Christmas House

[Greg McCary]

Merry Christmas PR members and thanks for all of the help you have given me in the past.
I hope you all have a wonderful Christmas surrounded with love and joy.

[Ron Kruger]

Good will to all men--but watch out for the dog!

[Greg McCary]

Thanks Ron, I threw a levels adjustment on the sign to bring it out some more. I guess the dog must like Santa. LOL

[GB1]

Greg - I like the concept here of a modest house with Xmas decorations, fence, and mailbox sitting in a dark neighborhood, but see a few technical issues too:

- It is soft. No real reason for this because you should be using a tripod, and night shots' high contrast should create really, really sharp photos. did you sharpen after shrinking for the site?

- The color is off a bit. Seems too yellow, even if the house is yellow.

- The roof really fades out at the top there. I would use a PS graduated filter to even things out.

- Maybe a bit more negative space.

GB

[Frog]

Its ok but does seem a softer than your usual.
What kills this shot for me is the chain link fence. Too bad because as usual it is photographed well.

[Greg McCary]

Thanks GB as always great points. I always use a tripod, in low light, unless I am in traffic as here and the original is a little sharper than this. I never resharpen after resizing. I guess I should.
Thanks too Frog. A good point with the fence cutting the scene into, but I liked the beware of dog sign.