I loved this one, I gave it a 10, probably because I have something very similar. Not trying to say that you stole it...haha. Anyways I like your house better than mine. Great job! I really do mean it.
I was sure this was in the top 3... Congrats on an amazing shot and a highly respectable 6th place finish among all of these masterpieces... Hope you make a print available!
THis is definely one of my favorites, like the textures, the great green, a light forrest green that is wonderfully placed all over the forground and the great wreck of a house with the overgrowth. It matches well with the semi overcast sky. Desat.?...great work.
Even though I see lighting that seems somewhat unatural I like the effect. I'm very curious as to wher this was taken and I expect this to be in the top 8.
Either a stunning Heida original or a masterful imitation of her tremendous style. Superb color tones, the plants growing on the ruins provide a mystical feeling and that gray-blue burned sky adds such mood. A 10, easy!
Beautifully pleasing colors and obviously a skilled post processor! I love the detail adn quality of the texture of teh building against the clouds. The area of darkness on the right does not add to the ominous feeling, and muddles the shot up. Nice though, looks like a travel poster for rural ireland or wales.
i'm having a hard time with this image. it is beautiful, but it also has such an etheral feel to it that it makes me think i'm looking at a painting instead of a photograph.
Deep, rich composition here.
Half of me wants to say too dark in some areas, the the other half says no. Perhaps a little unbalanced with it being so much brighter in the center area.
In any case, Well Done ! ((8))
Never in my life will I get to see a place like this. I hope I do, but I probably won't. That being said, thank you for sharing this part of the world with me. It's beautifully captured and exposed and the mood is wonderfully conveyed. 7.
Great texture and contrast. I think it would also work well in BW. The crop seems a little tight on the right and on top. A little less zoom I think would help here. Exposure seems bang on. 8
You did such a great job of composing and capturing such a beautiful image, but also of processing it to enhance the mood of the image. Really great job.
The ruins are quite beautiful. The sky adds to the quality of the photo. What if you dodge the clouds on the side slightly. The draw your eye away form the ruins.
Isn't it neat how a structure so dilapidated can look as beautiful as your study captured it. I like the shades of green and the variances of clouds and blue sky. Great job.
This is such an amazing photograph. It truly looks like art. The colors are perfect. The sky adds just the right emotion to it, and it is beautifully clear from front to back, top to bottom. Easy 10.
This is a neat picture. Looks like a painting. I like the soft colors and the slightly out of focus appearence. I could definitely see this hanging on the wall. Nice shot and post processing.
I think this is a great shot, but could be improved by a slight increase in contrast, maybe saturation too. Was burning used on the grass or is that shade from the clouds? Either way, I like the effect. It looks to me that a lot of nice shots could be taken of this structure. Some abstracts might be interesting as well.
Very nice lighting and exposure on the whole image. Nicely burned around the edges to add focus to the middle. Good soft focus giving it a kind of surreal feel. I wish the sky was a little more blue, but that's just me. Very well done.
Very interesting use of soft focus on the grass and in other areas. I like the effect very much. Your tones and colors are fabulous,too.The structures themselves may be slightly oversharpened and look like they have a few digital noise floating about, but the effect is minor and the print, I'm sure, will be fabulous. Very nice work! 8
Really like both the content and style of this photo. I'm assuming it's Neatimaged which, in the right circumstances, like these, can really add to the atmosphere.
A very charming image but the treatment makes it hard to determine the overall strenght of the light. It appears that the delapidated houses are in a spot light and while such treatment is useful, I think the structures are strong enough to speak for themselves, hence I do not like the darkened edges on the front left and right. This is the type of image which lends itself to a pristine presentation rather than stylized.
However, this is not to take away from the very subject of which this photograph is about. The colors are just beautiful and the very shades of the structures with their almost crumbling state. The angle is very effective and as my eyes go beyond them, there is nothing distracting to bring the eyes right back. The composition gives off that loved sense of nostalgia like of better days gone by. Bumping up to 7
If this isn't by Heida, then you should be proud I made the mistake. Great style keep it up. Your post processing is a little too noticeable for me but still great. 9
Wonderful shot, nice PP. I love the mixtures of blues and greens. The soft-focus effect works really well here. Good composition, your subject has lots of character. 9
Beautiful atmosphere, great scene, I love it how the light (vignetting, burning, whatever) concentrates the view on the ruin itself. The sky adds more drama to it. I am not sure whether a more centered view would have improved it, but would have liked a bit warmer colors, especially on the ruin and the grass.
This is one of the better landscapes in the challenge, IMO.. A little dark. I like to see the greens a little brighter, livelier.. It's an interesting subject, and I wonder how it would have worked in a sepia/bw. Nice positioning of the horizon as well, the sky doesn't overpower. I just think this would have been a better picture with a little more brightness to it. 7
I like the wizard of oz feel of this photo. The colors are such that it looks like it was a set built in a studio and then a matte painting behind. Very unique. Great photo. An 8.
This is a sweet shot. I like the muted colors - nothing oversaturated. The sky is great too. I'm not as excited about the composition, but I'm not sure what I would have changed.
There`s a sort of "haloing effect" in play here which highlights the ruins and subdues the rest of the image.
I think that it does it`s job well.
Nice work
Wow, this almost feels like a painting. The textures in this image are fantastic. The building is really interesting, but the weather REALLY makes it perfect.
I really am interested to see what kind of postprocessing you did. Did you dodge and burn? Vignetting? I just love the 'feel' of the image but can't quite nail down why.
Just goes to show that it pays to go out in the so-called 'nasty' weather when most photogs stay home!
At first I thought the contrasting sky colors were distracting but then I thought that they gave dark feel to the shot to emphasize the fact that the buildings have been in ruin for a long time. Composition is also good. 8
Hard to give an helpful comment ... Superb photo ! I like the green tones full of life (maybe a litlle , little bit dark in case to have to find "something" ).
Absolutely beautiful! I love the buildings, and how you captured them. This is a true work or art. My only suggestion is the bottom right corner of the photo seems a little dark. But that's just nitpicking. 9
I like the content a lot, it has a wonderful texture to it. The rich colour of the grass and the moody sky complement the abandoned nature of the main subject too. It feels very soft in focus to me though, which I'm not so keen on. 7 (//www.dpchallenge.com/forum.php?action=read&FORUM_THREAD_ID=129433)
I'm guilty of overburning a lot of the time, and in my mind you've done almost exactly what i would do :). it makes for a neat effect - kind of surreal - but looks quite unnatural; The 'shadows' at the front don't seem to mesh with the shadows on the buildings or in the sky. Nice composition though, and fabulous colours.
I can't quite understand the dark shadow cast on the right side ... if it is really a part of the composition to set the mood or should it be corrected (gradient layer or something)? But I like the subject, it is a very powreful portrait of many farms across America. I drove from the midwest to the east coast and back last summer and decaying farm houses and barns like this are common sights. As a foreigner, I can't quite understand it.
Wow. I love the muted colours in this shot with the soft focus. It creates a dreamy "looking back" effect which matches perfectly with old ruins.
Excellent picture. You should be proud
Great work.. Love the soft focus and the colors. If all the sky would have been blue I presonally think it would look better but it still is GREAT like it is. You truly belong among the masters.
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