First Barn Shot

[Goldeeno]

Ive noticed how barns provide great shots for B+W, and run down buildings, i spotted this on the way to work yesturday, so stopped by this morning. My first ever shot of a barn in B+W... Any tips...

The sky and lighting today was a bit naff, it was like a grey sheet with no detail, so i messed about with that.

Ive put a post in the Graphic Problems section, to see if anyone can help me with the sky.

 

[nealjpage]

Ive noticed how barns provide great shots for B+W, and run down buildings, i spotted this on the way to work yesturday, so stopped by this morning. My first ever shot of a barn in B+W... Any tips...

The sky and lighting today was a bit naff, it was like a grey sheet with no detail, so i messed about with that.

Ive put a post in the Graphic Problems section, to see if anyone can help me with the sky.

I agree. Back in the Midwest we would call that a "swayback" barn. I think you did a great job shooting it.

 

[Goldeeno]

Cheers, i might just got back tomorrow on the way to work and hope for better skies, thanks for the comment.

 

[cumi]

There is not only a problem with the sky, there are no bright tones on this photo. Strange. Was it intentional? Did you used any filter (red, yellow?)

What happens, if you do an "auto-histogram"?

Otherwise, the photo is nice, the barn communicates a kind of relaxing feeling.

 

[gizmo2071]

Simply set white, black and mid tone points in levels.

 

[Goldeeno]

There is not only a problem with the sky, there are no bright tones on this photo. Strange. Was it intentional? Did you used any filter (red, yellow?)

What happens, if you do an "auto-histogram"?

Otherwise, the photo is nice, the barn communicates a kind of relaxing feeling.

Erm i dunno lol, 1) i dont know what you mean, and 2) i dunno how ive done it. The sky has been very low in detail and quite a dense grey sheet, would that have done it? What can i do to incrase the bright tones, its thats whats made the sky flat? No filters used etc, just Canon 350d and 18-55mm lens.

I dunno how to auto histogram, i found this in photoshop???

 

[Rusty_Tripod]

Half of the picture is sky? That makes it hard to attend to the barn.

Rusty Tripod

 

[Treymac]

I like half the picture being sky. Barn pictures become so boring and cliche, but the large sky makes this interesting.