Grabil Indiana

[angeleyes216]

You dont expect to find stores like this that are actually still running.

[jiminyClickit]

angeleyes216,

That's some of what I miss! "If it ain't broke, don't fix it. Get every bit of use out of everything." Thanks for a good photo-memory.

[pezgt]

I like it...I also wouldn't mind seeing it in Black & white.

[ELAY]

Last post tonight.

Great subject. The weathered texture of the wood is very nice, and the colours on the storefront work well too.

Since you have thrown yourself on our mercy, and since I seem to be in a preachy mood tonight, let me give you a few thoughts to take with you on your next shoot:

1. Composition: I think you might have been happier with this shot either pulled back a bit so you could get the top of the building, or zoomed in a bit more so that chopping off the top isn't so evident. Or both. If you were trying to get the whole building, you could experiment with getting down really low to take the shot.

2. Aperture: I found EXIF for this shot, and it looks like you shot this on f/4.5, which I think is the largest aperture that lens will do at that focal length. For a shot like this, you may want to consider f/8 or f/11, which will ensure that you don't leave anything important out of focus. For a building or landscape you probably also want to shoot in aperture priority ("A") mode. From the EXIF data, it looks like you may have had a leftover Night Portrait setting for the shooting mode.

3. Exposure: You'll note that you have basically pure white where the sky would be on either side of your building. These areas are over-exposed. Your D40 exposed for the building, which is cast into shadow by the backlight, and therefore overexposed the sky. Apart from reshooting with better light, what you can do here is use exposure compensation -- shoot again after going minus a notch or two, and see how it looks. The sky will be better exposed once you can see some blue or some cloud detail (your camera also has an in-camera indicator -- when you bring up the picture on your LCD, if you hit the down button twice you will get playback where any overexposed bits blink on and off. Hit up twice and you will be back to normal). Now, it maybe that by the time you get the sky right, the building will look too dark. Sometimes you have to trade off, but at least you can start thinking about exposure a bit, and making adjustments. I imagine being on Night Portrait mode contributed to the overexposure.

Cheers,

EL

[angeleyes216]

i didnt notice the top of the building when i took the photo. Might go back and redo the shot.

[purplepixie]

Apart from all the technical advise (all valid and to be taken into considerations next time) - thanks for recording this incredible structure and sharing with us

[ELAY]

Looks great in BW too.

EL

[angeleyes216]

Are any of you professional photographers? How did you get started? I'd be interested in any advice. You can email me angeleyes216@hotmail.com
and thanks EL for your comments