Vacant House and Screaming Trees

invisible · Dec 4, 2011

cpeay · Dec 4, 2011

Love it

Denon · Dec 5, 2011

Fantastic shot, love the atmosphere!

invisible · Dec 5, 2011

Thank you Christian and Denon for the comments and 'likes'.

BastiaanImages · Dec 5, 2011

Really unique atmoshere, like it a lot!

invisible · Dec 6, 2011

BastiaanImages said:
Really unique atmoshere, like it a lot!

Thank you

cgipson1 · Dec 6, 2011

Love it! Looks like the house is screaming too! I really like the tones... nice!

KenC · Dec 6, 2011

I've been looking at this since you posted it, but haven't commented because something was bothering me. I just figured out what it was, namely that my eye is drawn to the bright areas in the lower left corner and spends a lot of time down there, which I'm pretty sure is not what you want. I love the house and the trees and the general composition but just find myself too distracted to really get drawn in the way I should. I'd suggest cropping, but the entire tree coming out of that corner seems important to the composition as is the shadow along the bottom. Selective darkening in a high-contrast area like that is tricky, but you wouldn't have to make the bright areas dark per se, but just a little darker than they are now. Well, there it is for whatever it's worth. Stay warm up there!

invisible · Dec 6, 2011

KenC said:
I've been looking at this since you posted it, but haven't commented because something was bothering me. I just figured out what it was, namely that my eye is drawn to the bright areas in the lower left corner and spends a lot of time down there, which I'm pretty sure is not what you want. I love the house and the trees and the general composition but just find myself too distracted to really get drawn in the way I should. I'd suggest cropping, but the entire tree coming out of that corner seems important to the composition as is the shadow along the bottom. Selective darkening in a high-contrast area like that is tricky, but you wouldn't have to make the bright areas dark per se, but just a little darker than they are now. Well, there it is for whatever it's worth. Stay warm up there!

Thanks for the feedback Ken, I appreciate it. Yes, the bright area in the lower left corner was a concern and I did darken it a bit during post. I think it doesn't need any more darkening, but I might still try and play with the sliders to see if I can make it work without reaching the point in which starts looking fake. Cropping is out of the question, though

Thanks Charlie as well!

BlackSheep · Dec 6, 2011

If you can't darken the lower left corner, can you brighten the house itself, to shift the visual balance over a bit? I also don't think cropping would work.

I like this image alot, regardless.

But... I don't get the screaming trees reference in the title?

fdupblindkids · Dec 6, 2011

I seriously hardly ever dig black and white photos, but this is perfection. I love it!

fdupblindkids · Dec 6, 2011

BlackSheep said:
If you can't darken the lower left corner, can you brighten the house itself, to shift the visual balance over a bit? I also don't think cropping would work.

I like this image alot, regardless.

But... I don't get the screaming trees reference in the title?

The trees look angry, jumping towards the house....screaming. =)

Trever1t · Dec 6, 2011

works for me as it is.

g13a · Dec 7, 2011

Amazing capture.

invisible · Dec 7, 2011

BlackSheep said:
If you can't darken the lower left corner, can you brighten the house itself, to shift the visual balance over a bit? I also don't think cropping would work.

I like this image alot, regardless.

But... I don't get the screaming trees reference in the title?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PE5f561Y1x4&ob=av2e

(and thank you for the feedback!)