Lonely House
Sep 20, 2019 10:33:06 #
Sep 20, 2019 11:05:24 #
I've been a Hedgehog fan for several years; never even registered, but had to today just so I could comment on this photo. It is absolutely one of the best photos I have ever seen, and I've obviously seen hundreds on this site. I'm an amateur and hardly a critic; just saying it just appeals to me on so many levels. Landscape/rural are my favorite subjects, guess that's why it is so appealing to me.
Sep 20, 2019 11:08:40 #
Sep 20, 2019 11:14:12 #
StanMac
Loc: Tennessee
Nice image - I love the effect!
One suggestion - reframe with the house in the right side of the frame so there is more space to the front of the house and see how that works.
Stan
One suggestion - reframe with the house in the right side of the frame so there is more space to the front of the house and see how that works.
Stan
Sep 20, 2019 11:28:40 #
Sep 20, 2019 11:31:54 #
quixdraw wrote:
Plenty around here as well - I think of them as Broken Dreams.
Plenty around here as well - I think of them as Broken Dreams.I love that moniker - Broken Dreams - totally appropriate. It seems most folks saw the melancholy and wistfulness I tried to convey with this image. Thanks for taking the time to post!
Sep 20, 2019 11:33:41 #
MoT wrote:
It tells its own story by evoking an emotional response. Great eye for finding, photographing it and sharing. I think I would print that and put it in a frame and put it up on the wall. Nicely done.
Thanks MoT! My goal was exactly that - to evoke an emotional response, sort of dreamlike with a bit of melancholy thrown in. Glad you liked it!
Sep 20, 2019 11:34:34 #
Annie-Get-Your-Gun wrote:
Lovely - very lovely. Not a flaw. Thank you for posting this pleasing picture, Tommy.
Thank you, Annie, for taking the time to post and offer your kind words - much appreciated!
Sep 20, 2019 11:36:01 #
UTMike wrote:
Great shot, Tommy, love the birds.
Thanks, Mike - I added those because I just felt the sky needed a bit of a counterpoint to the house and fields. Glad you found it appealing!
Sep 20, 2019 11:36:59 #
RichinSeattle wrote:
a great find and a superb pic. excellent color management.
Thank you, Rich - I am red/green color blind, so color management is often a struggle for me! Glad it worked for you on this one!
Sep 20, 2019 11:37:31 #
Sep 20, 2019 11:38:59 #
fergmark wrote:
Very nice. It has an interesting quality that stirs the imagination. Has a Wyeth feel to it.
Thanks for the post - and any image of mine that is seen to have a Wyeth feel to it is a winner in my book!
Sep 20, 2019 11:40:33 #
kpmac wrote:
Outstanding image. Did you add the birds?
Yes, I did - I felt the sky needed a touch of something, and geese flying south in front of the impending winter seemed to fit the bill! (No pun intended!)
Sep 20, 2019 11:44:48 #
lnewcome wrote:
I love this picture. It looks like a setting in an Hitchcock or Poe movie. Linda
Thanks for the kind words, Linda! I tried to evoke a somber, isolated feeling, and I'm glad that came across to you! And Hitchcock is my all-time favorite director for just that reason - he believed that our imaginations could terrify us far more than any image on a screen, and he gave us just enough to spark our own demons and fears without getting all graphic and gory. Perfect example is the shower scene in "Psycho" - notice we never see her getting stabbed, just the facial expressions, the manic music, and the blood circling the drain - he lets us draw our own conclusions.
Sep 20, 2019 11:46:36 #
exakta56 wrote:
The birds add poignancy to the scene. What might have happened here?
Thanks, exacta! Poignancy is perhaps the main effect I was going for here, along with isolation and a sense of melancholy. Glad you saw that in the image! And what might have happened there, indeed... ?
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