House of Dead End

House no longer exist......Comments?....

nice snap and color tones ... it will exist with u ... greetings from Kolkata ...

hi jim, nice use of the sign, certainly fits the house, suggest cropping up to the bottom of the pole holding it.

Tore down already? Too bad; it was probably far better built than any of those vinyl-clad monster shit-shacks build in the past two decades. (Pardon my language, but I was in the building trades for many years, and before that I was a sailor.)

 

Good use of sepia toning Jim. Far too often on PN I see it way overdone.

Good of you to notice my post, Biplab. I do appreciate it.....Jim

Hi Ben, been a while since we've spoken. I agree, that is a good cropping. I shot this in 1970, as I recall. Now, using mostly zoom lenses, I would probably crop somewhat differently. Thank you for your consideration.....Jim

Jim, a nice "dead end", really fits the title... I think that Ben's cropping suggestion is worth trying.I like the sepia here. Pnina

Hello Andre, Looking at your portrait, I would have bet that you had been a skilled tradesman. I'm a retired sheetmetal worker myself. I could not agree more about the shody trash that is built in the last few decades. To much profit and not enough labor......You are not talking to some mealy mouth goody-goody when talking to me, 32 years working with men that did a real days work, took care of that. Very glad to get a visit from you anytime.....Jim

Why hi there Pnina, heck I should have waited a while to print the show print(camera club,monthly contest). May reprint it anyway. As this appears on my screen, it is not as dark as I had it, before I posted it. So I guess I'll need to lower the brightness some the last thing before I post it......Have you had such a situation?.....Jim

Jim, I don't know if that was what Ben S. talked about, but I think some cropping will bring closer the house and sign, what do you think?

Hello Jim, great photo. I like the combination of humour and sadness in this image. (Nice to hear about your background, too). All the best, Mike

Hi Pnina, I think your cropping just about what Ben S suggested, and it's the same as I would have done....I'll try to repost a cropped and darker, perhaps contrastier version a little later......Wish I could go back and shoot some more of this place......Thanks.....Jim

Hello Mike, thanks for stopping in.....Jim

The sign saying, "Dead End" says it all. To think that in this country we toss out the useful, when there are bilions of citizens of the earth that would have thought this a fine abode...........

Good capture, althogh I have a little problem with the tones. Still, worthy photograph. Take care.

Hi Dave, I can hardly take issue with what you said. For one thing, if I were to reprint this, it would be somewhat different tonally......I appreciate you taking your time to consider this image.......Jim