Small Town U.S.A.

Thoughts (+/-) appreciated.

It is a beautiful photo. I love the color, and you definately captured the look and feel of Small Town U.S.A. Only thing I would change would be to rotate it about 2 degrees to the right so the vertical lines are straight. Maybe photo was crooked in scanner. Either way its a great photo. - Randy

This is a really quaint american scene. Nice job with it.

yes, i can see the small town, a very uncluttered, clear and evocative shot. my one suggestion would be to crop out the windows on the right; i don't think you need them and they distract a little from the eye being drawn down the road to the marvelous tree.

Reminds me of days gone by and is a very comforting image to look at.

Wow!! I woke up this morning to comments!! Many more than my other (more abastract) images have received recently. I will be around to each of your portfolios... I appreciate your thoughts. Randy, yup... looks like a rotation is in order. Ben... interesting suggestion. I kind of liked the warmth and sense of life offered by the lights in the bottom window. More importantly, I feel the leading line from the roof coming in from the top right corner is important and would be lost with the crop. What do you think?

 

This is about the smallest town I've ever been in. This was taken along Pine Creek in PA. The town (I'm blanking on the real name) only has about 5 or 6 more buildings in it. One of which is a general store that sells the best ice cream, and the other a small cabin that we stayed in for the weekend. The building on the right is a hotel.

 

Thanks again for the comments.

Hi Thomas, I like the bottom window and the overall warmth of the scene, but might have gone for a wider shot if that was possible.

 

I've straightened the house and dodged the front porch just to see how it'd compare.

Thanks Michael. I especially like the detail brought out by the dodging on the porch. It looks like you lightened the whole scene a touch in general. Thanks for your ideas.