Old Barn

[jmandell]

An old barn I found a while ago. I was going for a natural feel, how'd I do?

D700 20 2.8, Nik HDREFEX

 

[Designer]

Very natural indeed. So natural in fact that I kind of wish there was more light on this structure.

 

[Parker219]

For some reason this picture seems very flat to me. Maybe the angle makes the barn look to boxy or something else I cant put my finger on. It isnt a bad shot though.

 

[nos33]

I would have taken more exposures to highlight the inside of the barn as well as brighten the whole picture up. that is just what I would do .

 

[amolitor]

This is what HDR is supposed to do. The sky isn't blown out (although it does look a bit painted in there) and the material under the barn is visible. There's wayyyy more dynamic range in the scene than could be captured, but it's all been tastefully compressed into a single image. You're using the entire dynamic range that's available in final, to show the details that you want to show and no more. You've let shadowed areas remain shadowed instead of eerily lit by nothing whatsoever.

Well done!

 

[GooniesNeverSayDie11]

I think that you did OK with the processing. However, I think a different time of day would have been better.