B&W Barn - Tonal Range?

[rwebbart]

Just looking for comments on the overall tonal range. It was 11am and stormy, but I think it turned out.

 

[emogirl]

beautiful, beautiful image....i'm a BARN girl..i spend my time shooting them and painting them...excellent shot, would love to paint that one...oh and yes, great tonal range!

 

[rwebbart]

beautiful, beautiful image....i'm a BARN girl..i spend my time shooting them and painting them...excellent shot, would love to paint that one...oh and yes, great tonal range!

I am also a painter. The last gallery on my webpage
http://www.randywebb.net
is of my paintings.

 

[newrmdmike]

good shot, i would like to see it in silver!

 

[sthvtsh]

Randy I love this so much! Love how the window is falling apart and such, yey for details! This is really interesting, and in it's own way.. beautiful. D:

 

[dewey]

Good shot

 

[mysteryscribe]

Very nice well balanced shot in every way

 

[Andrew Snyder]

Bump the contrast. This is way too gray. A very nice shot though.

 

[markc]

You have good range, and the histogram looks good, but I do agree: it's a nice shot to start, but a boost in contrast will do wonders for it.

 

[newrmdmike]

i strongly disagree, at most burn in some spots. no overall adjustment should be done here.

ITS GOOD.

 

[mysteryscribe]

Okay here it comes, I never, never look at histograms. At this point I know at least one and probably more are thinking, I've seen your shots and it shows. The thing is an image has a feel that has nothing to with perfection. I chose to go by that. Probably not very modern though. Alas I'm just old fashioned i guess.

 

[Andrew Snyder]

Just my view on it. Sharpened a tad as well. I'll delete if you want.

 

[Andrew Snyder]

Okay here it comes, I never, never look at histograms. At this point I know at least one and probably more are thinking, I've seen your shots and it shows. The thing is an image has a feel that has nothing to with perfection. I chose to go by that. Probably not very modern though. Alas I'm just old fashioned i guess.

I completely agree. In most cases, if you looked at a professional photographers photos, you could critique textbook stuff like that if you really broke it down. However with this photo, I feel just by looking at it, the photo is too gray. I know that it creates a feeling but you get more definition with more contrast and I just like the look of it.

 

[Arch]

personally im not keen on the edit as the highlights are starting to blow out, but contrast is one of those things which differ depending on taste. I also never use the contrast slider... as i find you can get all the contrast you need using levels and curves.
With the original... i think all i would do is move the midpoint slider a tad... and then burn in certain areas.... its a nicely taken shot tho :thumbup:

 

[markc]

It's a tool. Nothing more. Someone can not use a lightmeter or a developer thermometer if that's what they want. A histogram can you give information that you may not pick up with your eye, like if something that is supposed to be black really isn't. I don't think it has anything to do with being "old fashioned". Look at the detailed preciseness of the Zone System.

I agree that contrast is a personal taste. rwebbart, do you mind if I post an edit to show what I was thinking?