A couple of B&W - Old Buildings

Big Mike · Mar 30, 2006

The Gates of Heaven are Closed

No body's Home

DepthAfield · Mar 30, 2006

Wow! Very nicely done! My fave is #2, I love dilapidated old buildings.

Meysha · Mar 31, 2006

Ooooooh... both are very pretty. The tones are just gorgeous.

Rahb · Mar 31, 2006

look great. How do you get that oval with the faded shadow thing (ingore my ignorance on what it is called).

Oldfireguy · Mar 31, 2006

#2. Great old cabin!

Arch · Mar 31, 2006

nice tones mike, great shots :thumbup:

danalec99 · Mar 31, 2006

Lovely tones!!

I love how you've seen the 1st one!

woodsac · Mar 31, 2006

Love the contrast in #1.
Nice shots :thumbup:

Chiller · Mar 31, 2006

Great shots Big M. Really really like the second. The first reminds me of a Ukranian church here on Toronna. Nicely done.

Big Mike · Mar 31, 2006

Thanks everyone.

Ya, that's a Ukrainian Church. Borschu, I think it's spelled. My Wife's parents, grandparents & Sister were married there...along with a lot of her family. A lot of her family are buried at the cemetery there as well.

I really like this old building. There are a bunch of them in the area. I like the construction...made with logs and then packed with mud then painted or something. I have a bunch of others yet to process.

I decided to go with the heavy vignette because the environment was just boring. White snow cover and white overcast sky...really makes for featureless landscapes.

Rahb, to make that Vignette I made an oval selection, inversed the selection, then feathered it. Then added a new radial gradient layer, played with the options and then reduced the opacity. Then I touched up the mask to taste.