Renovation

Another great creative photo. Layering is fun to do but I have yet to master the process as well as you have. Blessings from the Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia where we are enjoying an Indian Summer after soaking rains, Rebekah B.

El: I think that renovating has been so traumatic that I felt the need to talk about it. Thanks.

 

 

Carlos: Presences is a great descriptor. Everyone had cleared out, and my wife and I were taking pictures of the destruction. It did feel a bit ghostly with the sun shining through the dust.

 

 

A.K. I hope the same can be said of my life in general.

 

 

Ton: Thank you. I don't know what to say in response.

 

 

Linda: Gladly, much of the cosmetic work has been completed, which is a relief now that winter's coming. I sense that this house will require a lot of time and money for years to come.

 

 

Rebekah: I'm sure you're surrounded by inspiration in reds and golds and oranges. My relatives live in Asheville, and my memory of clambering around the hills are nice ones.

good story and bw...congrats

actually Jeff you kind off said it already by putting that quote in your bio which to me seems very appropiate ;-)))

Sorry Jeff - the PN rating system didn't allow me to rate this correctly but I'll correct it down the road.

 

As a photograph this is fantastic art. It looks like you took a photo backdrop outside to photograph a bush to get the viewer to question... : )

 

Wow, an 1845 New England farm house. Full dimension timbers, plank floors, horse hair lath and plaster walls, hand plained doors and moldings, 6 pane double hung sash windows. I'm very jealous. How many fireplaces?

 

If you don't know this trick it'll come in handy on hot summer evenings. Find the side of the house that is getting wind and open the lower sash on that side. Then open the upper sash in other rooms and the cool air will force the warm air out of the upper sash windows in the other rooms. Early air conditioning and the reason they also frequently used transom windows above doors.

 

Watch out though - gas lighting may have been installed and the lines could still be active and you should check to see if old lead pipe is still in place.

 

If you've got city water, I think there's a grant program to replace the section of lead pipe from the water main to the meter.

 

Also check the old plat in county records to see where the well was. It's been covered over with something but you don't want to dig around on top of it ;)

The previous comments have given me an even greater appreciation of this interesting image. Nice shot! ~~~~~~~~L

Possible symbolism for the madness creeping into your brain? Natures witness to the destruction of man? No matter the explanation, it's a fascinating photograph.

Mehmet: Glad you liked the story.

 

 

Ton: Home with the flu today, I watched a documentary on the New Deal photographers, tasked by Roosevelt etc. to capture the US as it existed during the Depression. Absolutely amazing. I can think of no better use for photography than to tell the story of who people are and what matters to them.

 

 

John: This house is a hybrid. One room comes from the Revolutionary era, its builder killed on the first day in Lexington. It was moved across the field, and a house was built around it. And then a barn in 1870. And then a 1950's addition to join the house and barn. Quite a lot of character. We're still getting our bearings, finding new dramas and financial drains on a daily basis.

 

 

Linda: Thanks so much.

 

 

Tim: All in the effort of building a greener abode.

the gradient top-to-bottom seems natural and works well.

LOVE IT!

with greetings

The magician is at it again.

I'm having a blast studying this image. It's done so well it really does look real. I can't get a "7" out, but I know you earned it.

Good idea, well crafted indeed. High time to write down that book on light management in photography..

Tremendous image. Your creativity is big and your talents to put it all toghter was great.

Fantastic.

Alex

Blending modes are awesome, you found at least two that worked perfect together, that resulted in a truly creative image.

Jeff congratulations,,great works you have created,,best of all you have made

something people like and value,,what more to wish. For the time being

im in the opposite pole of setup-images. I try to stay right here, and see the moment, if possible, try to catch the real thing the reality of now. Sure I do know it´s a deception too. If we want to see new aspects of the reality,,we have to learn

new languages. If the photography want to recognize the world, and become art of today, it has to make quite new and different optics, new wavelength, new dimensions > 3D, to show the rest, the 99% of the real life,,time for paradigm shift,,

let the photography make the new ism for visual art, for the first time, instead of one more trival repetition.

 

Merry Christmas,,,regards niels

 

Trivial repetition. The horror....You have to fight to keep from taking pictures of the same old thing.

 

 

I'd like to see an example of your new vision. These days, I rarely post anything that is contrived or concocted, but seem more pulled by the natural world as it is, this photo being an exception. Thanks.

beautifully worked. the most amazing thing to me is that i feel i'm floating. very well done.

Amazing scene.. There is so much interesting oing on in this image so I can look at it again and again... The black and white treatment is stunning... Great work...

 

Best Regards, Jill

Love the clouds on the ceiling and the littered floor. Don't know if I'm inside or out. Impressive work of art Jeff. I photographed an old farm house last weekend. Nothing this good though.

There's light.And the mist fades as the day grows.Be well my friend.