This old house

Aloicious · Mar 11, 2014

So I went out looking for some wildlife yesterday, didn't find much. I did find this old house and tree out in the middle of nowhere that was pretty neat (at least the only interesting thing I found during the day). I'm not usually a B&W kind of guy, but this one looks significantly better in B&W than color so I thought I'd give it a shot.

135mm f4 1/1250s ISO100 +0.7EV

Rick58 · Mar 11, 2014

Nice... except the solid black square on the right bottom corner

Aloicious · Mar 11, 2014

its part of another building foundation of some sort, the harsh lighting on it and BW conversion pulls most of the detail out, I thought about cloning it out, just haven't yet.

Bo4key · Mar 11, 2014

I really like it.

My only nitpick is I wonder what it would look like if the shadow from the tree was falling the other way, like if the sun was in a different position. I'm by no means saying it would look better, just curious. The shadow kinda takes away from the detail of the building IMO.

Aloicious · Mar 11, 2014

yeah I agree. I actually just stumbled on the house (this was taken at roughly 2pm) while exploring, so unfortunately I never saw it with the sun on the opposite side. perhaps I'll venture back someday in the morning.

Aloicious · Mar 11, 2014

Here's a re-edit with that stonework dodged a little so its not totally black. I forgot to save my psd file on the first one, so I had to re-edit the whole thing, so processing my be slightly different on this one.

coastman6 · Mar 12, 2014

I like this very much, the second edit with the lightened block, bottom right looks much better.

Tim

Aloicious · Mar 12, 2014

Thanks Tim

Newtricks · Mar 12, 2014

You call that a house? Kidding, very cool shot... really like the second edit best.

Anthony

Aloicious · Mar 12, 2014

maybe half of a house since the back is fallen down heheh

thanks Anthony, yeah I like the second edit better too.

PropilotBW · Mar 12, 2014

I think the square looks a little unnatural in the edit. I'd say the first is better. I do like the photo very much.

cynicaster · Mar 14, 2014

I really like the punchy contrast and dramatic sky. Well done.

Aloicious · Mar 14, 2014

PropilotBW said:
I think the square looks a little unnatural in the edit. I'd say the first is better. I do like the photo very much.

thanks, yeah they each have their pros and cons, I can see where you're coming from though. I like how the dark side of the house came out in the re-edit more than the original, but the square is always the odditiy. I may just clone it out altogether at some point.