Barnside

too simple? is the roof too black? I don't recall there being any texture

on the roof. thanks for your comments/critiques.

Les is correct; the composition is a fine one and it speaks the plain and simple themes of rural America. Wyeth comes to mind, as does Grant Wood and mental images of Amish buggies driven by beared men and bonnetted women. Good job Kellen; you have given us a rare visual taste of your home turf, a pastoral arcadia that seems more an illustration from a history book than a real-world slice of our post-modern concrete-covered world.

But it could use just a bit more "pop" in the contrast department. The sky is the key part of this photo when wrestling with these tones. You may want to darken the darker parts and lighten the highlights. Of course the hard part comes with doing so while avoiding highlight burn-out. Not an easy job.

I am proud of you.

Les...

Thank you, glad you like the composition, feel free to critique any of my work. Your comments have helped and encouraged me.

Andre...

Thanks. "Plain" was what I was going for with this.

It IS hard to tell what year it is till a wagon full of tourists goes by, snapping photos with their phone cameras. I am amazed at how many of them, disrespectfully photograph the Amish. The Scene from "Witness" where Harrison Ford threatens to strangle the tourist with her bra if she takes his picture, was filmed in my Town Square.