one of the better lately, two hours of work gave the results. The crop is maybe a little tight, IMO this changes the dynamics of the picture and make them "uneasy", but the light, the angle and basic compo seems to be on spot.

 

[Rick58]

Thank you timor. There's a twin spring house just to the right of this one. I'm going to work on another crop tonight. Maybe I'll open it up a bit.

 

[jenko]

Is it buried in ... snow?

I agree it's too tight. It's an interesting subject, the angle and light look nice to me, but I just want more space. Maybe more space to the left, showing the entire shadow.

 

[weepete]

I like this Rick, the snow over the door really makes this shot for me. The exposure looks spot on too

 

[Rick58]

Thanks folks. It seems the common consensus is... too tight. The height of the snow is only an illusion from the angle I took the first shot
Here's another take of the same location with the second spring house included. This time I opened the crop giving more room in front of the buildings

 

[Woodsman]

I like the two house wider shot the best and the snow detail is great

 

[Rick58]

Thanks. I had a lot of fun with these two and spent a lot more time processing them then any others. I'm beginning to enjoy the challenge of snow texture. This two house version is growing on me. I wanted the larger stone detail, but the closer I cropped the more room I thought was needed in front of the buildings. Thanks everyone for smacking me in the back of the head and saying "Too tight". Looking at it harder, I tend to agree.

 

[limr]

Everyone said everything before I even saw this thread! I like the wider crop with the two houses. Great job with the lighting.

 

[Rick58]

Thanks Leonore I waited a LONG time to get some sun shining on these. It's been a long gray winter.

 

[timor]

Thanks folks. It seems the common consensus is... too tight. The height of the snow is only an illusion from the angle I took the first shot
Here's another take of the same location with the second spring house included. This time I opened the crop giving more room in front of the buildings
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This is a great situation. And tough one. Rick, good factual picture, but do you have a taste for some pictoral influx ? For me it would be #1 - remove the forest, replace with white sky. #2 - crop the forest to just very thin line, maybe 2 mm in the high point on the left. We don't need to see that forest in full, it destroys the isolation of this two huts.

 

[vintagesnaps]

The first one I think needs more space to the left so the shadow doesn't look quite so cut off, and that might adjust the balance. I like the second one too, but maybe with less space to the right. I like the two houses at different angles, works great in the snow in B&W.

 

[mmaria]

you got some really nice thought already and I pretty much agree with what is pointed in all above

more space in the first one
the second on I would like the whole shadow to be visible and you could try to straighten the crop a bit

 

[Rick58]

Thanks everyone for the thoughts. I'll definitely keep these for some rainy day crop exercises.

Timor? You made me spit out my fruit juice this morning . If you knew how much pain I went through to clone out the houses that occupied the left side of the woods. Getting that angled snow /woods line merged so it looks natural was a real pain in the...
If you look closely you'll see a repeating image in the woods from the clone. I was so proud of that cloning I wanted to see if anyone picked up on it. Now you want me to erase it :banghead:...

Thanks again everyone.