A Suburban Landscape

[photophorous]

Please let me know what you think about this.

Thanks,
Paul

[jbaldocchi]

I like this photo. I would try to put a little more contrast into the factory but that might be my monitor.

Cheers,

Jim B.

[Don Schaeffer]

This is very powerful. However, the grass is too light and doesn't weight the image down properly at the bottom. I would crop some of the grass at the bottom and try to darken it--at least in the foreground.

[Greg McCary]

I like the concept of this one. The building seems to be leaning just slightly. I agree with Don the grass in the foreground maybe a little on the bright side. But I do like the contrasting difference between the grass, building and sky. Everything could easily be adjusted in PS.

[photophorous]

Jim, Don, Greg,

Thanks for the comments. I tried adjusting contrast and curves, but couldn't do much with the foreground or the factory. The best I could do was crop it. Feel free to edit and post an example if you like. I also straightened it up a bit because it was leaning. Let me know if you think this is better.

Paul

[GB1]

I think it's sort of nice. It reminds me of another era... almost like a snapshot back to the dust bowl days (though the subject matter isnt the same).

I think this shot begs for some sort of selective colorization ro something. Not sure exactly what, but a stormy, multi-colored sky, while keeping hte foreground bright, might make it very, very interesting..........

GB

[Greg McCary]

That's much better. I like it. I agree with GB. It has more potential...
Greg

[GB1]

Took a swag at colorizing the sky... very hard to do since there aren't many discriminating clouds or densities up there to select.

Tried making a painting of it. Uhhh, not sure it came out how I wanted, but it does show another side of the image,

GB

[photophorous]

I think it's sort of nice. It reminds me of another era... almost like a snapshot back to the dust bowl days (though the subject matter isnt the same).

I think this shot begs for some sort of selective colorization ro something. Not sure exactly what, but a stormy, multi-colored sky, while keeping hte foreground bright, might make it very, very interesting..........

GB

Thanks, GB. Unfortunately, I shot this on a clear day, so nothing much was happening in the sky. I agree that a more dramatic sky would improve the shot. I'm not a big fan of selective colorization in general, but I do think it works for some compositions. I'm not sure about this one, though.

Paul

[photophorous]

That's much better. I like it. I agree with GB. It has more potential...
Greg

Hi Greg.

Would you mind elaborating on what kind of potential you see?

Thanks,
Paul

[gahspidy]

Paul, this is an interesting scene. An industrial structure "growing"out from the trees. I think the the cropped version looks best and the added contrast was needed. The image looks a bit soft to me, but other than that I think you did fine here.

[Greg McCary]

You might could play with it a little more in PS. Try layering it or adjust the sky with curves. Also how did you convert this to B&W? You could make part of the picture in color and the rest B&W. I played with it some. I tried to give it a more ominus look.
Greg