tan lejos como puedo ver LOOKING FOR YOUR GHOST

She is in there...

Yes, a full of mystery image, compliments!!!

Tante grazie!

The room in reality is not dark, not that dark.  You photo shopped it into something it isn't.

This image was taken in colors, of course, turned to bw without any kind of postprocess, perhaps you must calibrate your screen, perhaps I must calibrate my screen, who knows?

Thank you very much for your time and your critique!

Sweid;

I looked at "I Miss My Mom", "Getting Older", "April" and "Oh...Let Me Think" in this same folder. The problem is not with our monitors.

In the old film days the "rule of thumb" was to "expose for the shadows and develop for the highlights".  In the digital nowadays I expect it would be expose for the shadows and adjust for the highlights. Matrix metering pretty much does this for you except in extreme light situations.

I have an Adobe Photo Shop Basic Version year 1996 included with my first PC purchase so I do not have the 'bells and whistles' that you guys have.

Meir

I don't use Adobe Photoshop, I have had a trial for a while but I didn't like it too much, I'm lazy and the learning curve is steep and long, on the other hand it's needlessly expensive taking in account that I'm a dilettante, not a photographer.

For years I used Corel Photo Paint X, imho much better, friendly, efficient and cheaper!

Lately I have a Macintosh computer, so, now I have Gimp for Mac, free, and pretty spartan, then I can't joke anymore, I must learn to take better photos then the need for edition is reduced.

Now, can you be more accurate with your critiques on the pictures you pointed in the same folder? I's very intriguing and would be useful for me.

At last, what do you mean exactly with "bells and whistles"?

Said that, I appreciate your time spent in comments on my photographies.

I wrote a detailed and lengthy answer to your questions and then clicked the wrong button and lost it all. I do not have the patience to write it all down again. Sorry about that.

However, after my critique of "The Promise" you wrote that these things you already knew so my lost reply on this photo was probably unnecessary.

My comments about the other three photos in this folder was simply to make the point that we are seeing about the same way on our different monitors.

"bells and whistles" means the more "bells and whistles"  the more features.  The more expensive a car or camera the more "bells and whistles".

I relied on Zones when taking photos. It is most fascinating.  All that I learned you can find in:

"The New Zone System Manual" 1978 by Minor White

"Zone System: Step by Step Guide for Photographers" 2001 by Brian Lav

Both can be ordered from Amazon

I found Zone photography (developed by Ansel Adams) to be a most fascinating and learning experience.  

Book on photography I most recommend is "Looking at Photographs 100 Pictures from the Collection of The Museum of Modern Art" 1976 by John Szarkowski Also on Amazon

I was serious about photography for over 20 years. I no longer do photography other than post a snapshot now and then or post a photo taken years ago. Photography lost it's magic for me.

Nice meeting you.

Meir

Very nice job capturing the dark and 'haunting' feel of this interior!!