Two days into voting, this shot is doing surprisingly well.
This is the original edit, but it really didn't emanate decay so I dropped out the door/windows and added a grungy noise layer over the barn.
The snow on the mountains picked up a lot of blue from the sky, so I pulled the blue out of the snow.
Post-Challenge: Elation. I had an idea that this image was in the running for a ribbon as it was scoring a new PB for me until the last 5-6 hours of voting. My first ribbon on Christmas eve - Thanks Santa!
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Place: 3 out of 82 Avg (all users): 6.7554 Avg (commenters): 8.0000 Avg (participants): 6.4474 Avg (non-participants): 6.8713 Views since voting: 5783 Views during voting: 360 Votes: 139 Comments: 29 Favorites: 7 (view)
Having seen this barn and knowing what it does look like I docked a few points off of my score as I honestly did not believe it met the "Rustic" aspects of the challenge. I know I will be taken to task for my comments but I am quite prepared to stand by them. It is a nice image though.
Ray
I kind of agree, I am guessing the reason the door and windows got blacked out was to make it appear more abandoned and Like others have noted I think I like the original image better than the entry but still a Really a beautiful scene and nice image!
Having seen this barn and knowing what it does look like I docked a few points off of my score as I honestly did not believe it met the "Rustic" aspects of the challenge. I know I will be taken to task for my comments but I am quite prepared to stand by them. It is a nice image though.
I was gonna say this doesn't look a lot like Texas... :-) LOVELY shot and gorgeous edit - congrats on the excellent score and the shiny ribbon! (As for "dropping" the door and window, I don't think I really would have noticed if you hadn't mentioned it.)
Jdroullard - By dropping out, I mean I selected those specific areas and dodged/curved/leveled them to near-black, which should be legal. We'll see in validation. The data is still there, just darkened.
Great image. Love the mountains and the clouds... the building is too centred for my liking though. Would have given in an extra one or two if not for that I reckon... none the less... still one of the higher scoring photos from my voting contribution for this challenge.
There is something that just doesn't quite work for me with this image, but I can't put my finger on it. There's something off......I'm actually frustrated that I can't define it. What that leaves me with is to instead see all the things that are so right with the image, not the least of which that it is an absolutely breathtaking scene. I love the weathered, yet well-preserved old building, the detail in the mountains is fabulous, and it is a wonderful job of execution & processing. 9
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