Cotondog Loc: Saskatchewan, Canada

Taken with a Canon 6D.
Lens: 24 -105 f/4L @28mm
ISO - 100; f/7.1; ss- 1/180

The following information was taken from the stone plaque, just to the right of the school:

Stonehenge School was built in 1910, and opened in 1911. In 1927, the name of the school was changed to Maxstone School in order to accommodate the newly acquired Postal service to the hamlet of Maxstone.
The school closed its doors for the final time in June, 1963, following the end of the school year.

BTW, the school was not directly located in the hamlet of Maxstone, but was about a mile from the community. There are a couple of remaining buildings in the hamlet. I hope to get back there in the near future to take some additional shots.

Thanks for looking.

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rgrenaderphoto Loc: Hollywood, CA

Lovely sky, but your foreground could benefit from the opening of shadows to balance with the background.

angler Loc: StHelens England

Lovely shot Cotondog.

UTMike Loc: South Jordan, UT

Beauty!

Cotondog Loc: Saskatchewan, Canada

Thank you for your suggestion, rgrenaderphoto. I appreciate it. It looks pretty good on my screen, but I will lighten it a bit more.

Cotondog Loc: Saskatchewan, Canada

Thank you, Jim. Glad you like it, and I appreciate your comment.

Cotondog Loc: Saskatchewan, Canada

Thanks, Mike. Much appreciated.

johngault007 Loc: Florida Panhandle

That is a great shot. I wouldn't change a thing about it!

Cotondog Loc: Saskatchewan, Canada

Thank you, Johngault007. I am glad you like it, and I appreciate your comment.

Cany143 Loc: SE Utah

Lovely sky? That's one way of putting it, I suppose. Me, I'd have said 'splendiferous sky,' or maybe 'wtf, cotondog? I'm green with envy!'

But about opening the shadows, I'm not so sure. The schoolhouse is on the lee side of the sun, and while I might want to see better into the down-side sun-lacking side of the structure, and while there might reason for wanting what most would consider the "subject" to be in "better light," I believe that to up those shadows or lighten what would not naturalistically be light under the lighting circumstances you had at hand would be to create a false veracity. In other words, it would be false. (Don't get me wrong; I have no difficulty with brightening or darkening or …. etc..... all or any portion of an image that may need it, or any portion of an image that you [or any maker of any image] may feel would be needed to further some visual intent, but to do so without purpose would be..... to do so purposelessly.) If anything, I might increase the contrast, and deepen the blacks in the schoolhouse/foreground.

I'm beginning to think there may be a usefulness for yet another sub-forum space. The 'Abandoned Buildings' forum. There are any number of regulars --you, jederick, any number of others --and who knows? any number or lurkers, too?-- who'd find such a sub-forum worthwhile. Plenty of challenges --interiors, exteriors, urban, suburban, saskatchalandian remote-- you name it.

Wicked good image, cotondog.

Cotondog Loc: Saskatchewan, Canada

Thank you very much, Cany, for your thoughtful and thorough comments. I did go back and play with the shadows, but it did not seem natural when I did pull more light from the darker areas. I do agree that an increase in contrast or a deepening of the blacks would be helpful. That is the area I will now play with, cautiously, of course. Thank you again for your comments and suggestions. Very much appreciated.

kpmac Loc: Ragley, La

Very nice.

Cotondog Loc: Saskatchewan, Canada

Thank you, kpmac. I appreciate it.

rlaugh Loc: Michigan & Florida

Fine shot!

Manglesphoto Loc: 70 miles south of St.Louis

Great image!!!! Looks like it was take just before Sunrise or just as the sun sat, either way I think the foreground fits the time of day.
The old building looks pretty good for its age