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I like the subject and composition and also the light coming through the roof, but I wish you had kept the shadows much darker instead of this HDR? version. To me this picture is all about light and shadow and it is compromised this way. Also the holes in the roof and, more important, the door and window in the backwall, would make much more impact that way. Regards, Nick
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Thanks for your thoughts on this. I don't know what "HDR" is, so if I did that, it would have to be inadvertently. But I would not disagree that the shadows could be darker. Regards
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HDR is the latest software toy people are playing with. It allows their digital cameras basically to bracket for them, taking 3, 5, or even 7 shots at a time, exposing for shadows and exposing for light and then the software automatically combines the shots, merging the ones which supposedly read the shadows "best" with the ones that read the lights "best." Many examples that I've seen so far do have a similar effect as what's happened here. They read as flat instead of deep. Yes, they get all the details in the shadows, but that often comes at the expense of something "realistic" looking (I use that term loosely, as I don't think photos need to lean toward realism on a certain level). I have noticed a similar effect when taking shadows/highlights a little far in photoshop.

 

In any case, I think this is a great photo, shot from a great perspective, making interesting use of light and shadow, in and out, color and blandness, structure and nature, man-made geometry against nature's landscape. It gives me a great feel for the place. It's transporting.

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You are a walking encyclopedia! And, I think you've nailed it again, because I did make a "Shadow/Highlight" adjustment. So that must be why Nick thought I had used HDR. I'll pay a bit more attention to that process in the future. Thanks, once again, for enlightening me. I'm most grateful.
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Great job. I don't use HDR because of Fred's observations. The results often look contrived and unreal. I think it's best to mimic what the human eye actually sees, rather than push the issue for the sake of achieving unrealistic beauty. However, without tweaking, the camera often compresses things, yielding shadows and highlights much too extreme. Your treatment here is fantastic because the shadows have details, the highlights also have details, and the scene seems real. Rather than running amok with PS, you kept the reins on the horse. I like this old homestead. If I had to pick one thing to photograph, I'd pick these old houses/farms/barns that are quickly disappearing.
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I love following the light David( and shadows of course...), and you did it especially nice here. The old forsaken construction is rich with forms and signs of the past, I love the light and green/blue that "are coming in" and are animating the dreary place.
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Thanks for your input on this. I don't use HDR because I don't know how to. If I thought it would be interesting in terms of seeing things in new or different ways, I would. As you state, you like to keep things as the eye sees it. But the eyes can be awakened to new ways of viewing. I think the history of art teaches us that.
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Thanks for your visit. All over the world there are interesting signs of human activity. There may be many differences, but they are all interesting.
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I've seen some wonderful images done with HDR, but I don't think this one would work well with that process. I see nothing wrong with the image and I'm quite envious of it because of my love for shadows. Very Nice!
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Thanks. I'm not too interested in HDR at this time, but who knows what the future will bring. This afternoon I was down in my basement, where I used to have a darkroom, and discovered a stack of black and white negatives all over ten years old. I thought I might scan a few just for kicks, so that might be my next major push. One just never knows what's next.
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This is very good vision with contrast of dead and alive decor and it is wonderfull place for making original scenic subject. Next time I would be like to see the actors in a scene;). Sorry for my bad English. Happy cristmas and New Year!
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Much like many of Jeff's pictures, this can easily be imagined as a painting. Photography is such a plastic art form that it lends itself to many treatments. With some photographers you couldn't imagine the picture as anything but a pure photograph but with much of your work it seems the image is transmuted by your personal aesthetic and the result is easily recognizeable as a David Meyer photo - at least to me.
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Thanks. There are some of us who have looked at so many of each other's work, that we do develop a real ability to identify the image simply by its qualities, style, and content. You too are fairly easy to identify. For better or worse.
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I like the image, the viewpoint and play of light and shadow....I particularly like that the hightlights and color of the background outside is well given, together with the shadow line and wall it gives a sense of depth...I agree with Nick and Fred about the shadow areas, I personaly tend to like them darker...
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home, sweet home. Taking Zen little bit too far in having the place completely empty. That happy blue sky with the happy green grass contrasts the building magnificently. Oh, wait....a bed of nails would be a nice furnishing. Nice photo. Cheers, Micheal
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You've been a bit scarce lately. Meditating or on vacation? Or could it have been low dosing V8?

 

Thanks for the comment.

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I know I haven't posted much lately. Work got into it, and we've had crappy photo weather for a long time.

Cheers, Micheal

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