Winter Barn

[Amira]

Hey everyone!

So I did end up going Snow Shoeing the other day and tried to get a few good outdoor scenery/landscape shots to try and apply what I've learned so far about aperature, white balance, etc. Unfortunately it started snowing horribly about 5 minutes into the trip which made for a great snow shoeing adventure, but horrible for taking out the camera so I only got in a couple before I had to put it away. This is one I caught, and I'd love feedback on what I could have done to catch a more interesting shot.

I loved the way the planks on this barn looked... so long and skinny and natural wood colors that were incredible. Especially against the foggy mountains it looked stunning. What could I have done to really make this shot pop more? Any suggestions would be great!

Thanks again, I know my past shots have been horribly uninteresting, but I'm still trying to get a handle on the machanics before I try to stretch my legs creatively speaking. =)

[campc07]

I like the color and texture of the barn against the snow and grey fog. Did you do any PP?

[canugurl]

I love the colour of the barn...but I do feel like the roof gets a little lost in this photo against the sky.

Glad to hear you had a great snowshoeing adventure!

[Abby]

I don't know if it's possible but I would try to pull out a little more color in the barn to make it stick out a little more against the white background (in photoshop), but I don't know if you can do this without making it look too obvious. The background is amazing!!! I would actually like to see a picture without the barn and just the background with the hills fading into the fog.

One thing I did see too is that the barn is tilted a little in the picture and you might try to crop it so it's level with the frame.

It must have been soooo beautiful. Keep up the great work!

[Amira]

campc07 - Yes, I did some very minimal post production editing to enhance the color of the barn. The photo turned out very grey with all the mist and cloud so I felt it was necessary to make it pop.

canugurl - Yes the fact that the roof seems to mesh with the sky was one of the most frustrating things about this pic. I tried to enhance the grey just of the sky to give it a little contrast but unfortunately my editing skills are not what they should be. I only know a few little color adjustment tricks so I couldn't get the look I wanted. I'm going to try to play around with it a little more to see if I can fix it.

Abby - Thanks for the tip on the tilt of the barn. Since it is on a slight slope I didn't really recognize it until you pointed it out. I will try to adjust for the tilt and make it work. I did do some slight pp to enhance the browns in the barn, but I felt any more adjusting would be too obvious, as you suggested. I may try to have my hubbie play around with it as he is great with Photoshop.

Thanks so much for the tips and suggestions everyone, it is helpful beyond belief!

[peeperita]

another well composed snow scene......you have a good eye for framing........but, again, the blue cast is distracting for me.....easily corrected in post.....

thanks for sharing

peeper

[Amira]

Thanks for your comments on both my shots peeper.

I do notice the blue tinge but this comptuer only has PictureProject for simple cropping and color correction. I am transferring the files now to the home PC where we have Photoshop and I can get a little more creative in my editing. I will definitely play around to get a more white color and take the blue tint out of it. Unfortunately everything was grey that day as a snowstorm was on its way in. I wish the sun would have been out a little more and my whitebalance a little better set. I think I could have gotten some better initial white colors. Thanks so much for your comments, I appreciate you taking the time!

[Amira]

I'm still working on both the winter barn photo and the slopes photo, but I did a quick color correction and was just wondering what you thought?
I'm not as happy with this photo as I could be. Somehow the edit just isn't working for me. The snow color looks better, but I can NOT figure out how to create some contrast between the roof and the sky and that particularly is bugging me in this photo. Any ideas?