The Barn at Serenbe. RIP IT!

PropilotBW · Mar 1, 2013

I was headed to a nice restaurant with my wife and saw this barn. Pulled over and took this photo.

This is the best I can do (so far). Well...what 'cha think?? :thumbup::thumbdown: I have thick skin.

@ Serenbe, Chattahoochee Hills, Georgia

Mully · Mar 1, 2013

Looks a little deep on my ipad...I like the barn shape, wish there was more foreground....work on it in post

cgipson1 · Mar 1, 2013

Has a lot of potential... this would have been a nice HDR.... I did a quickie edit just to see what I came up with... lightened up the foreground some,and darkened the sky a bit...

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Mully · Mar 1, 2013

^^^^^^^^ Nice edit Charlie...you are right it does have a lot of potential....maybe the OP will work on it.

cgipson1 · Mar 1, 2013

Mully said:
^^^^^^^^ Nice edit Charlie...you are right it does have a lot of potential....maybe the OP will work on it.

Thanks Mully!

PropilotBW · Mar 1, 2013

Mully said:
Looks a little deep on my ipad...I like the barn shape, wish there was more foreground....work on it in post

I agree. My iPad is showing it much darker than my monitor was. I cropped out some foreground. It was an unattractive cattle-worn area...unless you're saying that'll still add character to the photo.

PropilotBW · Mar 1, 2013

Here's the image with more foreground. I played around with it in Lightroom a bit too.

PropilotBW · Mar 1, 2013

PropilotBW said:
Here's the image with more foreground. I played around with it in Lightroom a bit too.

Wow, that still looks really dark...:meh:

TimLindstedt · Mar 2, 2013

That is a beautiful capture! If you get another shot at that barn, maybe try to use the fences as a sort of leading lines?

Looks like a beautiful place!

LaFoto · Mar 2, 2013

The "more-foreground-one" with Charlie's method of editing applied would make it a really nice photo.

PropilotBW · Mar 2, 2013

Alright, now what do you think?

cgipson1 · Mar 2, 2013

Much nicer! I would still love to see this done well with about a 7 to 9 image HDR ( image fusion, NOT tone mapping)

pgriz · Mar 2, 2013

I think the lesson here is to bracket the shots if the lighting is iffy. Then you have the option of some level of HDR if the image doesn't work from a single exposure. Of course, that means that you don't move the camera between shots.