barn

[bs0604]

 

[mishele]

It's a little blown out.

 

[Bynx]

Blown out or blown up. Its completely gone.

 

[480sparky]

It's snowed under.

 

[mistermonday]

Wow, it's a really nice black & white BARN, but I cropped the right 1/4 side off and now I am heading down to the BAR.
Regards, Murray

 

[bs0604]

 

[480sparky]

First thing I'd do is clone out the red/white signs. I'd also lose the chain.... it's extraneous.

I also wouldn't call it a barn. Barns don't have flower boxes at the windows or fireplaces/chimneys. Shed, maybe. Shack.

Nice capture & process, though!

 

[bs0604]

thanks for the feedback. Makes me feel good you liked the capture/process. I have Photoshop but find it daunting. I guess this will give me an opportunity to try and figure out how use it to lose the chain & signs.

 

[ClearBlueDaze]

I love the subject. If you are near enough to go back, I would play with close ups of the wood and of the stone by themselves as well. The textures is wonderful and with the right light could be tons of fun.

 

[480sparky]

thanks for the feedback. Makes me feel good you liked the capture/process. I have Photoshop but find it daunting. I guess this will give me an opportunity to try and figure out how use it to lose the chain & signs.

Cloning is easy. Taking them out, maybe 60 seconds.

 

[janok]

I usually find it hard to capture good motives when there are too much going on in the background, especially if the background has the same tone/flavor as the main subject. When I can’t avoid getting such background, I try to blur and/or tune down the colors on the background – so the motive in front gets more attention.

 

[Bynx]

Home Sweet Home

 

[mistermonday]

That's a really good image. I also like the processing and agree with 480Sparky's comments.
Regards, Murray

 

[cgipson1]

at 22mm, you don't need F18 for sharpness... use the aperture to control the background, and blur it out a bit to make the subject stand out better. Go here Online Depth of Field Calculator figure out what aperture you need at the distance you are shooting from... to make a clean DOF around the subject, without including the background. It would really improved the shot. Wide angle lenses have super wide DOF so you could probably get by at F4 or so.

 

[480sparky]

If you can, return next summer when the trees are full of leaves. That way, you'll have a lush, green foliage-filled background as opposed to naked trees.