surrounding charlottesville: random scenes Carysbrook, Va #5616

I will assume perfection if there are no comments.

A comment.... :-)

 

Oh oh, a second comment. At first I didn't care for the very blank sky, but the more that I look at the very nondescript house sitting by the side of the road against a very nondescript sky, it begins to appeal to me, more because of what it says (or the interpretation I might apply to it) rather than the pure aesthetics (which is probably lacking in the eyes of most viewers). Interesting image.

Doug.... I return. I offered my earlier "comment" in jest, but rest assured that I find the substance of this photograph appealing. An image that captures the imagination and sparks the curiosity; not to mention that it's a real photo with no apparent PS manipulations. Thanks for sharing... Mike

 

Perfection is getting a beating with another comment, I hadn't realised before that no comments meant perfection. I had been wondering why my recent stuff had garnered so little attention.

 

Anyway,moving right along, I like this a lot and have a small crop suggestion. Crop from the right to exclude the half tree. IMVHO, it improves the image considerably.

Thanks for the comments, guys (translation: Thanks for screwing up a perfectly good picture !!!!!!!)

:-)

Yep, good call Jeff. That tree is expendable. Again, struggling to use all the picture frame.

Michael, thanks for the second visit, and I appreciate the humor of your first comment. I might have used photoshop to straighten out the building, but that doesn't count, in my opinion, so long as I didn't distort reality.

Stephen, thanks for noticing the importance of the nothingness about the photo.

Doug

You missed the boat on this one Doug... add some serious "moody" vignetting, clip the shadows, and you have an object d'art. The galleries will be clamouring. No? Well, hey, best to stick to your guns anyway.

 

BTW, I disagree with Jeff, I like the inclusion of the road.

I don't mind the road, in fact, I quite like it here. My suggested crop is the half tree, comme ca.

Oh, that tree. Well, yeah, I guess so.

That's how Peter Daalder would've cropped it

Hey now, we all have our own styles. Hmm, wonder where I can get a cracked version of that software.

It's produced by the Roaring Forties company.

Doug, that's hilarious.

Much better doug now yer talkin

This thread's "POW-wow." I've never seen so many little golden cups in a row before!

I noticed all the gold and was beginning to feel a little inadequate... :-) Mike

 

Now that Michael has mucked up the nice row of golden cups, I'll submit my preferred version.

Mind you, I have the full range of Roaring Forties Skies available to me. You can't get them, in the cracked version of Sky In A Box.

I wonder if we can get a colloborative gold cup? If we keep going on this image much longer, it will end up on the front page anyway.

All these cups are making me thirsty, somebody needs to fetch a few pints to fill them up.

 

Technically Doug should have two cups. I raised that point with Josh but it did not go over too well.

it's very frustrating that the best threads seem to occur on my least impressive photos.

Yeah, I once made a hole in one while out golfing by myself. I know what you mean.

OK, that's Peter sorted. Now we only need to get Michael a cup. Any suggestions?

Yes, looking even better now. I quite like this shot from Michael's portfolio.

Have we ever had a squirrel POW? I like the shot a lot. Gold for Michael sounds like Norman May (sorry folks, Ozzie joke) Congratulations on the POW, BTW.

Thanks very much, Jeff.

Here's a clue for our non-Ozzie's...