West Mill General Store North Carolina

The general store which was once a staple in rural America is all but

extinct now and that saddens me. I will miss the quaint atmosphere and

colorful people. I handled this image much the same as I always do

except for two things. The first was the sky which was quite

monotonous and the clouds lacked volume. A curves layer help a great

deal but but not near enough. So I duplicate the sky curves layer and

changed its blending mode to multiple and dropped it's opacity to 44%.

The once flat clouds now had contrast and volume. I toned with

Ekatalure Cream and as a finishing touch I changed the mode to RGB

added a new layer and painted the white road stripes yellow.

Decreasing the opacity of this layer faded the yellow to an acceptable

level. Your comments are welcome as always. There is another copy on

my page without the yellow striping.

Your black and white stuff is amazing- I will be back to enjoy your portfolio when I have more time so I can learn from it! Thanks for sharing-

Mark

Vintage!  I love the balance of this image--with the dark of the trees on the right side, and the white store on the left, and the road bisecting and neatly curving off into the distance.  Good eye to see this one, and to see it as a black and white, Leo!  Cheers!  Chris