tobacco barn firing

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Enjoy!

John

[kaelaria]

I bet a nice toned B&W would really make it pop.  The yellow leaves draw away form the image IMO.

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I bet a nice toned B&W would really make it pop.  The yellow leaves draw away form the image IMO.
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Thanks for the comment.

John

[mafueal]

Sure, a B&W version would make a great image, but these colors are also very interesting although the barn is either too dark or too big and that makes a big black zone which is a little distracting IMO. Maybe this wouldn't hurt in the B&W version.

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Sure, a B&W version would make a great image, but these colors are also very interesting although the barn is either too dark or too big and that makes a big black zone which is a little distracting IMO.
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Agreed.  I made the barn dark on purpose initially, but I really feel the unbalance now.  Here is an alternative version, bracketed and combined, from a different angle:



I wish I had bracketed the first shot, because there's just too much noise in the shadows to make the barn look good.  I like the way the branches protrude through the smoke in the original.  I suppose some free transformation gymnastics could combine the best elements of each.

John

[kaelaria]

The color of the barn in the 2nd definitely adds to the shot and works much better with the leaves.

The crop of the 2nd isn't very good though - try cropping in from the left a lot more.

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The crop of the 2nd isn't very good though - try cropping in from the left a lot more.
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Let's try this:



Much better, I think.  I still miss the branches in the original, though.  I'll have to go back and get more shots, if the barn is still firing.

John

[kaelaria]

Very cool.